The Asian and Pacific Islander American Heritage Month is celebrated every year in the United States in the month of May. During this month we recognize the contributions and influence of Asian Americans and Pacific Islander Americans to the history, culture, and achievements of the United States (Wikipedia).
In honor of this, we encourage you to read or listen to some books that are written by Asian and Pacific Islander Americans! Please note that if you liked any of these books, their authors often have many other titles that are available right now. Check Hoopla and Overdrive for more great reading!
Check out one of these great books, which can be found on our online services Hoopla or Overdrive:
Adult
The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane by Lisa See
Pachinko by Min Jin Lee
The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan
Crazy Rich Asians by Kevin Kwan
The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh Nguyen
The Night Tiger by Yangsze Choo
Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng
A Tale For the Time Being by Ruth Ozeki (audio only)
Death of a Red Heroine by Qiu Xiaolong (audio only)
Interior Chinatown by Charles Yu
A River of Stars by Vanessa Hua
How Much of These Hills is Gold by C Pam Zhang
New Waves by Kevin Nguyen
On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong
The Buddha in the Attic by Julie Otsuka
Trust Exercise by Susan Choi
Memoir/Nonfiction
All You Can Ever Know by Nicole Chung (Korean- American Adoptee)
The Best We Could Do by Thi Bui (Vietnamese Refugees)
Know My Name by Chanel Miller
Dear Girls by Ali Wong
Part Asian, 100% Hapa by Kip Fulbeck
Young Adult
Patron Saints of Nothing by Randy Ribay
They Called Us Enemy by George Takei
Frankly in Love by David Yoon
The Downstairs Girl by Stacey Lee
Legend by Marie Lu
Dragon Hoops by Gene Luen Yang
The Candle and the Flame by Nafiza Azad
Children
A Single Chard by Linda Sue Park
A Place to Belong by Cynthia Kadohata
Front Desk by Kelly Yang
Amal Unbound by Alisha Saeed
Grandmother’s Visit by Betty Quan
Dragon Pearl by Yoon Ha Lee
Hello Universe by Erin Entrada Kelly
Mice of the Round Table: A Tail of Camelot by Julie Leung
Inside Out & Back Again by Thanhha La
Picture Books
Drawn Together by Minh Le
The Nian Monster by Andrea Wang
It Takes Two by Hyewon Yum
Grandfather’s Journey by Allen Say
Goldy Luck and the Three Pandas by Natasha Yim
Hana Hashimoto, 6th Violin by Chieri Uegaki
Ugly Vegetables by Grace Lin
Mooncakes by Loretta Seto
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