Books by Asian and Asian-American authors

A New York Times Top Ten Book of the Year and National Book Award finalist, Pachinko is an "extraordinary epic" of four generations of a poor Korean immigrant family as they fight to control their ... Read more

A stunning, heartbreaking debut novel about grief, love, and family, perfect for fans of Jandy Nelson and Celeste Ng. Leigh Chen Sanders is absolutely certain about one thing: When her mother died ... Read more

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD WINNER • A ruthlessly honest, emotionally charged, and utterly original exploration of Asian American consciousness&ldq... Read more

A sly debut story collection that conjures the experience of adolescence through the eyes of Chinese American girls growing up in New York City—for readers of Zadie Smith, Helen Oyeyemi, and ... Read more

One of NPR's Best Books of 2018One of The Boston Globe's Best Books of 2018One of The New York Post's Most Unforgettable Books of 2018 "A saga rich with origin myths, national and personal . . . Ca... Read more

A Recommended Book from BookRiot, Bustle, The Millions and Teen Vogue A Los Angeles Times BEST CALIFORNIA BOOK of 2020 * A New England Independent Booksellers' 2020 NEW ENGLAND BOOK AWARD FINALISTA... Read more

National bestseller2017 National Book Critics Circle (NBCC) Finalist ABA Indies Introduce Winter / Spring 2017 Selection Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers Spring 2017 Selection ALA 2018 Not... Read more

"Startlingly original and deeply moving.... Chang here establishes herself as one of the most important of the new generation of American writers." — George SaundersA Recommended Book FromBuz... Read more

All Heathens is a declaration of ownership—of bodies, of histories, of time. Revisiting Magellan's voyage around the world, these poems explore the speaker's Filipino American identity by gra... Read more

An instant New York Times bestseller!"Internment sets itself apart...terrifying, thrilling and urgent."-Entertainment Weekly Rebellions are built on hope.Set in a horrifying near-future United Stat... Read more

FINALIST FOR THE 2017 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR FICTION Named a Best Book of 2017 by NPR, Entertainment Weekly, the Los Angeles Times, BuzzFeed, Bustle, and Electric Literature "There was a time I wo... Read more

More than 800,000 copies in print! From the author of critically acclaimed and bestselling memoir Falling Leaves, this is a poignant and moving true account of her childhood, growing up as an unl... Read more

From the critically acclaimed author of The Kiss Quotient comes a romantic novel about love that crosses international borders and all boundaries of the heart...Khai Diep has no feelings. Well, he ... Read more

LONGLISTED FOR THE PEN/OPEN BOOK AWARD"Compellingly complex...Expands the future of the immigrant novel even as it holds us in uneasy thrall to the past." – Gish Jen, New York Times Book Revi... Read more

The New York Times 100 Notable Books of 2020Time Magazine's 100 Must-Read Books of 2020NPR's Best Books of 2020 National Book Award in Poetry, LonglistFrank Sanchez Book AwardAfter her mother died,... Read more

The #1 New York Times bestseller!Soon to be a Hulu limited series starring Reese Witherspoon and Kerry Washington."I read Little Fires Everywhere in a single, breathless sitting." —Jodi Picou... Read more

A riveting debut novel set in contemporary Seoul, Korea, about four young women making their way in a world defined by impossible standards of beauty, after-hours room salons catering to wealthy me... Read more

With a new afterword from Jhumpa Lahiri, a new edition of the contemporary classic. "Dazzling...An intimate, closely observed family portrait."—The New York Times "Hugely appealing."—Pe... Read more

The wait is over! Ever since the conclusion of Avatar: The Last Airbender, its millions of fans have been hungry for more-and it's finally here! This series of digests rejoins Aang and friends for ... Read more

Now a National Bestseller"Religion, politics, and love collide in this slim but powerful novel reminiscent of Donna Tartt's The Secret History, with menace and mystery lurking in every corner." ... Read more

An addictive fantasy-romance set in modern-day Seoul.Eighteen-year-old Gu Miyoung has a secret—she's a gumiho, a nine-tailed fox who must eat devour the energy of men in order to survive. Bec... Read more

The Washington Post's 50 Notable Works of Fiction in 2018NPR's Best Books of 20182018 Goodreads Choice Awards Finalist: Best FictionLonglisted for the 2018 Center for Fiction First Novel Prize"Inca... Read more

"As sweet and satisfying as actual mochi... a tender love story wrapped up in food, fashion, and family. I gobbled it up." — Maurene Goo, author of The Way You Make Me FeelKimi Nakamura loves a goo... Read more

A Seventeen.com Best YA Books of 2017A Publishers Weekly's Best YA Book of 2017A New York Public Library Notable Best Book for Teens 2017"Hilarious." —Publishers Weekly, starred review"Powerf... Read more

NATIONAL BESTSELLER What does it mean to lose your roots—within your culture, within your family—and what happens when you find them? Nicole Chung was born severely premature, placed fo... Read more

"Brilliant, honest, and equal parts heartbreaking and soul-healing." —Laurie Halse Anderson, author of SHOUT "A singular voice in the world of literature." —Jason Reynolds, author of Lo... Read more

To All the Boys I've Loved Before is now a major motion picture streaming on Netflix! Lara Jean's love life gets complicated in this New York Times bestselling "lovely, lighthearted romance" (Schoo... Read more

"What a gorgeous, heartbreaking novel."—Roxane Gay​​A necessary and exciting addition to both the Sri Lankan-American and LGBTQ canons, SJ Sindu's debut novel offers a moving and ... Read more

A tour-de-force by rising indy comics star Gene Yang, American Born Chinese tells the story of three apparently unrelated characters: Jin Wang, who moves to a new neighborhood with his family only ... Read more

"We Ride Upon Sticks . . . is for the kind of adults who watch Stranger Things and still have, somewhere, an athletic award inscribed on a paper plate." —NPR **NPR “... Read more

2020 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNER"One of the funniest books of the year. . . . A delicious, ambitious Hollywood satire." —The Washington PostSoon to be a Hulu series: from the infinitely invent... Read more