Asian-American Authors You Should Be Reading (and not just in May)

By Walden Pond Books
By Walden Pond Books

Asian-American Authors You Should Be Reading (and not just in May)

MAY IS ASIAN AMERICAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER HERITAGE MONTH! 

You should be reading any of these books any month of the year, but May is a great opportunity to bring them to your attention.

  • A curated and regularly updated list of the most noteworthy books (fiction and nonfiction) by American authors who share an Asian or Pacific Island heritage.
  • Check back every so often to see the latest additions.
  • There are eight pages of books on this list!
The Literature of Japanese American Incarceration

The Literature of Japanese American Incarceration

$20.00
$18.60
A Living Remedy: A Memoir

A Living Remedy: A Memoir

Nicole Chung

$19.99
$18.59
Biting the Hand: Growing Up Asian in Black and White America

Biting the Hand: Growing Up Asian in Black and White America

Julia Lee

$18.99
$17.66
Stay True: A Memoir (Pulitzer Prize Winner)

Stay True: A Memoir (Pulitzer Prize Winner)

Hua Hsu

$17.00
$15.81
Asian American Histories of the United States

Asian American Histories of the United States

Catherine Ceniza Choy

$18.95
$17.62
Made in Asian America: A History for Young People

Made in Asian America: A History for Young People

Erika Lee and Christina Soontornvat

$19.99
$18.59
The Bandit Queens

The Bandit Queens

Parini Shroff

$18.00
$16.74
Bliss Montage: Stories

Bliss Montage: Stories

Ling Ma

$17.00
$15.81
Our Missing Hearts: Reese's Book Club (a Novel)

Our Missing Hearts: Reese's Book Club (a Novel)

Celeste Ng

$18.00
$16.74
The Sense of Wonder

The Sense of Wonder

Matthew Salesses

$17.99
$16.73
How Far the Light Reaches: A Life in Ten Sea Creatures

How Far the Light Reaches: A Life in Ten Sea Creatures

Sabrina Imbler

$21.99
$20.45
Sea Change

Sea Change

Gina Chung

$17.00
$15.81
The School for Good Mothers

The School for Good Mothers

Jessamine Chan

$18.99
$17.66
To Paradise

To Paradise

Hanya Yanagihara

$18.00
$16.74
Rise: A Pop History of Asian America from the Nineties to Now

Rise: A Pop History of Asian America from the Nineties to Now

Phil Yu, Jeff Yang, et al.

$28.99
$26.96
Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning

Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning

Cathy Park Hong

$18.00
$16.74
Meet Us by the Roaring Sea

Meet Us by the Roaring Sea

Akil Kumarasamy

$18.00
$16.74
Babel: Or the Necessity of Violence: An Arcane History of the Oxford Translators' Revolution

Babel: Or the Necessity of Violence: An Arcane History of the...

R. F. Kuang

$20.00
$18.60
Uncommon Measure: A Journey Through Music, Performance, and the Science of Time

Uncommon Measure: A Journey Through Music, Performance, and...

Natalie Hodges

$17.99
$16.73
Central Places

Central Places

Delia Cai

$18.00
$16.74
Year of the Tiger: An Activist's Life

Year of the Tiger: An Activist's Life

Alice Wong

$17.00
$15.81
Interior Chinatown: A Novel (National Book Award Winner)

Interior Chinatown: A Novel (National Book Award Winner)

Charles Yu

$17.00
$15.81
America Is in the Heart

America Is in the Heart

Carlos Bulosan

$18.00
$16.74
Eat a Peach: A Memoir

Eat a Peach: A Memoir

David Chang and Gabe Ulla

$17.99
$16.73
The Sympathizer: A Novel (Pulitzer Prize for Fiction)

The Sympathizer: A Novel (Pulitzer Prize for Fiction)

Viet Thanh Nguyen

$17.00
$15.81

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