Lists and Suggestions

List: Celebrating Asian American and Pacific Islander Voices

Vaite, Célestine Hitiura, 1966-

Materena Mahi is one of the spunkiest, wisest, lovingest women on the island of Tahiti. With her co...

Castillo, Elaine, author.

After fleeing the Philippines, Hero De Vera arrives at her uncles where she is given a fresh start....

Wang, Xuan Juliana, 1985- author.

"Stories about love, family, and identity in the unexplored lives of Chinese-American millenni...

Jacob, Mira, 1973-

"Brain surgeon Thomas Eapen's decision to shorten his visit to his mother's home in ...

Lee, Krys, author.

Three young people struggle to make new lives for themselves in the dangerous region where China bo...

Thammavongsa, Souvankham, 1978- author.

"In her stunning debut, Souvankham Thammavongsa captures the day-to-day lives of immigrants an...

Alvar, Mia, 1978- author.

"Mia Alvar's ... debut gives us a vivid ... picture of the Filipino diaspora: exiles and ...

Wang, Weike, author.

"A novel about a young Chinese woman whose graduate studies in chemistry go off track and lead...

Zhang, C Pam, author.

Newly orphaned children of immigrants, Lucy and Sam are suddenly alone in a land that refutes their...

Chang, Alexandra, 1988- author.

"The plan is to leave. As for how, when, to where, and even why--she doesn't know yet. So...

Vuong, Ocean, 1988- author.

"Brilliant, heartbreaking, tender, and highly original -- poet Ocean Vuong's debut novel ...

Bajaj, Karan, 1979- author.

"Max Pzoras is the poster child for the American Dream. The child of Greek immigrants who grew...

Majumdar, Megha, author.

"After a fiery attack on a train leaves 104 people dead, the fates of three people become inex...

Chung, Catherine.

Learning on the night of her sister's birth that a daughter has been lost in every generation ...

Nguyen, Viet Thanh, 1971- author.

Follows a Viet Cong agent as he spies on a South Vietnamese army general and his compatriots as the...

Bui, Thi, author, artist.

"Exploring the anguish of immigration and the lasting effects that displacement has on a child...

Lee, Min Jin, author.

"A new tour de force from the bestselling author of Free Food for Millionaires, for readers of...

Taneja, Preti, author.

"A stunning debut novel, a modern-day King Lear set in contemporary India: the tale of a battl...

Lahiri, Jhumpa.

Meet the Ganguli family, new arrivals from Calcutta, trying their best to become Americans even as ...

Yoon, Paul, author.

"Alisak, Prany, and Noi--three orphans united by devastating loss--must do what is necessary t...