Asian, asian-american & pacific islander (AAPI)

reading list

Here are some of our favorite books by AAPI authors!

fiction & YA

  1.  Interior Chinatown by Charles Yu

  2. Serena Singh Flips the Script by Sonya Lalli

  3. Yolk by Mary H.K. Choi

  4. Frankly In Love by David Yoon

  5.  Pie in the Sky by Remy Lai

  6.  We That Are Young by Preti Taneja

  7.  Order of the Pure Moon Reflected in Water by Zen Cho

  8. No-No Boy by John Okada

  9. The Three-Body Problem by Cixin Liu

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nonfiction & poetry

  1. Minor Feelings by Cathy Park Hong

  2.  Sigh, Gone by Phuc Tran

  3. The Making of Asian America: A History by Erika Lee

  4. They Called Us Enemy by George Takei, Justin Eisinger, Steven Scott, & illustrated by Harmony Becker

  5. Pillar of Books by Moon Bo Young & translated by Hedgie Choi

  6. Short Hair Detention by Channy Chhi Laux

  7.  If They Come for Us by Fatimah Asghar

  8. Across Many Mountains by Yangzom Brauen 

  9.  Almost American Girl by Robin Ha

  10. The Souls of Yellow Folk by Wesley Yang

  11. I Hope We Choose Love: A Trans Girl’s Notes from the End of the World by Kai Cheng Thom

  12. The Magical Language of Others by EJ Koh

  13. Swimming to Freedom: My Escape from China and the Cultural Revolution by Kent Wong

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picture books & chapter books

  1. Laxmi’s Mooch by Shelly Anand & illustrated by Nabi H. Ali

  2. The Many Colors of Harpreet Singh by Supriya Kelkar

  3. Front Desk by Kelly Yang

  4. Stand Up, Yumi Chung by Jessica Kim

  5. The Best at It by Maulik Pancholy

  6. We Belong by Cookie Hiponia Everman

  7. The Unexplainable Disappearance of Mars Patel by Sheela Chari

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