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May Read a Book by an Asian or Pacific Islander Author
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River East, River West
by Aube Rey Lescure
Set against the backdrop of developing modern China, a new novel is a coming-of-age tale, part family and social drama, as it follows two generations searching for belonging and opportunity in a rapidly changing world.
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Women of Good Fortune
by Sophie Wan
Lulu has always been taught that money is the ticket to a good life. So, when Shanghai's most eligible bachelor surprises her with a proposal, the only acceptable answer is yes, even if the voice inside her head is saying no. Lulu's wedding means more than enough cash gifts to transform her and her friends' lives. To steal the money on the big day, all they'll need is a trustworthy crew and a brilliant plan. But as the plot grows increasingly complicated and relationships are caught in the cross fire, the women are forced to face that having it all might come at a steep price...
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The Fox Wife
by Yangsze Choo
A novel about dead bodies found in the snow, a mother seeking revenge, and old folk tales that may very well be true. New York Times bestselling author Yangsze Choo brilliantly explores a world of mortals and spirits, humans and beasts, and their dazzling intersection.
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Chlorine
by Jade Song
An intense high school swimmer, intent on being scouted and awarded a scholarship, tries to deal with the pressure of it all while feeling a strange, dark suspicion that she is actually a mermaid.
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Lies and Weddings
by Kevin Kwan
Rufus Leung Gresham, future Earl of Greshamsbury and son of a former Hong Kong supermodel, is drowning in debt. The only solution, according to his mother, is for him to attend his sister’s wedding and seduce a woman with money.
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The Storm We Made
by Vanessa Chan
A spellbinding, sweeping novel about a Malayan mother who becomes an unlikely spy for the invading Japanese forces during WWII—and the shocking consequences that rain upon her community and family.
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The Emperor and the Endless Palace
by Justinian Huang
In the year 4 BCE, an ambitious courtier is called upon to seduce the young emperor — but quickly discovers they are both ruled by blood, sex and intrigue. In 1740, a lonely innkeeper agrees to help a mysterious visitor procure a rare medicine, only to unleash an otherworldly terror instead. And in present-day LA, a college student meets a beautiful stranger and cannot shake the feeling they’ve met before.
Across these seemingly unrelated timelines woven together only by the twists and turns of fate, two men are reborn, lifetime after lifetime. As their many lives intertwine, they begin to realize the power of their undying love.
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The Museum of Failures
by Thrity N. Umrigar
Returning to Bombay to adopt a baby and see his elderly mother, Remy Wadia, stumbling upon a photograph that reveals shocking family secrets, reevaluates his entire childhood, his relationship to his parents and his harsh judgment on the decisions and events long hidden from him.
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Yellowface
by R. F. Kuang
After the death of her literary rival in a freak accident, author June Hayward steals her just-finished masterpiece, sending it to her agent as her own work, but as emerging evidence threatens her success, she discovers how far she'll go to keep what she thinks she deserves.
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Real Americans
by Rachel Khong
Real Americans begins when Lily, an unpaid intern at a media company, meets Matthew. He is everything Lily is not: easygoing and effortlessly attractive, and, most notably, heir to a vast pharmaceutical empire. Lily couldn't be more different: flat-broke, raised in Tampa, the only child of scientists who fled Mao’s Cultural Revolution. Despite all this, Lily and Matthew fall in love.
In 2021, Nick Chen has never felt like he belonged on the isolated Washington island where he lives with his single mother, Lily. When Nick sets out to find his biological father, the journey threatens to raise more questions than answers.
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Age of Vice
by Deepti Kapoor
After a speeding car kills five people late at night in New Delhi, the driver, a shell-shocked servant is unable to explain the series of strange events that lead to the crime.
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How to End a Love Story
by Yulin Kuang
Helen’s successful YA novels are being adapted into a TV series, and she happily accepts a position as a screenwriter on the project. When she shows up to the writing room, however, she finds the one person she never wanted to see again: Grant, now an established producer. Thirteen years have passed since Helen’s little sister died in a car accident—and Grant was at the wheel of the car that hit her. Helen has never forgiven him, and the idea of working together seems incomprehensible. As they begin to unravel each other’s stories, they get embroiled in an ultra-steamy yet emotionally knotty relationship that becomes all-consuming.
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What we Kept to Ourselves
by Nancy Jooyoun Kim
From the New York Times bestselling author of The Last Story of Mina Lee comes a propulsive new novel of a family that unravels when a stranger is found dead in their backyard, only to find he might hold the key to finding their mother who disappeared a year ago.
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Kaikeyi
by Vaishnavi Patel
The only princess of the kingdom of Kekaya discovers she possesses magic when she revisits the ancient texts she used to read with her banished mother and transforms herself into a warrior to make a better world for other women.
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Every Drop is a Man's Nightmare
by Megan Kamalei Kakimoto
A short story collection follows contemporary native Hawaiian and Japanese women through tales including an encounter with a wild pig on a haunted highway and an elderly widow who sees her dead lover in a giant flower.
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Land of Milk and Honey
by C Pam Zhang
This novel is about a Chinese American chef who, lured to a decadent, enigmatic colony of the superrich in a near future in which food is disappearing, discovers the meaning of pleasure and the ethics of who gets to enjoy it, altering her life and, indirectly, the world.
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The Water Outlaws
by S. L. Huang
Recruited by the Bandits of Liangshan, expert arms instructor Lin Chong, disgraced, tattooed as a criminal and on the run from an Imperial Marshall who wants her dead, joins these mountain outlaws who live on the fringe of society—and who are ready to make history or tear it apart.
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The Leftover Woman
by Jean Kwok
Arriving in New York City from her rural Chinese village without money or family support, Jasmine Young, on the run from her abusive husband, desperately searches for the daughter taken away from her at birth, which forces her to make increasingly risky decisions.
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The Bandit Queens
by Parini Shroff
Considered a “self-made” widow after the disappearance of her husband, Geeta, when other women in the village ask her for help in getting rid of their own no-good husbands, must decide how far she is willing to go to protect her fearsome reputation and the life she's built.
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Valley Verified
by Kyla Zhao
Zoe Zeng has made it in New York's fashion world. But life in NYC isn't as chic as Zoe imagined. One day, Zoe receives a job offer at FitPick, an app startup in Silicon Valley. The salary and perks are sweet, but moving across the country and switching to a totally new industry? Not so much. However, with her current career at a dead end, Zoe accepts the offer and swaps high fashion for high tech, haute couture for HTML. But she soon realizes that in an industry claiming to change the world for the better, not everyone's intentions are pure. With an eight-figure investment on the line, Zoe must find a way to revamp FitPick's image, or both her and the company's futures will go up in smoke.
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The Deep Sky
by Yume Kitasei
When a lethal bomb knocks the The Phoenix—a ship carrying humanity's last hope—off course, Asuka, the only surviving witness, is an immediate suspect and with the crew turning on each other, she is determined to find the culprit before the bomber strikes again.
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Deep as the Sky, Red as the Sea
by Rita Chang-Eppig
A legendary Chinese pirate queen fights to save her fleet from the forces allied against them, and the dangerous price of power.
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Daughters of Shandong
by Eve J. Chung
A propulsive, extraordinary novel about a mother and her daughters’ harrowing escape to Taiwan as the Communist revolution sweeps through China, by debut author Eve J. Chung, based on her family story.
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Now You See Us
by Balli Kaur Jaswal
When a Filipina maid is arrested for murdering her female employer, three Filipina other domestic workers—Corazon, Donita and Angel—are shocked into action, using their moxie and insight to piece together the mystery of what really happened—and exposing the secrets of Singapore's elite along the way.
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Fathomfolk
by Eliza Chan
From one of fantasy’s most exciting new voices Eliza Chan comes a modern, myth-inflected story of revolution and magic set against the glittering, semi-submerged city of Tiankawi, perfect for fans of Jade City and The Bone Shard Daughter. Welcome to Tiankawi – shining pearl of human civilization and a safe haven for those fleeing civil unrest. Or at least, that’s how it first appears.
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Seeing Ghosts
by Kat Chow
After her mother dies unexpectedly of cancer, a Chinese American writer and journalist weaves together the story of the fallout of grief that follows her extended family as they emigrate from China and Hong Kong to Cuba and America.
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The Salt Grows Heavy
by Cassandra Khaw
On the run, a mermaid is joined by a mysterious plague doctor with a darkness of their own and when they stumble upon a village of ageless children thirsty for blood, they must embrace the cruelest parts of their true nature to survive.
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Hula
by Jasmin 'Iolani Hakes
A young daughter of the legendary Hawaiian Naupaka dynasty dreams of healing the rift in her family by competing in and winning the next Miss Aloha Hula contest and proving herself worthy of carrying on her family's name.
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Untethered Sky
by Fonda Lee
Overwhelmed with the need to kill the manticores that took her family, Ester joins the King's Royal Mews, where giant rocs of legend are flown to hunt manticores, and is paired with a fledging roc named Zahra, forming a terrifying partnership that leads her on a journey of perseverance and acceptance.
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Red String Theory
by Lauren Kung Jessen
When it comes to love and art, Rooney believes in signs. Most of all, she believes in the Chinese legend that everyone is tied to their one true love by the red string of fate. And that belief has inspired her career as an artist, until artist's block strikes and Rooney begins to question everything. But then fate leads her to the perfect guy: Jack Liu. Only, Jack doesn't believe. And after their magical date, it looks like they might be lost to each other forever, until they're given one more chance to reconnect. But can Rooney convince a reluctant skeptic to take a leap of fate?
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Murder and Mamon
by Mia P. Manansala
Lila Macapagal's godmothers April, Mae, and June are celebrating the opening of their latest joint business venture, a chain of laundromats. However, what should've been a joyous occasion quickly turns into a tragedy when they discover the body of Ninang April's niece, recently arrived from the Philippines, spinning around inside one of the machines. With Ninang April falling apart from grief and little progress from the Shady Palms Police Department, it's up to Lila and her network to find justice for the young woman.
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Wandering Souls
by Cecile Pin
Seeking refuge in the UK after the last American troops leave Vietnam, Anh and her younger brothers, in a London plagued by social inequality and raging anti-immigrant sentiment, find their paths diverging as time passes, wondering if love alone can keep them together.
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The Last Tale of the Flower Bride
by Roshani Chokshi
Breaking the promise he made to his beautiful wife, to never pry into her past, when they arrive at her childhood home, a crumbling manor shrouded in mystery, a scholar of myths must choose between reality and fantasy, even if doing so threatens to destroy their marriage—or their lives.
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Your Driver is Waiting
by Priya Guns
For the first time ever, Damani, who drives for an app, starts dating a white girl with money, but when their romance intensifies and she finally lets her guard down, her girlfriend does something unforgivable, setting off an explosive chain of events.
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Flux
by Jinwoo Chong
Brandon experiences his reality unraveling when he begins losing chunks of time and finding himself in an apartment he doesn't recognize and starts to suspect his new employers have discovered time travel and are covering up violent crimes.
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Ayesha at Last
by Uzma Jalaluddin
Reluctantly working as a teacher to pay off her debts to her wealthy uncle, Ayesha Shamsi finds herself falling for her cousin's conservative and judgmental fiance.
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Four Treasures of the Sky
by Jenny Zhang
A Chinese girl struggles to find her place in the 1880s American West after being kidnapped and smuggled, working at a calligraphy school and a San Francisco brothel as anti-Chinese sentiment sweeps across the country.
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Ghost Forest
by Pik-Shuen Fung
A Chinese immigrant learns to process her grief for the loss of her father who passed away while staying in Hong Kong to work while the rest of the family moved to Canada before the 1997 Handover to China.
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The Impossible City : a Hong Kong memoir
by Karen Cheung
Weaving together memoir, cultural criticism and reportage, and drawing from her own experiences as well as the experiences of others, a journalist gives us an insider's view of Hong Kong at a critical moment in history– both for this city and democracies around the world.
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What My Bones Know
by Stephanie Foo
Drawing on interviews with scientists and psychologists, and trying a variety of innovative therapies, the author, diagnosed with Complex PTSD—a condition that occurs when trauma happens continuously—investigates the little-understood science behind this disorder that has shaped her life.
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Happiness Falls
by Angie Kim
Mia isn't initially concerned when her family fails to return from a walk, until her mute brother Eugene, who suffers from a rare genetic condition, returns bloody and alone and is unable to describe what happened to their father.
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