Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month Booklist
May is Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month -- a celebration recognizing the contributions and influence of Asian Americans and Pacific Islander Americans to the history, culture, and achievements of the United States. We've compiled a booklist by and about Asian Americans and Pacific Islander Americans for all ages!
Click on a title to find it in our catalog; and find many more titles at cobbcat.org.
Children's Picture Books
A Big Mooncake for Little Star by Grace Lin
Bilal Cooks Daal by Aisha Saeed
The Boy Who Tried to Shrink His Name by Sandhya Parappukkaran
Bracelets for Bina’s Brothers by Rajani LaRocca
Bringing in the New Year by Grace Lin
A Different Pond by Ban Phi
A Dupatta Is… by Marzieh Abbas
Eyes That Kiss in the Corners by Joanna Ho
Eyes That Speak to the Stars by Joanna Ho
Grandfather’s Journey by Allen Say
Hot Hot Roti for Dada-Ji by F. Zia
Laila’s Lunchbox by Reem Faruqi
Leila in Saffron by Rukhsanna Guidroz
A Map Into the World by Kao Kalia Yang
My First Day by Phùng Nguyên Quang
The Name Jar by Yangsook Choi
The Ocean Calls by Tina Cho
‘Ohana Means Family by Ilima Loomis
Children's and Preteen Chapter Books
Alvin Ho: Allergic to Girls, School, and Other Scary Things by Lenore Look
Amal Unbound by Aisha Saeed
Any Day With You by Mae Respicio
Dragon Pearl by Yoon Ha Lee
Finally Seen by Kelly Yang
Front Desk by Kelly Yang
Inside Out and Back Again by Thanha Lai
New From Here by Kelly Yang
The Night Diary by Veera Hiranandani
Other Words for Home by Jasmine Warga
Prairie Lotus by Linda Sue Park
Stand Up, Yumi Chung by Jessica Kim
When you Trap a Tiger by Tae Keller
Teen and Young Adult Fiction
American Panda by Gloria Chao
The Astonishing Color of After by Emily X.R. Pan
Bitter Medicine by Mia Tsai
Counting Down with You by Tashie Bhuiyan
Darius the Great is Not Okay by Adib Khorram
Emergency Contact by Mary HK Choi
Frankly in Love by David Yoon
I’ll Be the One by Lyla Lee
Internment by Samira Ahmed
Love, Hate, & Other Filters by Samira Ahmed
The Love and Lies of Rukhsana Ali by Sabina Khan
The Marvelous Mirza Girls by Sheba Karim
My So-Called Bollywood Life by Nisha Sharma
Patron Saints of Nothing by Randy Ribay
She is a Haunting by Trang Thanh Tran
Somewhere Only We Know by Maurene Goo
They Called Us Enemy by George Takei
To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before by Jenny Han
A Very Large Expanse of Sea by Tahereh Mafi
When Dimple Met Rishi by Sandhya Menon
When You Wish Upon a Lantern by Gloria Chao
While You Were Dreaming by Alisha Rai
Written in the Stars by Aisha Saeed
XOXO by Axie Oh
Adult Fiction
Afterparties by Anthony Veasna So
America Is Not the Heart by Elaine Castillo
Book of Form and Emptiness by Ruth Ozeki
A Burning by Megha Majumdar
The Calligrapher’s Daughter by Eugenia Kim
The Committed by Viet Thanh Nguyen
Dust Child by Nguyen Phan Que Mai
Fiona and Jane by Jean Chen Ho
A Free Life by Ha Jin
Girls Burn Brighter by Shobha Rao
How Much of These Hills Is Gold by C. Pam Zhang
Joan Is Okay by Weike Wang
The Leavers by Lisa Ko
Marriage of a Thousand Lies by SJ Sindu
On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong
Pachinko by Min Jin Lee
A Passage North by Anuk Arudpragasam
Someone Else’s Life by Lyn Liao Butler
The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh Nguyen
To Paradise by Hanya Yanagihara
Vera Wong’s Unsolicited Advice for Murderers by Jesse Q. Sutanto
When I’m Gone, Look For Me in the East by Quan Barry
Whereabouts by Jhumpa Lahiri
Yellowface by RF Kuang
Adult Nonfiction
All You Can Ever Know: A Memoir by Nicole Chung
Concepcion: An Immigrant Family’s Fortunes by Albert Samaha
Crying in H Mart: A Memoir by Michelle Zauner
House of Sticks: A Memoir by Ly Tran
Last Boat Out of Shanghai: The Epic Story of the Chinese Who Fled Mao’s Revolution by Helen Zia
The Magical Language of Others: A Memoir by E.J. Koh
Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning by Cathy Park Hong
Not Quite Not White: Losing Race and Finding America by Sharmila Sen
Time is a Mother by Ocean Vuong
The Woman Warrior: Memoirs of a Girlhood Among Ghosts by Maxine Hong Kingston