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

Amah Faraway by Margaret Chiu Greanias

Amy Wu and the Warm Welcome by Kat Zhang

Anzu the Great Kaiju by Benson Shum

The Blur by Minh Lê

The Boy Who Tried to Shrink His Name by Sandhya Parappukkaran

Bracelets for Bina’s Brothers by Rajani LaRocca

A Dupatta Is… by Marzieh Abbas

Eyes That Speak to the Stars by Joanna Ho

Goodnight Ganesha by Nadia Salomon

Hot Hot Roti for Dada-Ji by F. Zia

Hundred Years of Happiness by Thanhhà Lại

I Am Golden by Eva Chen

Let’s Do Everything and Nothing by Julia Kuo

The Most Beautiful Thing by Kao Kalia Yang

My First Day by Phùng Nguyên Quang

The Ocean Calls by Tina Cho

So Not Ghoul by Karen Yin

Tofu Takes Time by Helen Wu

Watercress by Andrea Wang

Children's and Preteen Chapter Books

Alvin Ho: Allergic to Girls, School, and Other Scary Things by Lenore Look

Any Day With You by Mae Respicio

Finally Seen by Kelly Yang

Finding Junie Kim by Ellen Oh

The First State of Being by Erin Entrada Kelly

Jennifer Chan is Not Alone by Tae Keller

The Last Mapmaker by Christina Soontornvat

Maizy Chen’s Last Chance by Lisa Yee

New From Here by Kelly Yang

The Partition Project by Saadia Faruqi

Tiger Honor by Yoon Ha Lee

Yusuf Azeem is Not a Hero by Saadia Faruqi

Teen and Young Adult Fiction

Bitter Medicine by Mia Tsai

The Cartographers by Amy Zhang

Counting Down with You by Tashie Bhuiyan

Daughters of the Dawn by Sasha and Sarena Nanua

Emergency Contact by Mary HK Choi

Hungry Ghost by Victoria Ying

I’ll Be the One by Lyla Lee

I’m Not Here to Make Friends by Andrew Yang

Imposter Syndrome and Other Confessions of Alejandra Kim by Patricia Park

The Love and Lies of Rukhsana Ali by Sabina Khan

A Magic Steeped in Poison by Judy Lin

The Marvelous Mirza Girls by Sheba Karim

My So-Called Bollywood Life by Nisha Sharma

The Queens of New York by EL Shen

She is a Haunting by Trang Thanh Tran

The Silence That Binds Us by Joanna Ho

These Infinite Threads by Tahereh Mafi

This is Not a Personal Statement by Tracy Badua

This Place is Still Beautiful by Xixi Tian

Throwback by Maurene Goo

While You Were Dreaming by Alisha Rai

XOXO by Axie Oh

Adult Fiction

Afterparties by Anthony Veasna So

Age of Vice by Deepti Kapoor

The Bandit Queens by Parini Shroff

Bestiary by K-Ming Chang

Book of Form and Emptiness by Ruth Ozeki

A Burning by Megha Majumdar

Central Places by Delia Cai

Chlorine by Jade Song

The Committed by Viet Thanh Nguyen

The Dream Builders by Oindrila Mukherjee

Dust Child by Nguyen Phan Que Mai

Fiona and Jane by Jean Chen Ho

Flux by Jinwoo Chong

Homeland Elegies by Ayad Akhtar

How Much of These Hills Is Gold by C. Pam Zhang

The Incendiaries by RO Kwon

Joan Is Okay by Weike Wang

The Laughter by Sonora Jha

On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong

A Passage North by Anuk Arudpragasam

Real Americans by Rachel Khong

Someone Else’s Life by Lyn Liao Butler

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

The Best We Could Do by Thi Bui

Concepcion: An Immigrant Family’s Fortunes by Albert Samaha

Crying in H Mart: A Memoir by Michelle Zauner

Good Talk by Mira Jacob

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

Oh My Mother! by Connie Wang

They Called Us Exceptional and Other Lies that Raised Us by Prachi Gupta

Time is a Mother by Ocean Vuong

The Woman Warrior: Memoirs of a Girlhood Among Ghosts by Maxine Hong Kingston