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All About Books: Asian Heritage Month

Asian Heritage Month - MAY

AAPI - Asian American Pacific Islander

Anna K by Jenny Lee
An Arrow to the Moon by Emily X. R. Pan
The Astonishing Color of After by Emily X. R. Pan
Avatar, the Last Airbender: the Rise of Kyoshi (Chronicles of the Avatar Book 1) by F. C. Yee; Michael Dante DiMartino (Other Primary Creator)
Avatar, the Last Airbender: the Shadow of Kyoshi (Chronicles of the Avatar Book 2) by F. C. Yee; Michael Dante DiMartino (Other Primary Creator)
Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress by Dai Sijie
Crazy Rich Asians by Kevin Kwan
Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner
The Downstairs Girl by Stacey Lee
Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng
Frankly in Love by David Yoon
In Order to Live by Yeonmi Park; Maryanne Vollers
The Island of Sea Women by Lisa See
Jade Fire Gold by June Cl Tan
Legion by Julie Kagawa
Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng
Luck of the Titanic by Stacey Lee
Outrun the Moon by Stacey Lee
Pachinko (National Book Award Finalist) by Min Jin Lee
Parachutes by Kelly Yang
Patron Saints of Nothing by Randy Ribay
The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane by Lisa See
The Weight of Our Sky by Hanna Alkaf
Yolk by Mary H. K. Choi
You've Reached Sam by Dustin Thao
Yellowface by R. F. Kuang
A Thousand Beginnings and Endings by Ellen Oh; Melissa de la Cruz; Julie Kagawa; Rahul Kanakia; Lori M. Lee; E. C. Myers; Cindy Pon; Aisha Saeed; Shveta Thakrar; Alyssa Wong; Elsie Chapman; Renée Ahdieh; Sona Charaipotra; Preeti Chhibber; Roshani Chokshi; Aliette de Bodard

Canadian Asian Authors

The Concubine's Children by Denise Chong
The End of East by Jen Sookfong Lee
Obasan by Joy Kogawa
Do Not Say We Have Nothing by Madeleine Thien
The Bone Collector's Son by Paul Yee
Disappearing Moon Cafe by Sky Lee
The Jade Peony by Wayson Choy
The Boat People by Sharon Bala

Graphic Novels

Diary of a Tokyo Teen by Christine Mari Inzer
American Born Chinese by Gene Luen Yang (Illustrator)
They Called Us Enemy by George Takei; Justin Eisinger; Steven Scott; Harmony Becker (Illustrator)
Banned Book Club by Hyun-Sook Kim; Ryan Estrada; Hyung-Ju Ko (Illustrator)
The Prince and the Dressmaker by Jen Wang
Stargazing by Jen Wang (Illustrator)
Tiananmen 1989 by Lun Zhang; Adrien Gombeaud; Ameziane (Illustrator)
Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up With Me by Mariko Tamaki
Endgames by Ru Xu (Illustrator)
Newsprints by Ru Xu (Illustrator)
Usagi Yojimbo by Stan Sakai (Artist); Dark Horse