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Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month

May is Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage month, but we hope that you will use the books, essays, and lists, below, year-round to explore and celebrate the diverse Asian American and Pacific Islander communities in the U.S., their histories and cultures, and vital contributions across disciplines.

While we realize that no reading list alone can combat the hate and violence perpetrated against Asian American and Pacific Islander communities these past years and throughout our national history, we believe that books are a powerful tool for changing and expanding hearts and minds. Explore our resources on combating anti-Asian racism; and discover the dizzying range of ideas, styles, and authors below.

Guest Essays, Interviews & Lists

Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month

APANO Recommends: Books Everyone Should Read This Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month

"This year we’re fortunate to be partnering again with our friends at APANO (Asian Pacific American Network of Oregon) to share a curated reading list. APANO is a statewide, grassroots organization, uniting Asians and Pacific Islanders to achieve social justice and find solutions to the disproportionate gaps in education, health, and economic prosperity that Asian and Pacific Islander communities often face."

Powell's Q&A: Rafia Zakaria, Author of 'Against White Feminism'

Powell's Q&A: Rafia Zakaria, Author of 'Against White Feminism'

"Against White Feminism is the story of how white supremacy and “whiteness" as a source of privilege have tainted the feminist movement and turned into a grab-and-go branding exercise."

Thank You, Group Chat: 11 Books to Read for AAPIHM

Thank You, Group Chat: 11 Books to Read for AAPIHM

"These are the titles that keep popping up in my group chats, and that make my phone overheat because everyone wants to talk about them."

'Inheritors': A Footnote

Original Essay: 'Inheritors': A Footnote

"How to responsibly write about a fraught, contested, often dangerously oversimplified and traumatic history? How to tell stories so that they retain their diversity and partiality, each a part of the larger living mosaic, our collective trajectory?"

Paul Yoon

A Visit to the Museums With Paul Yoon

"I understood only that there was a magnitude of stories happening on that one canvas."

Powell's Interview: Meng Jin, Author of 'Little Gods'

Powell's Interview: Meng Jin, Author of 'Little Gods'

"As someone who lives between languages, I've definitely experienced the heartache of having that sort of divided consciousness; especially as someone who comes from one language, but is fluent and writing in another, the heartache of losing that first language is strong."

Releasing a Book About the End of the World When It Seems Like It's the End of the World

On Writing 'Odessa'

"Maybe, actually, the end of the world is the best time to be releasing a book about the end of the world. It can remind people that big, society-changing events can happen. The world as we know it can end, but life will continue on. It can remind people that no matter what, we always have a choice. Let’s choose to care about each other."

Nancy Jooyoun Kim

The Accidental Mystery

"As a reader, one of the allures of mystery for me has always been the social issues, from racism to political corruption, explored through plot. Society itself is often a character under investigation."

Powell's Interview: Chang-rae Lee, author of 'My Year Abroad'

Powell's Interview: Chang-rae Lee, author of 'My Year Abroad'

"As an immigrant myself, but an immigrant who is definitely very settled, very moored now institutionally and culturally, I feel very comfortable. Pong is someone...whose energy and pluck and aspiration for the next thing is something I felt like maybe immigrants of my standing in the country have lost."

Powell's Interview: Sanjena Sathian, author of 'Gold Diggers'

Powell's Interview: Sanjena Sathian, author of 'Gold Diggers'

"I think that's something that's been really interesting to see people rethink in the last couple of years, too, as we start to realize collectively and culturally what has been left out, what has been a lie, and what is wrong with the narratives that we've built the whole country on."

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  1. Pachinko

    Pachinko

    by Min Jin Lee
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  2. Crying in H Mart

    Crying in H Mart

    by Michelle Zauner
    New Hardcover
    $26.95
  3. Sympathizer

    Sympathizer

    by Viet Thanh Nguyen
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    $17.00
    $10.95
  4. Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning

    Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning

    by Cathy Park Hong
    New Trade Paperback
    $18.00
  5. A Tale for the Time Being

    A Tale for the Time Being

    by Ruth Ozeki
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    $11.95
  6. Interior Chinatown

    Interior Chinatown

    by Charles Yu
    Used Trade Paperback
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  7. On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous

    On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous

    by Ocean Vuong
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    $10.95
  8. A Little Life

    A Little Life

    by Hanya Yanagihara
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    $18.00
    $12.50
  9. Severance

    Severance

    by Ling Ma
    New Trade Paperback
    $17.00
  10. What My Bones Know: A Memoir of Healing from Complex Trauma

    What My Bones Know: A Memoir of Healing from Complex Trauma

    by Stephanie Foo
    New Hardcover
    $28.00
  11. Trees Witness Everything

    Trees Witness Everything

    by Victoria Chang
    New Trade Paperback
    $17.00
  12. Lesser Known Monsters of the 21st Century

    Lesser Known Monsters of the 21st Century

    by Kim Fu
    New Trade Paperback
    $16.95
  13. Stories of Your Life and Others

    Stories of Your Life and Others

    by Ted Chiang
    Used Trade Paperback
    $16.95
    $11.95
  14. Grace of Kings Dandelion Dynasty Book 1

    Grace of Kings Dandelion Dynasty Book 1

    by Ken Liu
    Used Trade Paperback
    $18.99
    $13.50
  15. When You Trap a Tiger

    When You Trap a Tiger

    by Tae Keller
    Used Hardcover
    $16.99
    $11.95
  16. Eat a Peach

    Eat a Peach

    by David Chang
    Used Hardcover
    $28.00
    $19.50
  17. Mooncakes

    Mooncakes

    by Suzanne Walker, Wendy Xu
    New Trade Paperback
    $14.99
  18. World of Wonders: In Praise of Fireflies, Whale Sharks, and Other Astonishments

    World of Wonders: In Praise of Fireflies, Whale Sharks, and Other Astonishments

    by Aimee Nezhukumatathil and Fumi Nakamura
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    $25.00
  19. This One Summer

    This One Summer

    by Jillian Tamaki, Mariko Tamaki
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    $8.95
  20. They Called Us Enemy

    They Called Us Enemy

    by George Takei and Justin Eisinger and Steven Scott and Harmony Becker
    New Trade Paperback
    $19.99
  21. Cook Korean A Comic Book with Recipes

    Cook Korean A Comic Book with Recipes

    by Robin Ha
    New Trade Paperback
    $21.00
  22. The Awakening: Monstress Vol. 1

    The Awakening: Monstress Vol. 1

    by Marjorie M Liu, Sana Takeda
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    $9.99
    $6.95
  23. Magic Fish

    Magic Fish

    by Trung Le Nguyen
    New Trade Paperback
    $16.99
  24. Seance Tea Party

    Seance Tea Party

    by Reimena Yee
    Used Trade Paperback
    $12.99
    $7.98
  25. Almost American Girl: An Illustrated Memoir

    Almost American Girl: An Illustrated Memoir

    by Robin Ha
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    $12.99
    $8.95
  26. Eyes That Kiss in the Corners

    Eyes That Kiss in the Corners

    by Joanna Ho and Dung Ho
    New Hardcover
    $17.99
  27. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon

    Where the Mountain Meets the Moon

    by Lin, Grace
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    $11.99
    $6.95
  28. Girls of Paper and Fire: Girls of Paper and Fire 1

    Girls of Paper and Fire: Girls of Paper and Fire 1

    by Natasha Ngan
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    $10.99
    $7.50
  29. Interpreter of Maladies

    Interpreter of Maladies

    by Jhumpa Lahiri
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    $14.95
    $8.95
  30. Dear Girls: Intimate Tales, Untold Secrets, and Advice for Living Your Best Life

    Dear Girls: Intimate Tales, Untold Secrets, and Advice for Living Your Best Life

    by Ali Wong
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    $18.00
  31. How Much of These Hills Is Gold A Novel

    How Much of These Hills Is Gold A Novel

    by C Pam Zhang
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    $17.00
    $10.95
  32. If I Had Your Face

    If I Had Your Face

    by Frances Cha
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    $17.00
    $11.95
  33. Fiona & Jane

    Fiona & Jane

    by Jean Chen Ho
    Used Hardcover
    $26.00
    $17.95
  34. Hunger

    Hunger

    by Alma Katsu
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    $17.00
  35. Refugees

    Refugees

    by Viet Thanh Nguyen
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    $16.00
    $10.95
  36. Snapdragon

    Snapdragon

    by Kat Leyh
    New Trade Paperback
    $12.99
  37. Himawari House

    Himawari House

    by Harmony Becker
    New Trade Paperback
    $17.99
  38. The Empress of Salt and Fortune (Singing Hills Cycle #1)

    The Empress of Salt and Fortune (Singing Hills Cycle #1)

    by Nghi Vo
    New Trade Paperback
    $12.99
  39. East 120 Vegan & Vegetarian Recipes from Bangalore to Beijing American Measurements

    East 120 Vegan & Vegetarian Recipes from Bangalore to Beijing American Measurements

    by Meera Sodha
    New Hardcover
    $35.00
  40. Tokyo Ever After A Novel

    Tokyo Ever After A Novel

    by Emiko Jean
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    $11.99
  41. Sharks in the Time of Saviors

    Sharks in the Time of Saviors

    by Kawai Strong Washburn
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    $17.00
    $11.95
  42. Four Treasures of the Sky

    Four Treasures of the Sky

    by Jenny Tinghui Zhang
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    $27.99
  43. How to Write an Autobiographical Novel: Essays

    How to Write an Autobiographical Novel: Essays

    by Alexander Chee
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    $15.99
  44. Aru Shah and the End of Time (Pandava #1)

    Aru Shah and the End of Time (Pandava #1)

    by Roshani Chokshi
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    $8.99
    $6.50
  45. I Am a Filipino & This Is How We Cook

    I Am a Filipino & This Is How We Cook

    by Nicole Ponseca, Miguel Trinidad
    New Hardcover
    $35.00
  46. My Year Abroad

    My Year Abroad

    by Chang-rae Lee
    Used Hardcover
    $28.00
    $19.50
  47. The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Cartoonist

    The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Cartoonist

    by Adrian Tomine
    New Hardcover
    $29.95
  48. All the Flowers Kneeling

    All the Flowers Kneeling

    by Paul Tran
    New Trade Paperback
    $18.00
  49. Ichiro

    Ichiro

    by Ryan Inzana
    New Trade Paperback
    $16.99
  50. Amal Unbound

    Amal Unbound

    by Aisha Saeed
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    $8.99
    $6.50
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