May is Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month. To celebrate, we have compiled a list of new releases and favorites featuring actors and authors. Let us know if you have found your next read!

Books

Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner

The Emperor of Gladness by Ocean Vuong

The Note by Alafair Burke

Yellowface by R. F. Kuang

The Rivals by Jen Pak

Our Missing Hearts by Celeste Ng

Strangers in Land by Michael Luo

Real Americans by Rachel Khong

Your Driver is Waiting by Priya Guns

Arsenic and Adobo by Mia P. Manansala

Roman Stories by Jhumpa Lahiri

Water Moon by Samantha Sotto Yambao

Dial A for Aunties by Jesse Q. Sutanto

Lunar Love by Lauren Kung Jessen

First Comes Like by Alisha Rai

Mott Street by Ava Chin

Dear Girls by Ali Wong

Interior Chinatown by Charles Yu

Movies

PBS Chinese Exclusion Act

Everything Everywhere All at Once

Minari

Past Lives

Monkey Man

The Boy and the Heron

Short Comings

Joy Ride

The Wedding Banquet

Better Luck Tomorrow

Crazy Rich Asians

Joy Luck Club

Okja

Parasite

Drive My Car

In the Mood for Love

Moana

Lilo and Stitch

Mulan

Monsoon Wedding

Television Shows

Never Have I Ever

The Summer I Turned Pretty

Killing Eve

Mr and Mrs Smith

Expats

The Sympathizer

Shogun

Pachinko

We are the Lady Parts

Kitty XO

Beef

Pen 15

The Cleaning Lady

Young Rock

Kim’s Convenience

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