Celebrate Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Month with us! Here are some recommendaitons for books, movies and television shows to check out all May long!
Adult Fiction
Katabasis by R.F. Kuang
One and Only by Maurene Goo
The Emperor of Gladness by Ocean Vuong
Vera Wong’s Guide to Snooping on a Dead Man by Jesse Q. Sutanto
Real Americans by Rachel Khong
Bad Asians by Lillian Li
The Elsewhere Express by Sotto Yambao
The Fortune Flip by Lauren Kung Jessen
We Do Not Part by Han Kang
The Fourth Princess by Janie Chang
The Manor of Dreams by Chirstina Li
The Descendants by Kaui Hart Hemmings
Hula by Jasmin Iolani Hakes
Adult Nonfiction
We Were Dreamers by Simu Liu
Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner
Strangers in the Land Exclusion, belonging and the epic story of the Chinese in America by Michael Luo
Accidentially on Purpose by Kristen Kish
They Called us Enemy by George Takei
Beyond Life and Death by Jet Li
Making a Scene by Constance Wu
Young Adult Fiction
Cold Wire by Chloe Gong
Downstairs Girl by Stacey Lee
Always and Forever, Lara Jean by Jenny Han
Love Points to You by Alice Lin
Iron Widow by Xiran Jay Zhao
When Dimple Met Rishi by Sandhya Menon
Like We Were in Paris by Stephan Lee
The Astonishing Color of After by Emily X.R. Pan
Emergency Contact by Mary H.K. Choi
Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo
Liar’s Test by Ambelin Kwaymullina
Graphic Novels
It Rhymes with Takei by George Takei
This One Summer by Mariko Tamaki
American Born Chinese by Gene Luen Yang
Ms. Marvel by Wilson G. Willow
I was Their American Dream bt Malaka Gharib
Displacement by Kiku Hughes
Flamer by Mike Curato
Fitting Indian by Jyoti Chand
Movies
Minari
The Big Sick
The Paper Tigers
The Farewell
The Half of It
To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before
Moana
Turning Red
Past Lives
Fire Island
Everything Everywhere All At Once
Searching
Shang Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
Crazy Rich Asians
Joy Ride
To Be Takei
After Yang
Television
Fresh off the Boat
Kim’s Convenience
Shogun
The Summer I Turned Pretty
Interior Chinatown
Awkwafina is Nora from Queens
Beef
The Brothers Sun
The Chair
Never Have I Ever
Killing Eve
The Pitt
Deli Boys
Mr. and Mrs. Smith
American Born Chinese
Invincible
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