Recommended Reads for Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month

Join us to celebrate Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month in May!

Picture Books for Younger Kids

Curated by Librarian Tricia Nelson

• Bee-Bim Bop! by Linda Sue Park
• A Big Mooncake for Little Star by Grace Lin
• Bilal Cooks Daal by Aisha Saeed
• Bindu's Bindis by Supriya Kelka
• Danbi Leads the School Parade by Anna Kim
• A Different Pond by Bao Phi
• Drawn Together by Minh Lê
• Eyes that Kiss in the Corners by Joanna Ho
• Fatima's Great Outdoors by Ambreen Tariq
• A Gift for Amma: Market Day in India by Meera Sriram
• Home is in Between by Mitali Perkins
• Hot, Hot Roti for Dada-ji by F. Zia
• The Many Colors of Harpreet Singh by Supriya Kelkar
• Meet Yasmin! by Saadia Faruqi
• The Most Beautiful Thing by Kao Kalia Yang
• 'Ohana Means Family by Ilima Loomis 
• Shubh Diwali! By Chitra Soundar 
• Watercress by Andrea Wang

For Older Kids

Curated by Librarian Ting Ko

• They Called Us Enemy by George Takei, Justin Eisinger, Steven Scott with art by Harmony Becker
• The Fearless Flights of Hazel Ying Lee  by Julie Leung, illustrated by Julie Kwon
• Happy New Year, Julie  by Megan McDonald with illustrations by Robert Hunt and vignettes by Susan McAliley
• Dash by Kirby Larson
• Pashmina by Nidhi Chanani
• Listen, Slowly by Thanhhà Lại
• Front Desk by Kelly Yang

Teen Reads

Curated by Librarian Katie Guzan

• American Panda by Gloria Chao
• The Astonishing Color of After by Emily X.R. Pan
• American Born Chinese by Gene Luen Yang
• Frankly in Love by David Yoon
• Almost American Girl by Robin Ha
• Parachutes by Kelly Yang
• Lucy and Linh by Alice Pung
• Girl Code: Gaming, Going Viral, and Getting It Done by Andrea Gonzales and Sophie Houser
• To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before by Jenny Han
• Warcross by Marie Lu
• A Pho Love Story by Loan Le

Adult Reads

Curated by Librarians Stephanie Howes and Courtney Rose Gonsowski

• The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan (FICTION TAN)
• The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane: A Novel by Lisa See (FICTION SEE)
• Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste NG (FICTION NG)
• How to Pronounce Knife: Stories by Souvankham Thammavongsa (FICTION THAMMAVO)
• Crazy Rich Asians by Kevin Kwan (FICTION KWAN)
• Music of the Ghosts by Vaddey Ratner (FICTION RATNER)
• The Fortunes by Peter Ho Davies (FICTION DAVIES)
• Nights When Nothing Happened by Simon Han (FICTION HAN)
• On Such a Full Sea by Chang-rae Lee (FICTION LEE)
• Number One Chinese Restaurant: A Novel by Lillian Li (FICTION LI)
• Vanessa Yu's Magical Paris Tea Shop by Roselle Lim (FICTION LIM)
• Chemistry: A Novel by Weike Wang (FICTION WANG)
• Dear Cyborgs by Eugene Lim (FICTION LIM)
• Interpreter of Maladies: Stories by Jhumpa Lahiri (FICTION LAHIRI)
• A Place For Us: A Novel by Fatima Farheen Mirza (FICTION MIRZA)
• Pachinko by Min Jin Lee (FICTION LEE)
• Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982 by Cho Nam-joo (FICTION CHO)     
• If I Had Your Face: A Novel by Frances Cha (FICTION CHA)
• Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata (FICTION MURATA)
• I Am A Cat by Sōseki Natsume (FICTION NATSUME)