We’re gearing up to celebrate Lunar New Year (starting Feb. 1) and the Year of the Tiger (2022)! Lunar New Year, also called Spring Festival, lasts for 15 days and is the most important holiday in China. This festival is also celebrated in Vietnam (where it’s known as Tet), North and South Korea (where it’s known as Solnal) and Tibet (where it is called Losar).
We hope you enjoy these recommended reads to learn more about Lunar New Year, East Asian history, culture and stories.
Fiction
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The Committed by Viet Thanh Nguyen
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Interior Chinatown by Charles Yu
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My Year Abroad by Chang-rae Lee
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The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane by Lisa See
Book | Audiobook | Large type
Non-Fiction
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All you can Ever Know : a Memoir by Nicole Chung
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The Displaced : Refugee Writers on Refugee Lives by Viet Thanh Nguyen
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Long Live the Tribe of Fatherless Girls : a Memoir by T Kira Madden
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Minor Feelings : an Asian American Reckoning by Cathy Park Hong
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The Woman Warrior : Memoirs of a Girlhood Among Ghosts by Maxine Hong Kingston
Middle Grade
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Mindy Kim and the Lunar New Year Parade by Lyla Lee
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The Dragon Warrior by Katie Zhao
Picture Books
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Bringing in the New Year by Grace Lin
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D is For Dragon Dance by Ying Chang Compestine
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Playing with Lanterns by Wang Yage (on order)
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The Nian Monster by Andrea Wang
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The Runaway Rice Cake by Ying Chang Compestine
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The Runaway Wok: A Chinese New Year Tale by Ying Chang Compestine