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

The Committed by Viet Thanh Nguyen

Interior Chinatown by Charles Yu

My Year Abroad by Chang-rae Lee

The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane by Lisa See
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Non-Fiction

All you can Ever Know : a Memoir by Nicole Chung

The Displaced : Refugee Writers on Refugee Lives by Viet Thanh Nguyen

Long Live the Tribe of Fatherless Girls : a Memoir by T Kira Madden

Minor Feelings : an Asian American Reckoning by Cathy Park Hong

The Woman Warrior : Memoirs of a Girlhood Among Ghosts by Maxine Hong Kingston
Middle Grade

Mindy Kim and the Lunar New Year Parade by Lyla Lee

The Dragon Warrior by Katie Zhao
Picture Books

Bringing in the New Year by Grace Lin

D is For Dragon Dance by Ying Chang Compestine

Playing with Lanterns by Wang Yage (on order)

The Nian Monster by Andrea Wang

The Runaway Rice Cake by Ying Chang Compestine

The Runaway Wok: A Chinese New Year Tale by Ying Chang Compestine