May is Asian & Asian American Heritage Month! As a recent article in Good Housekeeping stated, “The [Asian and Asian American] experience is as diverse as the constellation of cultures that form it.” Equally multifaceted and wide-ranging is the outstanding literature found within this galaxy: Here is a list of outstanding titles to read now and year-round. Most (not all) of these books were published within the last year or two.
A Living Remedy: A Memoir by Nicole Chung
Vera Wong’s Unsolicited Advice for Murderers: A Novel by Jesse Q. Sutano
Banyan Moon: A Novel by Thao Thai
Fiona and Jane: Stories by Jean Chen Ho
Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning by Cathy Park Hong
Disorientation: A Novel by Elaine Hseih Chou
Crying in H Mart: A Memoir by Michelle Zauner
The Refugees: Stories by Viet Thahn Nguyen
Dust Child: A Novel by Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai
Honor: A Novel by Thrity Umrigar
Tokyo Ueno Station: A Novel by Yu Miri
Stay True: A Memoir by Hua Hsu
How High We Go in the Dark: A Novel by Sequoia Nagamatsu
All the Lovers in the Night by Mieko Kawakami, translated from the Japanese by Sam Bett and David Boyd
Siren Queen: A Novel by Nghi Vo
A Burning: A Novel by Megha Majumdar
