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Fiction
If I Had Your Face By Frances Cha
F CHA Frances
Set in contemporary Seoul, about four young women in a world defined by impossible beauty standards.
F CHA Frances
Set in contemporary Seoul, about four young women in a world defined by impossible beauty standards.
The School Good Mothers By Jessamine Chan
F CHAN Jessamine
Set in near-future America, in a government-run reform program where bad mothers are retrained.
F CHAN Jessamine
Set in near-future America, in a government-run reform program where bad mothers are retrained.
Bestiary By K-Ming Chang
F CHANG K-Ming
Transforming into a manifestation of a tiger character from her heritage, Daughter falls in love with an equally remarkable girl while translating old letters.
F CHANG K-Ming
Transforming into a manifestation of a tiger character from her heritage, Daughter falls in love with an equally remarkable girl while translating old letters.
The Gift of Rain By Twan Eng Tan
F ENG Tan
Set during the tumult of World War II, a riveting tale about a young man caught in the tangle of wartime loyalties and deceits.
F ENG Tan
Set during the tumult of World War II, a riveting tale about a young man caught in the tangle of wartime loyalties and deceits.
Klara and the Sun By Kazuo Ishiguro
F ISHIGURO Kazuo
An Artificial Friend programmed with high perception explores fundamental questions about what it means to love.
F ISHIGURO Kazuo
An Artificial Friend programmed with high perception explores fundamental questions about what it means to love.
Little Gods By Meng Jin
F JIN Meng
Explores the complex web of grief, memory, time, history, and selfhood in the immigrant experience, and the complicated bond between daughters and mothers.
F JIN Meng
Explores the complex web of grief, memory, time, history, and selfhood in the immigrant experience, and the complicated bond between daughters and mothers.
Severance By Ling Ma
F MA Ling
Candace Chen, an office worker devoted to routine, when the Shen fever spreads, a virus that causes the sufferer to become a sort of living zombie.
F MA Ling
Candace Chen, an office worker devoted to routine, when the Shen fever spreads, a virus that causes the sufferer to become a sort of living zombie.
Convenience Store Woman By Sayaka Marata
F MURATA Sayaka
Sayaka Murata captures the atmosphere of the familiar convenience store and a young woman who works there.
F MURATA Sayaka
Sayaka Murata captures the atmosphere of the familiar convenience store and a young woman who works there.
Little Fires Everywhere By Celeste Ng
F NG Celeste
A tale of two families and a mystery that upends their lives.
F NG Celeste
A tale of two families and a mystery that upends their lives.
The Committed By Viet Thanh Nguyen
F NGUYEN Viet
This thriller is a blistering portrayal of commitment and betrayal.
F NGUYEN Viet
This thriller is a blistering portrayal of commitment and betrayal.
The Swimmers By Julie Otsuka
F OTSUKA Julie
A novel portraying a group of dedicated recreational swimmers and what happens when a crack appears at the bottom of their community pool.
F OTSUKA Julie
A novel portraying a group of dedicated recreational swimmers and what happens when a crack appears at the bottom of their community pool.
The Tale for the Time Being By Ruth Ozeki
F OZEKI Ruth
A novelist is linked to a Tokyo teenager after discovering a lunch box that washed ashore.
F OZEKI Ruth
A novelist is linked to a Tokyo teenager after discovering a lunch box that washed ashore.
Dial A For Aunties By Jesse Q Sutanto
F SUTANTO Jesse
An accidental death, a billionaire's wedding and a couple of meddlesome aunties are a perfect combination for this cozy mystery.
F SUTANTO Jesse
An accidental death, a billionaire's wedding and a couple of meddlesome aunties are a perfect combination for this cozy mystery.
Interior Chinatown By Charles Yu
F YU Charles
A deeply personal novel about race, pop culture, assimilation, and escaping the roles we are forced to play.
F YU Charles
A deeply personal novel about race, pop culture, assimilation, and escaping the roles we are forced to play.
Fantasy
Babel By R.F. Kuang
FAN KUANG R.F.
A Chinese boy raised in Britain is trained to work at Oxford's Royal Institute of Translation, where he must choose between competing loyalties.
The Chosen and the Beautiful By Nghi Vo
FAN VO Nghi
Jordan Baker, has the world of illusion, magic and mystery at her fingertips but the most important doors remain closed to her until she can figure out a way to open them.
FAN VO Nghi
Jordan Baker, has the world of illusion, magic and mystery at her fingertips but the most important doors remain closed to her until she can figure out a way to open them.
Mystery
Mimi Lee Gets a Clue By Jennifer Chow
M CHOW Jennifer SASSY 1
After the local breeder she exposed for mistreating Chihuahuas is murdered, Mimi Lee must clear her name with the help of Marshmallow, her talking cat.
Clark and Division By Naomi Hirahara
M HIRAHARA Naomi JAPANTOWN 1
Released from a Japanese internment camp in 1944, Aki Ito moves to Chicago to be with her sister, only to lose her in a train accident on the day of their reunion, and vows to learn what really happened.
Homicide and Halo Halo By Mia P. Manansala
M MANANSALA Mia TITA 2
Death at a beauty pageant turns Tita Rosie's Kitchen upside down.
M MANANSALA Mia TITA 2
Death at a beauty pageant turns Tita Rosie's Kitchen upside down.
Non-Fiction
Fairest By Meredith Talusan
305.309 TAL
A intersectional coming-of-age story about how Taulsan navigates through race, gender, and the search for love.
305.309 TAL
A intersectional coming-of-age story about how Taulsan navigates through race, gender, and the search for love.
Minor Feelings By Cathy Park Hong
305.489 HON
Poet and essayist Cathy Park Hong confronts thorny subjects, blending memoir, cultural criticism, and history.
305.489 HON
Poet and essayist Cathy Park Hong confronts thorny subjects, blending memoir, cultural criticism, and history.
Sigh, GoneBy Phuc Tran
305.8 TRA
Shares an irreverent, funny, and moving tale of displacement and assimilation.
305.8 TRA
Shares an irreverent, funny, and moving tale of displacement and assimilation.
All You Can Never Know By Nicole Chung
362.734 CHU
Nicole Chung tells of her search for the people who gave her up, and repercussions of unearthing painful family secrets.
362.734 CHU
Nicole Chung tells of her search for the people who gave her up, and repercussions of unearthing painful family secrets.
Eat a Peach By David Chang
641.5092 CHA
Professional chief Chang recounts the improbable series of events that led him to the top of his profession.
641.5092 CHA
Professional chief Chang recounts the improbable series of events that led him to the top of his profession.
Fresh Off the Boat By Eddie Huang
647.95 HUA
A Taiwanese-American rebel restauranteur chronicles his rise to success from his difficult childhood in the American South to his turn as a drug dealer who embraced rap culture and more.
647.95 HUA
A Taiwanese-American rebel restauranteur chronicles his rise to success from his difficult childhood in the American South to his turn as a drug dealer who embraced rap culture and more.
Beautiful Country by Julie Qian Wang
921 WANG
Wang reflects on her childhood experiences as an undocumented immigrant.
921 WANG
Wang reflects on her childhood experiences as an undocumented immigrant.
The Loneliness of the Long Distance Cartoonist By Adriane Tomine
ADULT GN TOMINE
What happens when a childhood hobby grows into a lifelong career? Adrian Tomine's autobiography, offers an array of unexpected answers.
ADULT GN TOMINE
What happens when a childhood hobby grows into a lifelong career? Adrian Tomine's autobiography, offers an array of unexpected answers.