Lunar New Year

Welcome the Year of the Horse as Lunar New Year arrives on 17 February 2026. Explore stories that honour tradition, family, renewal, and the richness of cultures across East and Southeast Asia. Discover heartfelt memoirs, vibrant fiction, cookbooks, and more that celebrate the spirit of the season and invite reflection, connection, and joy.

Updated January 29, 2026
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8 Lives of a Century Old Trickster
Lee, Mirinae.
Paper Book
THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER'Captivating' New York Times'Dazzling' Financial Times'A cracking read' Historical Novel SocietySLAVE. ESCAPE-ARTIST. MURDERER. TERRORIST. SPY. LOVER. MOTHER. TRICKSTER.At the Golden Sunset retirement home, it is not...
I am not Jessica Chen
Liang, Ann
Paper Book
Jenna Chen has spent her life in the shadow of her flawless cousin. Jessica Chen is so smart she gets the top score on every test. Jessica Chen is so beautiful people stop in the hallway to stare at her. Jessica Chen is so perfect she got into Harvard. And Jenna Chen will...
China : The Cookbook
Fong Chan, Diora
Paper Book
'China The Cookbook is a magnificent insight into the history of Chinese cuisine. I will treasure it in my collection and it will be no doubt be used as valuable reference for many years to come.' - Ken Hom OBE, chef, author, and global broadcaster The definitive cookbook...
Chinese Made Easy: Simple, Modern Recipes for Every Day
Wan, Kwoklyn.
Paper Book
Dive into Chinese cooking with this delicious collection of more than 70 authentic, easy-to-follow recipes. With clear, uncomplicated instructions and accessible, supermarket-friendly swaps for traditional Chinese ingredients, Chinese Made Easy demystifi
Chinese Parents Don't Say I Love You
Chung, Candice.
Paper Book
A memoir about saying the unsayable with food, and how our eating lives can bring us together, and sometimes - keep us apart.
Chinese postman
Castro, Brian.
Paper Book
A Day in Hong Kong: A Cantonese Cookbook
Chan, ArChan.
Paper Book
The best of Hong Kong cuisine, from AM to PM. A Day in Hong Kong is a culinary journey through one of the world's most vibrant cities--a place that's bursting at the seams with incredible food and the people who love to eat it. Experience the city through its most iconic...
The downstairs girl
Lee, Stacey
Paper Book
A Reese's Book Club YA Pick and New York Times Bestseller   From the critically acclaimed author of Luck of the Titanic, Under a Painted Sky, and Outrun the Moon comes a powerful novel about identity, betrayal, and the meaning of family.
The emperor of Gladness : a novel
Vuong, Ocean
Paper Book
THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'Heartbreaking, heartwarming yet unsentimental, and savagely comic' Guardian 'Some of the most beautiful writing I've experienced in my lifetime' Oprah Winfrey READERS ARE OBSESSED WITH THE...
Ghost girl, banana
Wharton, Wiz
Paper Book
*** SHORTLISTED FOR THE DIVERSE BOOK AWARDS 2024 *** *** LONGLISTED FOR THE AUTHORS' CLUB BEST FIRST NOVEL AWARD *** A GRAZIA BOOK CLUB PICK, Ghost Girl, Banana is a powerful debut novel about the family secrets unearthed by a surprise inheritance....
Guts: ; A memoir of food, failure and taking impossible chances
Leong, Melissa.
Paper Book
A gripping, incisive and darkly funny memoir from food and style icon and MasterChef Australia's first female judge, Melissa Leong.
The Joy Luck Club
Tan, Amy.
Paper Book
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * Amy Tan's modern classic that examines the sometimes painful, often tender, and always deep connection between mothers and daughters--now with a new preface "For me, [The Joy Luck Club] was one of those once-in-a-lifetime reading...
Lady Tan's circle of women : a novel
See, Lisa
Paper Book
*NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER!* From "one of those special writers capable of delivering both poetry and plot" (The New York Times Book Review) an immersive historical novel inspired by the true story of a woman physician in 15th-century China--perfect for fans of...
The leftover woman : a novel
Kwok, Jean
Paper Book
Recommended by The New York Times * Elle * Good Morning America * TIME * People * New York Post * Real Simple * Goodreads * LibraryReads * and many more!  An evocative family drama and a riveting mystery about the ferocious pull of motherhood for two very different...
Model Minority Gone Rogue: ; How One Chinese-Australian daughter of a Tiger Mother Went Way Off Script and Created the Life She Really Wanted
Qin, Lisa.
Paper Book
SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2025 AGE BOOK OF THE YEAR We all grow up with rules. Do this, be this, don't be that. Qin Qin was all about the rules: do your homework, be good, don't rock the boat. She was the model daughter, model student and model minority.
Modern chinese
Low, Sam
Paper Book
Everyday, at-home Chinese cooking from MasterChef NZ winner Sam Low
My year abroad
Lee, Chang-rae
Paper Book
From an award-winning writer known for exploring issues of culture and identity with provocative originality, My Year Abroad is a bold and exciting new novel about the people we meet who change our lives forever, and a brilliant satire/fable about entrepreneurship and the American dream.
Our missing hearts
Ng, Celeste
Paper Book
THE REESE WITHERSPOON OCTOBER BOOK CLUB PICK'Governments are right to fear words. They can change hearts and topple tyrannies....It's impossible not to be moved by Margaret Miu's courage, or to applaud her craftiness...And Bird is a brave and believable character, who gives us a relatable portal...
The poppy war
Kuang, R. F.
Paper Book
One of Time Magazine's 100 Best Fantasy Books of All Time "I have no doubt this will end up being the best fantasy debut of the year...I have absolutely no doubt that [Kuang's] name will be up there with the likes of Robin Hobb and N.K. Jemisin." -- Booknest From #1 New York Times...
Raised by wolves
Ho, Jess
Paper Book
Growing up Cantonese in the racist outer suburbs of Melbourne was hard enough for Jess Ho, but add in a dysfunctionalfamily who only ever made peace over food (and then only until the bill arrived), and it's clear that a normal life was never onthe menu for her. She emerged from her childhood with...
A Song to Drown Rivers
Liang, Ann.
Paper Book
A love story that transcends time and place.Xishi's beauty is seen as a blessing to the villagers of Yue - where the best fate for a girl is to marry well and support her family. When Xishi draws the attention of Fanli, the famous young military advisor, he presents her with a rare opportunity: to...
The Taiwanese Table: Food from the isles of Formosa
Chen, Muriel.
Paper Book
The Taiwanese Table: Food from the Isle of Formosa bring over 80 delicious recipes that are reflective of the simple, balanced and fresh quality ingredients of the Taiwanese cuisine.It' s been 20 years since Muriel and her mother Jade opened up their successful restaurant Blue Eye Dragon in Pyrmont,...
Unpolished gem
Pung, Alice.
Paper Book
This story does not begin on a boat. Nor does it contain any wild swans or falling leaves. In a wonderland called Footscray, a girl named Alice and her Chinese-Cambodian family pursue the Australian Dream - Asian style. Armed with an ocker accent, Alice dives head-first into schooling,...
Yellowface
Kuang, Rebecca F
Ebook
The Number One Global Sensation *Foyle's Fiction Book of the Year* *Amazon Book of the Year* *Shortlisted for Waterstones Book of the Year* *Fiction Book of the Year 2024 - British Book Awards* 'Addictive' Grazia 'Hugely entertaining' Observer<...

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