Filipino American Heritage Month

Updated August 8, 2024
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America is not the heart
Castillo, Elaine
Paper Book
Three generations of women from one immigrant family try to reconcile the home they left behind with the life they're building in America. Illuminating the violent political history of the Philippines in the 1980s and 1990s and the insular immigrant communities that spring up in the suburban...
Arsenic and adobo
Manansala, Mia P.
Paper Book
A RUSA Award-winning novel! The first book in a new culinary cozy series full of sharp humor and delectable dishes-one that might just be killer.... When Lila Macapagal moves back home to recover from a horrible breakup, her life seems to be following all the typical...
Homicide and halo-halo
Manansala, Mia P.
Paper Book
Death at a beauty pageant turns Tita Rosie's Kitchenupside down in the latest entry of this witty and humorous cozy mystery series by Mia P. Manansala. Things are heating up for Lila Macapagal. Not in her love life, which she insists on keeping nonexistent despite the attention...
Blackmail and bibingka
Manansala, Mia P.
Paper Book
When her long-lost cousin comes back to town just in time for the holidays, Lila Macapagal knows that big trouble can't be far behind in this new mystery by Mia P. Manansala, author of Arsenic and Adobo. It's Christmastime in Shady Palms, but things are far from jolly for...
Chloe and the Kaishao boys
Coyiuto, Mae
Paper Book
When Dimple Met Rishi meets Loveboat, Taipei in this hilarious YA rom-com about a Chinese Filipina girl in Manila whose father sets her up on a marathon of arranged dates in hopes of convincing her to stay close to home for college. "A sweet and refreshing story...
Horse Barbie : a memoir
Rocero, Geena
Paper Book
"A moving chronicle of trans resilience and joy" (Vogue)fromone of Out100's Most Impactful and Influential LGBTQ+ Storytellers "Groundbreaking . . . Rocero quite literally models what triumph can look like."-Glamour (Women of the Year) WINNER...
This is not a personal statement
Badua, Tracy
Paper Book
Admission meets American Panda in this propulsive, poignant YA contemporary novel about a teen who, after getting rejected from her dream college, forges her own acceptance and commits to living a lie. Perfect for fans of Mary H.K. Choi!  At sixteen, Perla is the...
Insurrecto
Apostol, Gina
Paper Book
"A bravura performance."--The New York Times Histories and personalities collide in this literary tour-de-force about the Philippines' present and America's past by the PEN Open Book Award-winning author of Gun Dealers' Daughter.   Two women, a...
The encanto's daughter
De la Cruz, Melissa
Paper Book
A young woman claims the throne of a realm inspired by Filipino mythology in this YA romantic fantasy, the first in an enchanting new duet by #1 New York Times bestselling author Melissa de la Cruz. MJ Rodriguez has spent her life hiding in the human world and guarding a...
In the country
Alvar, Mia.
Paper Book
'Her diamond prose sparkles so brightly and cuts so deeply' Celeste Ng Shortlisted for the PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize Shortlisted for the John Leonard Prize Winner of the Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers Award for Fiction With nine globe...
Patron saints of nothing
Ribay, Randy
Paper Book
SHORTLISTED FOR THE CILIP CARNEGIE MEDAL 2020 "A heartbreaking and original novel." - Guardian A powerful coming-of-age story about grief, guilt and the risks a Filipino-American teenager takes to uncover the truth about his cousin's murder. ...
Dear America : notes of an undocumented citizen
Vargas, Jose Antonio
Paper Book
THE NATIONAL BESTSELLER "This riveting, courageous memoir ought to be mandatory reading for every American."  --Michelle Alexander, New York Times bestselling author of The New Jim Crow "l cried reading this book, realizing more fully what my parents endured....

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