AANHPI Voices for Adults

To recognize Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander (AANHPI) Heritage Month this May, we've collected fiction and nonfiction that amplifies and celebrates these voices. Enjoy mysteries, cookbooks, historical fiction, memoirs and more!

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AANHPI Voices for Adults

To recognize Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander (AANHPI) Heritage Month this May, we've collected fiction and nonfiction that amplifies and celebrates these voices. Enjoy mysteries, cookbooks, historical fiction, memoirs and more!

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Love can't feed you : a novel
Sy, Cherry Lou
Paper Book
A beautiful, tender yet searing debut novel about intergenerational fractures and coming of age, following a young woman who immigrates to the United States from the Philippines and finds herself adrift between familial expectations and her own burning desires Love Can't Feed...
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...
Bad b*tch in the kitch : craveable Asian recipes to ditch the takeout
Yeung, Cassie
Paper Book
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER . Add some razzle dazzle to your home cooking with 80 recipes for your favorite Asian takeout dishes from culinary influencer Cassie Yeung Cassie Yeung likes to think of herself as a chef for the people-no professional culinary training here, just...
America is not the heart
Castillo, Elaine
Paper Book
Named one of the best books of 2018 by NPR, Real Simple, Lit Hub, The Boston Globe, San Francisco Chronicle, The New York Post, Kirkus Reviews, and The New York Public Library  "A saga rich with origin myths, national and personal . . . Castillo is part of a...
Let's make dumplings! : a comic book cookbook
Amano, Hugh
Paper Book
An accessible and easy-to-follow comic book cookbook for bringing Asian dumplings into the home kitchen, with recipes for savory and sweet dumplings, dipping sauces, riffs, and more-from the authors of Let's Make Ramen! ONE OF THE BEST COOKBOOKS OF THE YEAR- Time Out...
Sharks in the time of saviors
Washburn, Kawai Strong
Paper Book
WINNER OF THE 2020 PEN/HEMINGWAY AWARD FOR DEBUT NOVEL. One of Barack Obama's Favorite Books of 2020. A finalist for the 2020 PEN/Jean Stein Book Award. Named one of the Best Books of 2020 by the New York Times (#30), the Guardian, the Boston Globe, Oprah<...
Nuclear family : a novel
Han, Joseph
Paper Book
Winner of the AAAS Book Award for Prose APALA Adult Literature Honor Book Shortlisted for the VCU Cabell First Novelist Prize Longlisted for the PEN/Hemingway Award for Debut Novel A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice A TIME Best Book of the...
Bones of Hilo: A Novel
Redman, Eric
Paper Book
ITW AWARD FINALIST, BEST FIRST NOVEL From Hawaii's Big Island to the wilds of Washington's North Cascades, a novice detective uncovers a hoard of ancient secrets at the heart of a grisly murder. A young, inexperienced detective from the wet, working-class side...
Homeseeking
Chen, Karissa
Paper Book
A GOOD MORNING AMERICA BOOK CLUB PICK * Named a BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR by Vogue, Good Housekeeping, Elle, and Electric Lit "Exceptional." --Los Angeles Times "Unforgettable."--The Washington Post "Storytelling magic."--...
The good immigrant : 26 writers reflect on America
Shukla, Nikesh
Paper Book
By turns heartbreaking and hilarious, troubling and uplifting, these "electric" essays come together to create a provocative, conversation-sparking, multivocal portrait of modern America (The Washington Post). From Trump's proposed border wall...
Rental house
Wang, Weike
Paper Book
DAKOTA JOHNSON'S TEATIME PICTURES DECEMBER BOOK CLUB PICK ONE OF NPR'S "BOOKS WE LOVE" 2024 "One of the most nuanced, astute critiques of America now I've read in years. And it's also frequently hilarious." --Los Angeles Times "A funny,...
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