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Featured Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander heritage picks

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Whether you're celebrating Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Heritage Month or just looking for great materials, check out these staff-selected titles for all ages.

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Cover of This Book Won't Burn
Samira Ahmed
This Book Won't Burn
2024
T FICTION Ahmed, Samira
After her dad abruptly abandons her family, Noor Khan is forced to start the last quarter of her senior year at a new school and plans to keep her head down until she discovers hundreds of books being removed from the library and speaks up to effect change.
Cover of Heart of a Stranger
Angela Buchdahl
Heart of a Stranger
2025
B Buchdahl, Angela
Born to a Korean Buddhist mother and Jewish father, the author shares her remarkable journey from outsider to one of America’s most influential rabbis.
Cover of Eureka
Victoria Chang
Eureka
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2026
J FICTION Chang, Victoria
Promised safety outside of San Francisco, twelve-year-old Mei Mei travels by herself to Eureka, California where she navigates increasing violence against her community leading up to the expulsion of Chinese immigrants in 1885.
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Vivien Chien
The Chow Maniac
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2025
FICTION Chien, Vivien
Lana Lee teams up with private detective Lydia Shepard to solve the murders of members of the secretive Eight Immortals order in Asia Village, navigating hidden connections, personal stakes and dangerous deceptions to prevent the killer from claiming their next victim.
Daniel S loved this! Find out why »
Cover of Flashlight
Susan Choi
Flashlight
2025
FICTION Choi, Susan
Louisa, a 10-year-old girl, survives a mysterious beach incident in Japan where her Korean-born father, Serk, disappears. Together, Louisa and her American-born mother navigate this tragedy over decades.
Leah D loved this! Find out why »
Cover of The Choi of Cooking
Roy Choi, Tien Nguyen and Natasha Phan
The Choi of Cooking
2025
641.5637 Cho
A personal cookbook that focuses on intuitive, vegetable-forward, and healthier cooking that blends Asian-American flavors with Cali-Californian techniques.
Cover of Asian American Histories of the United States
Catherine Ceniza Choy
Asian American Histories of the United States
2022
973.0495 CHO
Illuminates how an over century-long history of Asian migration, labor and community formation in the U.S. is fundamental to understanding the American experience and its existential crises of the early 21st century.
Cover of Gaysians
Michael Curato
Gaysians
2025
GRAPHIC Curato, Mike
A spilled drink at a Seattle bar introduces AJ-- who's ready to reinvent himself as a gay Asian man-- to K, John and Steve. AJ's "Boy Luck Club" helps him find love, pride and belonging-- until a brutal attack tests everything they know about friendship and family.
Lily D loved this! Find out why »
Cover of Broken
X. Fang
Broken
2025
PICTURE BOOK Fang, X.
After Mei Mei breaks her ama's favorite cup, she fears her grandmother's anger and hides the truth. When the family cat Mimi is blamed instead, Mei Mei's guilt grows until she finally confesses, learning honesty is the best choice.
Morgan H loved this! Find out why »
Cover of The Fox Maidens
Robin Ha
The Fox Maidens
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2024
T GRAPHIC HA ROBIN
Set in 16th century Korea, this queer, feminist reimagining of the Fox Maiden legend from Korean mythology follows Kai Song, who is determined to be a warrior as she must come to terms with her true identity and take control of her destiny after learning a deadly secret.
Cover of Hungry Bones
Louise Hung
Hungry Bones
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2024
J FICTION Hung, Louise
Molly Teng, a girl who can see secrets by touching objects, moves into an old house and meets Jade, a hungry ghost trapped for over a century. They work together to uncover secrets from Jade's past and stop her hunger.
Morgan H loved this! Find out why »
Cover of Love Me Tomorrow
Emiko Jean
Love Me Tomorrow
2026
T FICTION Jean, Emiko
17-year-old Emma is a skeptic who stopped believing in love after her parents' divorce. She begins receiving mysterious notes from someone claiming to be her love from the future and she races to uncover the identity of the letter writer.
Cora S loved this! Find out why »
Cover of The Eyes Are the Best Part
Monika Kim
The Eyes Are the Best Part
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2024
FICTION Kim, Monika
With her life in disarray after her Appa's extramarital affair and subsequent departure, Ji-won, plagued by horrifying yet enticing dreams of bloody rooms full of eyes, is overcome by hunger and rage that can only be sated by deceit, manipulation and murder as victims accumulate around her college c
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Cover of Audition
Katie Kitamura
Audition
2025
FICTION Kitamura, Katie
An accomplished actress and an attractive, troubling young man meet for lunch in a Manhattan restaurant. In this novel, two competing narratives unspool, rewriting our understanding of the roles we play every day-- partner, parent, creator, muse-- and the truths every performance masks.
Chaz C loved this! Find out why »
Cover of What We Fed To the Manticore
Talia Lakshmi Kolluri
What We Fed To the Manticore
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2022
FICTION Kolluri Talia
Nine emotionally vivid stories, all narrated from animal perspectives, explore themes of environmentalism, conservation, identity, belonging, loss and family with resounding heart and deep tenderness.
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Camellia Koo
Yaya and the Dan-Tats
2025
PICTURE BOOK Koo, Camellia
A young girl and her Yaya get into mischief, meet people and make and dan-tats during her weekly visits to his long-term care home.
Cover of Katabasis
R. F. Kuang
Katabasis
2025
FICTION Kuang, R. F.
Graduate students Alice and Peter must put aside their rivalry and journey to Hell to save their professor's soul: perhaps at the cost of their own.
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Cover of Home Is a Wish
Julia Kuo
Home Is a Wish
2025
PICTURE BOOK Kuo, Julia
A child moves far away from everything comforting and familiar, but slowly discovers home is where the heart is.
Cover of Built to Last
Minh Lê
Built to Last
2024
PICTURE BOOK Lê, Minh
While building entire worlds out of blocks, cardboard and imagination, two kids wonder if they've reached their breaking point when their latest masterpiece comes tumbling down, until they realize they've built something far greater-- a solid friendship with a strong foundation.

Lexile level

540L
Cover of Mindy Kim and the Fun Family Vacation
Lyla Lee
Mindy Kim and the Fun Family Vacation
2025
J FICTION Lee, Lyla
Mindy is so excited to go back to Korea-- not only are she, Dad and Julie going to the popular tourist spot, Jeju Island, it's baby Charlie's first big international trip!
Cover of Made in Asian American
Erika Lee and Christina Soontornvat
Made in Asian American
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2024
J 973.0495 Lee
This adaptation of the The Making of Asian America shines a light on the generations of Asian Americans who have transformed the U.S., and who continue to do so today, telling a powerful story of race, racism, bravery and hope.
Cover of Last Night at the Telegraph Club
Malinda Lo
Last Night at the Telegraph Club
2021
T FICTION Lo, Malinda
When Lily realizes she has feelings for a girl in her math class, it threatens Lily's oldest friendships and even her father's citizenship status. Eventually, Lily must decide if owning her truth is worth everything she has ever known.

Lexile level

900L
Leah D loved this! Find out why »
Cover of Casting April
Wendy Lu
Casting April
2026
J FICTION
A 12-year-old, Broadway-obsessed girl with a tracheostomy tube is assigned to stage crew instead of the lead role. After overhearing she was sidelined due to her disability, she fights to prove she deserves a fair shot
Cover of Bread Is Love
Pooja Makhijani
Bread Is Love
2026
PICTURE BOOK Makhijani, Pooja
A mother and her children have a ritual-- every week they prepare a loaf of bread from scratch, kneading, baking and eating it together.
Cover of No Purchase Necessary
Maria Marianayagam
No Purchase Necessary
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2025
J FICTION Marianayagam, Maria
Ajay Anthonipillai wins a million-dollar prize in a candy bar he stole trying to impress a popular kid, pushing Ajay to navigate his identity and morality in deciding whether to claim something that could change his family's life forever.
Cover of Magnolia Wu Unfolds It All
Chanel Miller
Magnolia Wu Unfolds It All
2025
J FICTION Miller, Chanel
A self-proclaimed sock detective inside her parents' New York City laundromat, 10-year-old Magnolia Wu and Iris, a new friend from California, set off across the city to solve the mystery of each missing sock, meeting people and uncovering the unimaginable along the way.

Lexile level

850L
Cover of Home in a Lunchbox
Cherry Mo
Home in a Lunchbox
2024
PICTURE BOOK Mo, Cherry
Moving from Hong Kong to America, Jun, who only knows a few words of English, finds her new school foreign and frightening, but when she opens her lunchbox to find her favorite meals, she realizes home isn't so far away after all.

Lexile level

160L
Becca B loved this! Find out why »
Cover of Bite by Bite: Nourishments and Jamborees
Aimee Nezhukumatathil
Bite by Bite: Nourishments and Jamborees
2024
641.013 Nez
A collection of short essays that investigate the relationship between humans and food, discussing how different dishes and traditions impact our identities and evoke associations and remembrances of joy, grief and desire.
Cover of Boat Baby
Vicky Nguyen
Boat Baby
2025
B Nguyen, Vicky
NBC News anchor and correspondent Vicky Nguyen tells the story of her family's daring escape from communist Vietnam and her unlikely journey from refugee to reporter with laughter and fierce love.
Cover of Ten Incarnations of Rebellion
Vaishnavi Patel
Ten Incarnations of Rebellion
2025
FICTION Patel, Vaishnavi
In the city of Kingston, built upon the ashes of Bombay, Kalki Divekar and her friends secretly build a resistance movement from within British rule, balancing survival and rebellion as they navigate personal losses, shifting alliances and the high stakes of fighting for their city.
David C loved this! Find out why »
Cover of One Pan Vietnam
Thuy Diem Pham
One Pan Vietnam
2026
641.5959 PHA
Chef Thuy Diem Pham challenges and breaks down the misconception that Vietnamese food is too complex to cook at home. Featuring simple, everyday recipes, this cookbook provides approachable techniques for meals using a single pan or pot. 
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Cover of Everything We Never Had
Randy Ribay
Everything We Never Had
2024
T FICTION Ribay, Randy
Set in the 1930s to today, four generations of Filipino American boys grapple with identity, masculinity and father-son relationships.

Lexile level

820L
Cover of Sashimi
Dan Santat
Sashimi
2026
J GRAPHIC Santat, Dan
Sashimi, a fish-creature, sneaks into elementary school to fit in. While avoiding being caught as the legendary "Beast of Barnacle Bay," he befriends a boy named Joey and navigates school life.
Cover of Alchemised
SenLinYu
Alchemised
2025
FICTION SenLinYu
Alchemist Helena Marino, a prisoner with amnesia, fights to survive in a necromancy-ridden world as the ruthless High Reeve attempts to unearth the vital secrets hidden within her missing memories.
Ashley B loved this! Find out why »
Cover of The Elsewhere Express
Samantha Sotto
The Elsewhere Express
2026
FICTION Sotto, Samantha
Two lost souls who board The Elsewhere Express, a magical, dream-built train. Aboard, they must confront their grief, heal their personal trauma and hunt down a sinister stowaway threatening to destroy the train.
Stephanie B loved this! Find out why »
Cover of Single Player
Tara Tai
Single Player
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2025
FICTION Tai, Tara
Cat Li lands her dream job writing love storylines for the next big thing in games only after boss Andi Zhang, who hates happily-ever-afters, grudgingly gives Cat a chance, but when Cat discovers a plot to destroy Andi's career, they must find a way to work together before it's game over.
Cover of They Called Us Enemy
George Takei
They Called Us Enemy
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2019
TEEN GRAPHIC NOVEL 940.5317 TAK
This book details the author's experiences as a child prisoner in the Japanese-American internment camps of World War II, reflecting on the choices his family made in the face of institutionalized racism.

Lexile level

680
Cover of My Lost Freedom
George Takei
My Lost Freedom
2024
J 940.5317 Tak
George Takei recounts his family's forced removal from California to U.S. incarceration camps, highlighting their resilience amid injustice.

Lexile level

840L
Cover of Parachute Kids
Betty C. Tang
Parachute Kids
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2023
J GRAPHIC Tang, Betty
After their two-week family tour of Los Angeles, 10-year-old Feng Li Lin and her older brother and sister learn they will remain in California while their parents return to Taiwan, forcing them to navigate a new school, a new language, bullies, racism and the pressures of running a household.

Lexile level

250L
Jodi L loved this! Find out why »
Cover of All the Way Around the Sun
XiXi Tian
All the Way Around the Sun
2025
T FICTION Tian, XiXi
After her brother dies unexpectedly and her family is uprooted once again during her senior year, Stella Chen feels lost and alone, but a trip up the California coast to look at college possibilities with an estranged childhood friend brings a spark back to her life and a glimpse at the future.
Rachel N loved this! Find out why »
Cover of The Emperor of Gladness
Ocean Vuong
The Emperor of Gladness
2025
FICTION Vuong, Ocean
In the struggling town of East Gladness, Connecticut, 19-year-old Hai is saved from despair by Grazina, an elderly widow with dementia, forging an unexpected bond that reshapes their lives and reveals dynamics of love, memory and resilience on the margins of society.
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Cover of The Bridges Yuri Built
Kai Naima Williams
The Bridges Yuri Built
2024
JB Kochiyama, Yuri
The author, Kai Naima Williams-- great-granddaughter of Yuri Kochiyama-- chronicles the experiences and lessons, hardships and victories and people and places that shaped Yuri's life and influenced her activism.
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Stan Yan
The Many Misfortunes of Eugenia Wang
2025
J GRAPHIC Yan, Stan
Twelve-year-old Eugenia Wang, who has never celebrated her birthday on April 4 due to her mom's superstition, starts to question whether she is cursed when troubling visions of doom begin to surface as she approaches her 13th birthday.
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