Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander heritage picks

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.

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.

A personal cookbook that focuses on intuitive, vegetable-forward, and healthier cooking that blends Asian-American flavors with Cali-Californian techniques.

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.

An journalist's story of unexpected homecomings, familial hardship and fierce devotion to ancestry creates a new narrative about Hawaii, its native people and their struggle to hold on to their land and culture today.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.