Asian American and Pacific Islander Fiction
Enjoy a variety of fiction from the past year penned by Asian American and Pacific Islander authors, selected by our librarians. (Created April 2022).
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My Good Son
A tailor in post-Tiananmen China, Mr. Cai has one ambition: for his son, Feng, to make something of himself. When Mr. Cai meets a closeted American art student named Jude, they hatch a plan to benefit them both: get Feng to the US and help Jude come out to his conservative father.
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Thank You, Mr. Nixon
In her first collection of stories since the acclaimed Who's Irish?, Jen refracts the fifty years since the opening of China through the lives of ordinary people, in masterful stories reflect history's shifting shadow over our boldest decisions and most intimate moments.
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No One Else
After his grandfather dies and his single mother becomes busy with applying to medical school, Brandon becomes obsessed with Batman and with finding his missing cat, as his Uncle Robbie returns home and tries to help the family overcome their grief.
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The Fervor
In 1944, Meiko Briggs and her daughter, Aiko, held in an internment camp in the Midwest, discover a mysterious disease spreading among the interned is linked to a demon from the stories of Meiko's childhood, hellbent on infiltrating their already strange world.
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Like Wind Against Rock
At the age of thirty-nine, Alice Chang suddenly finds herself living in the last place she expected: her mother's house. Then she finds her father's old journal... and uncovers a shocking family secret that forces her to question everything she thought she knew about love, regret, family, and her own path forward.
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Circa
On the cusp of her eighteenth birthday, Bengali-American Heera and her best friends, siblings Marie and Marco, tease the fun out of life in Raleigh, North Carolina, with acts of rebellion and delinquency—until one devastating night changes everything.
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The Evening Hero
When the rural Minnesota hospital where he is a practicing obstetrician closes, a Korean immigrant confronts the life he built after the war and the assumptions he made about the so-called American Dream.
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Portrait of A Thief
A Chinese American art history major at Harvard, Will Chen is offered a (very illegal) chance to reclaim five priceless treasures China lost centuries ago and assembles a team of fellow students, chosen for their skills and loyalty, to help him on his mission--and make history.
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Search History
While eavesdropping on two women discussing a dog-sitting gig over lunch, a bereft friend comes to a shocking realization: Frank has been reincarnated as a dog! This epiphany launches a series of adventures--interlaced with digressions about AI-generated fiction, virtual reality, and Asian American identity in the arts.
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Homicide and Halo-halo
Death at a beauty pageant turns Lila Macapagal's life upside down and upsets the routine at her aunt's Filipino restaurant, Tita Rosie's Kitchen, in the latest entry of this witty and humorous cozy mystery series.
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