Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Fiction
Enjoy a variety of recent fiction penned by Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander authors, selected by our librarians. (Updated April 2026)
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My Dear You
In these provocative stories, Khong (Real Americans) offers well-wrought and intricate depictions of Asian American and Asian life, often with a fantastical or speculative twist. (Publishers Weekly)
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A Love Story From the End of the World
Spanning locales and epochs, this vivid collection explores life on our miraculous planet. (NoveList)
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Saltcrop
Two sisters set sail in a world beset by rising oceans and blight...Wonderfully constructed and told, the sisters’ world is one full of both darkness and hope, as humans continue to find their way in a crumbling, changed environment. (Kirkus)
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Bitter Over Sweet
From Brownlee (Hard Skin: Stories), a Native Hawaiian who now lives in Japan, comes another raw and resonant collection of genuine and gritty interwoven stories about the lives of Native women in Hawai'i. (Library Journal)
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The Complex
A brilliant, sweeping, tour de force moving between America and modern India, following the illicit liaisons, real estate dramas, political ambitions, and mortal betrayals of one prominent Delhi family. (NoveList)
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The Outer Country
A Thai family’s spiritual traditions chafe against American life...A well-structured debut about a moment’s long-lasting aftereffects. (Kirkus)
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Death and Dinuguan
This final installment in Manansala's cozy "Tita Rosie's Kitchen Mystery" series will leave readers satisfied with more delicious Filipino and Filipino fusion recipes, another mystery solved, and beloved characters who find fulfillment. (Library Journal)
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Kataraina
Unflinching in its portrayal of intergenerational trauma and violence, tender in its harnessing of the hope that future generations represent, Kataraina is a stunning novel that confirms Becky Manawatu as one of the most talented and powerful writers working in Aotearoa New Zealand today. (Catalog description)
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Under Water
Menon’s dynamic debut traces a woman’s attempts to move on after surviving the 2004 Boxing Day tsunami in Thailand. (Publishers Weekly)
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We Dance Upon Demons
A galvanizing stand-alone contemporary fantasy following a burnt-out reproductive health care worker as she fights back against escalating attacks on her clinic and the malevolent forces in hot pursuit of her newly acquired power. (NoveList)
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