Winner of the 2020 National Book Award, this innovative novel follows a young Asian American actor confined to stereotypical roles, exploring identity and representation through a unique format that blends screenwriting and narrative fiction.

A moving novel written as a letter from a Vietnamese American son to his illiterate mother, exploring family history, identity, and sexuality through powerful prose.

A classic novel interweaving the stories of four Chinese immigrant women and their American-born daughters, exploring cultural identity and mother-daughter relationships.

A powerful poetry collection that explores themes of identity, war, cultural displacement, and sexuality through vivid imagery and emotional depth.

A powerful memoir that reclaims the author's identity and voice while addressing issues of trauma, healing, and justice in contemporary America.

Part memoir, part cultural criticism, this book explores the author's experiences as an Asian American while examining larger questions about racial consciousness in America.

An epic historical fiction following four generations of a Korean family who immigrate to Japan, exploring themes of identity, family, and survival.

Collects two intertwining manga graphic novels about the Japanese island of Okinawa, once a peaceful, independent island kingdom, annexed by the Japanese Empire in the 1800s, and the site of the fiercest land battle in the Pacific in World War II. The author and illustrator--or "mangaka"--pulls together threads and tales of Okinawa past and present, all connected by the still-felt influence and destruction of the U.S. military, following a cast of characters centering around a yuta priestess keeping alive her archipelago's indigenous spirituality.

An unflinching, powerful memoir about growing up Korean-American, losing her mother, and forging her own identity.

Alternating between present day and flashbacks, multiracial Filipina-American teen Marisol tries to figure out who she really is in the wake of her mother's sudden death.