Category: Asian Interest

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Your Driver Is Waiting by Priya Guns

Your Driver Is Waiting | Priya Guns | Damani is tired. Her father just died on the job at a fast-food joint, and now she lives paycheck to paycheck in a basement, caring for her mom and dr

Posted in Asian Interest Speculative Fiction

Celle Qui Devint Le Soleil by Shelley Parker-Chan

Celle Qui Devint Le Soleil | Shelley Parker-Chan | Celle qui devint le soleil réinvente l’ascension vers le pouvoir du premier empereur de la dynastie Ming. Zhu, l’impossible survivante, est prête à to

Posted in Asian Interest Biographies Memoir

Another Appalachia by Neema Avashia

Another Appalachia | Neema Avashia | When Neema Avashia tells people where she’s from, their response is nearly always a disbelieving “There are Indian people in West Virginia?” A queer A

Posted in Asian Interest Mystery

The Verifiers by Jane Pek

The Verifiers | Jane Pek | Claudia Lin is looking at a cliched post-college future as a chronically underemployed English major–much to the consternation of her mother, who wan

Posted in Asian Interest LGBT Studies/Social Sciences

Queer Southeast Asia by Shawna Tang; Hendri Yulius Wijaya

Queer Southeast Asia | Shawna Tang; Hendri Yulius Wijaya | Tang (ed.) and Wijaya (ed.) present a range of new and established scholarly voices, including local activists directly involved in developments in So

Posted in Asian Interest Memoir Poetry

Untold Lies by Raga Olga D’silva

Untold Lies | Raga Olga D’silva | In 2019, Raga came out as a lesbian through her book Untold Lies (2019). This is a collection of stories and poems that bind seamlessly to narrate her

Posted in Asian Interest Fiction

Violets by Kyung-Sook Shin

Violets | Kyung-Sook Shin | By Man Asian Literary Prize winner Kyung-Sook Shin, ‘a moving delve into a lonely psyche’ that follows a neglected young woman’s search for human conn

Posted in Asian Interest Intrigue/Thriller

Portrait of a Thief by Grace D. Li

Portrait of a Thief | Grace D. Li | Ocean’s Eleven meets The Farewell in Portrait of a Thief, a lush, lyrical heist novel inspired by the true story of Chinese art vanishing from Western

Posted in Asian Interest Fiction

Fiona and Jane by Jean Chen Ho

Fiona and Jane | Jean Chen Ho | Best friends since second grade, Fiona Lin and Jane Shen explore the lonely freeways and seedy bars of Los Angeles together through their teenage year

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When The Tiger Came Down The Mountain (The Singing Hills Cycle, 2) by Nghi Vo

When The Tiger Came Down The Mountain (The Singing Hills Cycle, 2) | Nghi Vo | The cleric Chih finds themself and their companions at the mercy of a band of fierce tigers who ache with hunger. To stay alive until the mammoths can