After her sister is raped and murdered, Lily Wong dedicates her life and ninja skills to the protection of women. She has to hide her true self from her Hong Kong tiger mom, who is already disappointed at her less-than-feminine ways,...
FICTION / Asian American
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Author:Eldridge, ToriSummary: - Author:Chang, JanieSummary:
China, 1937: When Japanese bombs begin falling on the city of Nanking, nineteen-year-old Hu Lian and her classmates are entrusted with a 500-year-old collection of Chinese myths and folklore known as the Library of Legends, and must...
- Author:Kim, Nancy JooyounSummary:
Margot Lee's mother isn't returning her calls. It's a mystery to twenty-six-year-old Margot, until she visits her childhood apartment in Koreatown and finds her mother dead under suspicious circumstances. The discovery sends Margot...
- Author:Hashimi, NadiaSummary:
Kabul, 1978. The daughter of a prominent family, Sitara Zamani, lives a privileged life in Afghanistan's thriving cosmopolitan capital. But the ten-year-old's world is shattered when communists stage a coup, assassinating the...
- Author:Kwan, KevinSummary:
A GOOD MORNING AMERICA Book Club Pick! "Kevin Kwan's new book is his most decadent yet." — Entertainment Weekly The iconic author of the bestselling phenomenon Crazy Rich Asians returns with the glittering tale of a...
- Author:Yu, CharlesSummary:
LONGLISTED FOR THE 2020 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD! "One of the funniest books of the year ... a delicious, ambitious Hollywood satire." — The Washington Post From the infinitely inventive author of How to Live Safely in a Science...
- Author:Cha, FrancesSummary:
A riveting debut novel set in contemporary Seoul, Korea, about four young women making their way in a world defined by impossible standards of beauty, after-hours room salons catering to wealthy men, ruthless social hierarchies, and K-...
- Author:Zhang, C Pam.Summary:
A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEAR A WASHINGTON POST NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEAR LONGLISTED FOR THE 2020 BOOKER PRIZE FINALIST FOR THE 2020 CENTER FOR FICTION FIRST NOVEL PRIZE NATIONAL BESTSELLER A NATIONAL BOOK FOUNDATION...
- Author:Chang, K-MingSummary:
NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW EDITORS’ CHOICE ; Three generations of Taiwanese American women are haunted by the myths of their homeland in this spellbinding, visceral debut about one family’s queer desires, violent impulses, and buried...
- Author:Kim, JuheaSummary:
An epic story of love, war, and redemption set against the backdrop of the Korean independence movement, following the intertwined fates of a young girl sold to a courtesan school and the penniless son of a hunter In 1917, deep in the...
