Asian American, Native Hawaiian, & Pacific Islander Heritage Month 2024
Asian American, Native Hawaiian, & Pacific Islander Heritage Month
In May, we celebrate Asian American, Native Hawaiian, & Pacific Islander Heritage Month! Our newest Featured Collection showcases materials recognizing the cultures, achievements, and contributions of these communities. Check out the featured titles below, and search our catalog for more!
Adult Reads
- The Dream Builders by Oindrila Mukherjee
- Holding Pattern by Jenny Xie
- Banyan Moon by Thao Thai
- The East Indian by Brinda Charry
- Keya Das's Second Act by Sopan Deb
- Mother Ocean Father Nation by Nishant Batsha
- Lies and Weddings by Kevin Kwan
- Meet Me Tonight in Atlantic City by Jane Wong
- The Bandit Queens by Parini Shroff
- Yellowface by R. F. Kuang
- The Good, the Bad, and the Aunties by Jesse Q. Sutanto
- Real Americans by Rachel Khong
Teen Reads
- While You Were Dreaming by Alisha Rai
- The Karma Map by Nisha Sharma
- The Misdirection of Fault Lines by Anna Gracia
- Lunar New Year Love Story by Gene Luen Yang
- Dragonfruit by Makiia Lucier
- Darker by Four by June CL Tan
- Arya Khanna's Bollywood Moment by Arushi Avachat
- Magic Has No Borders edited by Sona Charaipotra
- The Infinity Particle by Wendy Xu
- In Limbo by Deb JJ Lee
- The Noh Family by Grace Shim
- I'm Not Here to Make Friends by Andrew Yang.
- The Boyfriend Wish by Swati Teerdhala
- I'd Rather Burn than Bloom by Shannon C.F. Rogers
- Family Style : Memories of an American from Vietnam by Thien Pham
- The Cartographers by Amy Zhang
Kid Reads
- Summer at Squee by Andrea Wang
- Lulu Sinagtala. 01 : Lulu Sinagtala and the City of Noble Warriors by Gail D. Villanueva.
- Fighting to Belong! Vol. I, Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander history from the 1700s through the 1800s by Amy Chu
- Clairboyance by Kristiana Kahakauwila
- Where's Joon? by Julie Kim
- Drawing Deena by Hena Khan
- Make a Move, Sunny Park! by Jessica Kim
- Shakti by SJ Sindu
- Ruby Lost and Found by Christina Li
- Mabuhay! by Zachary Sterling
- Lei and the Fire Goddess by Malia Maunakea
- Hope in the Valley by Mitali Perkins
- Finally Seen by Kelly Yang
- When Clouds Touch Us by Thanhhà Lai
- Omar Rising by Aisha Saeed
- We Who Produce Pearls: An Anthem for Asian America by Joanna Ho
Picture Books
- Tala Learns to Siva by Kealani Netane
- The Spice Box by Meera Sriram
- The Rock in My Throat by Kao Kalia Yang
- My Momo-la Is a Museum by Mamta Nainy
- Meena Can't Wait by Farida Zaman
- If Lin Can : how Jeremy Lin inspired Asian Americans to shoot for the stars by Richard Ho
- Words Between Us by Angela Pham Krans
- Tokyo Night Parade by J.P. Takahashi
- My Bollywood Dream by Avani Dwivedi
- Mai and the Missing Melon by Sonoko Sakai
- Let's Play Gonggi by Im Seo-Ha
- Finding Papa by Angela Pham Krans
- Laolao's Dumplings by Dane Liu
- Dancing Hands : a story of friendship in Filipino sign language by Joanna Que
- Box of Dreams by Faith Kazmi
- Aloha Everything by Kaylin Melia George
