Young Adult (12-18)

Pearl Wang, a junior and promising concert pianist from Ohio, finds herself in trouble on social media and escapes the spotlight by enrolling in a summer language program in Taipei. Nicknamed "Loveboat" for its reputation...

Days of Distraction by Alexandra Chang follows protagonist Jing Jing, a young Chinese American tech writer in San Francisco’s Silicon Valley, who moved to Ithaca, New York, with her white boyfriend, J, to pursue a PhD. Jing finds herself increasingly questioning her place in the world as she must abandon her career after the interstate move.

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This story follows two siblings, Lucy and Sam, as they search for a place to bury their dead father. As Lucy and Sam wander the wilds of Northern California, they question the true meaning of "home"...

29-year-old PhD student Ingrid Yang struggles to finish her dissertation on Xiao-Wen Chou, a celebrated Chinese American poet. Her world unravels when she discovers Chou may still be alive—and far from the person she thought he was...

Shiori is the only daughter of the Emperor's children. Shiori has magic, which is forbidden in her empire. Shiori is saved by a dragon called Seryu when she falls into the lake.

The story follows Leigh, a half-Asian, half-white teenager, grappling with grief after her mother’s suicide. Her journey takes a surreal turn when she is visited by a red bird, which she believes to be her mother reincarnated...

This collection of eight short stories delves deeply into the immigrant experience. The opening story explores the cultural clash between a Chinese grandmother and her Irish son-in-law...

Ex Marks the Spot by Gloria Chao is about a girl named Gemma Sun who learns that her grandfather has just died and left her the first clue to a treasure hunt. Gemma hopes it will lead to an inheritance, but the treasure hunt takes place in Taiwan, a country she has never been to and knows very little about.

Michael Wang is a 26-year-old Princeton Grad who was working at General Motors. He was working diligently on an innovative self-driving car technology; however, to his disappointment, his hard work and innovative ideas were not recognized, leaving him disillusioned about his future at GM...

This book tells the stories of four main characters and their families living in Shanghai during the Japanese invasion of China and the Civil War between the Nationalists and Communists...

This book offers a vivid portrayal of life in wartime France, capturing the constant fear of air raids, the struggles of rationing, and the disorienting experience of being in a foreign country...

The story follows the mysterious disappearance of Sylvie Lee, a successful Chinese-American woman, and her younger sister Amy's determined quest for the truth. Told through the alternating perspectives of Sylvie, Amy, and their mother, the novel gradually reveals hidden grudges....

An entirely new retelling of the Chinese classic "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", about Zephyr, a cunning tactician and right-hand man to Xin Ren, who works as a warlord to restore a fallen-apart world to peace...

Set in California, Maybelline Chen has to deal with the recent loss of her brother Danny due to suicide. If losing him wasn't enough, members of the community racistly call out her family for having too high of expectation for their son because they are Chinese...

Ning is a teenager burdened with guilt after accidentally brewing a tea that killed her mom and is now killing her sister. Since there is no way to cure the issue, Ning travels to the imperial city to sign up for an uncommon and high-end competition where tea brewers who possess the power to infuse magic in teas are experimented upon.

Picture Us in the Light is about Danny Cheng, a high school senior and talented artist growing up in California. He seems to have a perfect future ahead, but everything changes...

Private Label by Kelly Yang is a young adult novel about Serene, a Chinese American tean who dreams of becoming a fashion designer. This changes when her mother is diagnosed...

This book is the finale of the Crazy Rich Asians series, centering on the drama surrounding Su Yi’s impending death and the fate of her iconic Tyersall Park estate...

The book is about a talented pianist whose parents, also musicians, fled China's Cultural Revolution and found a home in New York City. When a sudden accident left her parents debilitated, she had to give up piano for a job at a high-end elite beauty store...

This book is about the lives of the Haenyeo society on Jeju Island, Korea, with the backdrop of historical turmoil from the 1930s until 2008, a span of almost a century...

Lily attends a school outside of Chinatown, creating a significant shift between cultures. She and her friends must deal with racism on the street and at school. On top of this, Lily begins to question her sexuality...

June Iparis is a fifteen year old trainee for the Republic's highest military circles, when her brother is murdered by Day Wing. Day is also fifteen years old, and he fights to survive. Living in the plague ridden slums with his mother and little brother...

In this series of connected vignettes, Kingston tells her story of her childhood in California, her mother's stories of Chinese folklore, and her conflicts between her Chinese heritage and American identity...

We follow Rin, a war orphan who studies to escape from her peasant life. She arrives at a military academy where she learns about combat and strategy. During her time there, she discovers she has the ability to summon the powers of a shaman...

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In Luck of the Titanic, Valora attempts to find her twin brother Jamie on the Titanic and audition for a circus owner who is on board...

Land of Big Numbers by Te-Ping Chen is a heartbreaking and compassionate debut novel that spans the lives of Chinese people as they navigate the complex intersection of private desire, state power, and social tradition.

A River of Stars, by Vanessa Hua, focuses on Scarlett Chen, a Chinese factory worker who is pregnant and is sent to Los Angeles into a clandestine maternity home by her employer, who is also her married lover...

This Place Is Still Beautiful is about two Chinese American sisters, Margaret and Annalie, who view the world in very different ways. Margaret is bolder and focused on fighting injustice. She hopes to escape the racism and pressure she grew up with, while Annalie is younger and more focused on fitting in and living a normal life.

ron Widow follows the story of Wu Zetian, an 18 year old girl in the lower ranks of society. In her world, coming of age means choosing between being forcefully married off, or becoming concubine co-pilots...

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The book Wednesday's Child is about a mother who deals with the death of others. When people die, especially children, it leaves her feeling very sad and confused. The deaths are primarily caused by suicide, and people who are close to her, like her child.

The book is about an imagined conversation between a mother in grief with her son who has committed suicide at age 16. The conversation carried on as the mother goes through her daily lives as if the son is with her every moment...