Chinese American


Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet
The Joy Luck Club
American Born Chinese
Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother
Songs of Willow Frost
China Dolls
Everything I Never Told You
Last Night at the Telegraph Club
The Bonesetter's Daughter
Yellowface
The Woman Warrior: Memoirs of a Girlhood Among Ghosts
Front Desk (Front Desk #1)
Girl in Translation
The Kitchen God's Wife
Interior Chinatown
Yakuza Pride by H.J. BruesDirty Kiss by Rhys FordMikey and the Chickadee by Kid BoiseDirty Secret by Rhys FordDirty Laundry by Rhys Ford
Gay Asian Books
115 books — 85 voters
The Chinese in America by Iris Shun-Ru ChangAt America's Gates by Erika  LeeOn Gold Mountain by Lisa SeeAmerican Born Chinese by Gene Luen YangAsian American Dreams by Helen Zia
Chinese American History (nonfiction)
175 books — 22 voters

Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire SáenzThe Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman AlexieMore Happy Than Not by Adam SilveraThe Hate U Give by Angie ThomasEverything, Everything by Nicola Yoon
MG/YA/NA #ownvoices
482 books — 441 voters

Amy Tan
It’s my fault she is this way. I wanted my children to have the best combination: American circumstances and Chinese character. How could I know these two things do not mix?
Amy Tan, The Joy Luck Club

Xuan and I had decided to take a trip together in honor of our one-thousand-day anniversary. We ate Korean barbecue, shared a decadent cake, and then drove three and a half hours to Yosemite. I’d never heard of such an occasion. But in Seoul, where Ji-Hoon was born and raised, there was almost a monthly holiday devoted to romance. We wore similar out- fits, which Xuan said was common for couples in Asian countries. Three years was a big deal, especially when we didn’t know how many more we’d hav ...more
Kayla Cunningham, Fated to Love You

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