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Great Reads for AAPI Month 2026<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

By Laurie Wolfe, shades Contributing Writer<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Recognized and celebrated each May, AAPI Heritage Month honors the history, culture and contributions of Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders (also referred to as AANHPI month) to the United States. It honors the diverse origins of these communities, spanning East, Southeast and South Asia, as well as the Pacific Islands and highlights their impact on American history. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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To honor this month, I\u2019ve reflected on some of the novels I\u2019ve enjoyed over the last year. Through fiction, each of the following books offers a glimpse into the struggles and joys of just a few of the cultures in this very diverse diaspora. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Bat Eater and Other Names for Cora Zeng <\/a><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

By Kylie Lee Baker<\/a>
MIRA Books, 2025, 304 pages<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This dark, humorous, horror novel introduces readers to Cora Zeng \u2013\u2013 <\/em> a Chinese American crime scene cleaner haunted by her sister’s murder and hungry ghosts, all while dealing with anti-Asian violence during the pandemic. It takes place in NYC\u2019s Chinatown during the initial COVID-19 lockdown in 2020. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I loved this book, and especially appreciated its commentary on the awful hate and discrimination experienced by Asian Americans. However, it comes with a huge trigger warning \u2013\u2013 the gore is graphic, so it is definitely not for squeamish readers! <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2013\u2013<\/em> A Goodreads Nominee for Readers’ Favorite Horror (2025)<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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A Guardian and a Thief <\/a><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

By Megha Majumdar<\/a><\/strong>
Penguin Random House, 2025, 224 pages<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Majumdar’s second novel is set in a near-future, climate-ravaged Kolkata, India, where two families navigate moral ambiguity, the fight for survival and more. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I found \u201cA Guardian and a Thief\u201d to be beautifully written and thought-provoking, with an unforgettable lesson about making assumptions, and labeling and categorizing people. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2013\u2013 <\/em> Long Listed for the Women’s Prize in Fiction 2026
\u2013\u2013 <\/em> Oprah Book Club Pick <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Flashlight<\/a> <\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

By Susan Choi<\/a><\/strong>
Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2025, 464 pages<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Flashlight opens with the mysterious disappearance of a Korean-Japanese father and his 10-year-old daughter during a walk on a Japanese breakwater. The story spans decades and continents, exploring themes of family secrets, memory and identity and the legacy of historical trauma, specifically with the Korean diaspora in Japan and the division of Korea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I found this historical fiction family saga that takes place over decades in Japan, Korea and the U.S. heartbreaking, mysterious and educational.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2013\u2013 <\/em>Long-listed for the National Book Award for Fiction
\u2013\u2013<\/em> Shortlisted for the Booker Prize<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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The Many Daughters of Afong Moy <\/a><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

By Jamie Ford <\/a><\/strong>
Atria Books, 2022, 384 pages<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This surprise \u2013\u2013<\/em> from the only male on our list \u2013\u2013<\/em> is a multigenerational novel, which follows the descendants of Moy, the first Chinese woman to arrive in the U.S., exploring themes of inherited love, trauma and identity through the lens of Epigenetics<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The titular character of this beautiful historical fiction novel is based on a real person, the first known Chinese woman to arrive in America in 1834. The book goes on to imagine generations of descendants (out of order) and is a fascinating look at familial connections through generations. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2013\u2013<\/em> A Read With Jenna (Bush Hager) Pick<\/p>\n<\/div>

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Homeseeking<\/a> <\/strong><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

By Karissa Chen<\/a> <\/strong><\/strong>
GP Putnam\u2019s Sons, 2025, 512 pages<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This historical novel follows childhood sweethearts from 1940s Shanghai to Los Angeles, exploring themes of love, loss and identity across decades of war and displacement. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Chen creates a unique format \u2013\u2013 alternately telling Haiwen\u2019s story from the present to the past while tracing Suchi\u2019s from her childhood to the present. I found it a little bit long, but a well told story. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2013\u2013<\/em> Good Morning America (GMA) Book Club pick<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Laurie Wolfe is a book lover and social activist who lives in the San Francisco Bay Area. She is an occasional guest on shades Magazine\u2019s #RealTalkPlus podcast <\/a>show on Clubhouse.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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