Forbidden City
By: Vanessa Hua
3.63
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
A teenage girl living in 1960s China becomes Mao Zedong's protégée and lover--and a poster child fo…
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1. The Hidden Machinery: Essays on Writing
By: Margot Livesey
4.12
Format: 652 pages, Paperback
"Read everything that is good for the good of your soul. Then learn to read as a writer, to search … read more
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2. Lady Tan’s Circle of Women
By: Lisa See
4.36
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
* NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER!* An immersive historical novel inspired by the true story of a woma… read more
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- audiobook
3. The Brightest Star
By: Gail Tsukiyama
3.49
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
A LIBRARYREADS PICK AND BEST BOOK CLUB PICK OF 2023 “A writer of astonishing grace, delicacy, and f… read more
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- adult fiction
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"Perhaps the dull ache I'm feeling comes from letting go, the realization that some memories should be left as just that, a moment in time when the fruits of life are at their sweetest."-Gail Tsukiyama, The Brightest Star
4. The Immortal King Rao
By: Vauhini Vara
3.67
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
In an Indian village in the 1950s, a precocious child is born into a family of Dalit coconut farmer… read more
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- audiobook
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5. The Chinese Groove
By: Kathryn Ma
3.98
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
Anne Tyler meets Jade Chang in this buoyant, good-hearted, and sharply written novel about a blithe… read more
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6. Four Treasures of the Sky
By: Jenny Tinghui Zhang
4.08
Format: 326 pages, Hardcover
Daiyu never wanted to be like the tragic heroine for whom she was named, revered for her beauty and… read more
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- adult fiction
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"In calligraphy, as in life, we do not retouch strokes, Master Wang often said. We must accept that what is done is done."-Jenny Tinghui Zhang, Four Treasures of the Sky
"An entire year has passed. Time is important. This I know now. As in, how much time has to pass for a forgetting to occur."-Jenny Tinghui Zhang, Four Treasures of the Sky
"My life was written for me from the moment the name was given to me. Or it was not. That is the true beauty. That is the intent. We can practice all we want, telling and retelling the same story, but…"-Jenny Tinghui Zhang, Four Treasures of the Sky
"At my most alone, I trace English letters in the dirt floor. Next to them, I write the Chinese characters that match their sounds. The one that puzzles me most is the English letter I, companion soun…"-Jenny Tinghui Zhang, Four Treasures of the Sky
7. Peach Blossom Spring
By: Melissa Fu
4.18
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
A "beautifully rendered" novel about war, migration, and the power of telling our stories, Peach Bl… read more
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"What are you scared of?"-Melissa Fu, Peach Blossom Spring
8. The Sorrows of Others
By: Ada Zhang
4.09
Format: 160 pages, Paperback
Set in China and America, in the generations after the Cultural Revolution, The Sorrows of Others i… read more
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- asian literature
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9. The Loneliest Americans
By: Jay Caspian Kang
3.71
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
A riveting blend of family history and original reportage by a conversation-starting writer for The… read more
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"These cultural generalizations, perhaps correctly, reduce the history of immigration to a binary. When immigrants come into this country, whether they join the labor force, like the Irish, Mexicans, …"-Jay Caspian Kang, The Loneliest Americans
10. A Map for the Missing
By: Belinda Huijuan Tang
4.01
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
An epic, mesmerizing debut novel set against a rapidly changing post–Cultural Revolution China, A M… read more
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11. The Night Parade
By: Jami Nakamura Lin
4.28
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
In the groundbreaking tradition of In the Dream House and The Collected Schizophrenias, a gorgeousl… read more
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12. The Evening Hero
By: Marie Myung-Ok Lee
3.82
Format: 430 pages, Hardcover
A sweeping, lyrical novel following a Korean immigrant pursuing the American dream who must confron… read more
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13. Which Side Are You On
By: Ryan Lee Wong
3.60
Format: 175 pages, Hardcover
How can we live with integrity and pleasure in this world of police brutality and racism? An Asian … read more
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14. The Patron Saint of Pregnant Girls
By: Ursula Hegi
3.27
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
From beloved bestselling author Ursula Hegi, a new novel about three mothers, set on the shores of … read more
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15. Forbidden City
By: Vanessa Hua
3.63
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
A teenage girl living in 1960s China becomes Mao Zedong's protégée and lover--and a poster child fo… read more
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- adult fiction
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- china
- audiobook
16. I Would Meet You Anywhere: A Memoir
By: Susan Kiyo Ito
4.61
Format: 262 pages, Paperback
“Susan Kiyo Ito is like a surgeon operating on herself. She is delicate, precise, and at times cutt… read more
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17. When I'm Gone, Look for Me in the East
By: Quan Barry
4.01
Format: 302 pages, Hardcover
From the acclaimed author of We Ride Upon Sticks comes a luminous novel that moves across a windswe… read more
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18. Let's Go Let's Go Let's Go
By: Cleo Qian
3.94
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
The electric, unsettling, and often surreal stories in Let's Go Let's Go Let's Go explore the alien… read more
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- literature
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19. The Age of Goodbyes
By: Li Zi Shu
3.57
Format: 360 pages, Paperback
By one of Southeast Asia's most exciting writers, The Age of Goodbyes is a wildly inventive account… read more
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20. Tongueless
By: Lau Yee-Wa
3.88
Format: 285 pages, Kindle Edition
A gripping psychological thriller that sheds light on the current political situation in Hong Kong.… read more
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"Many questions in the world don’t have answers, and even if you get an answer, what can be changed?"-Lau Yee-Wa, Tongueless
21. Someone Like Us
By: Dinaw Mengestu
3.66
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
After abandoning his once promising career as a journalist in search of a new life in Paris, Mamush… read more
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"Sometimes I look at you and think that things go right through you. You're like a donut. There's a hole in the middle, where something solid should be"-Dinaw Mengestu, Someone Like Us
