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Picture Books for Younger Kids
Curated by Librarian Tricia Nelson
- Bee-Bim Bop! by Linda Sue Park
- A Big Mooncake for Little Star by Grace Lin
- Bilal Cooks Daal by Aisha Saeed
- Bindu's Bindis by Supriya Kelka
- Danbi Leads the School Parade by Anna Kim
- A Different Pond by Bao Phi
- Drawn Together by Minh Lê
- Eyes that Kiss in the Corners by Joanna Ho
- Fatima's Great Outdoors by Ambreen Tariq
- A Gift for Amma: Market Day in India by Meera Sriram
- Home is in Between by Mitali Perkins
- Hot, Hot Roti for Dada-ji by F. Zia
- The Many Colors of Harpreet Singh by Supriya Kelkar
- Meet Yasmin! by Saadia Faruqi
- The Most Beautiful Thing by Kao Kalia Yang
- 'Ohana Means Family by Ilima Loomis
- Shubh Diwali! By Chitra Soundar
- Watercress by Andrea Wang
For Older Kids
Curated by Librarian Ting Ko
- They Called Us Enemy by George Takei, Justin Eisinger, Steven Scott with art by Harmony Becker
- The Fearless Flights of Hazel Ying Lee by Julie Leung, illustrated by Julie Kwon
- Happy New Year, Julie by Megan McDonald with illustrations by Robert Hunt and vignettes by Susan McAliley
- Dash by Kirby Larson
- Pashmina by Nidhi Chanani
- Listen, Slowly by Thanhhà Lại
- Front Desk by Kelly Yang
Teen Reads
Curated by Librarian Katie Guzan
- American Panda by Gloria Chao
- The Astonishing Color of After by Emily X.R. Pan
- American Born Chinese by Gene Luen Yang
- Frankly in Love by David Yoon
- Almost American Girl by Robin Ha
- Parachutes by Kelly Yang
- Lucy and Linh by Alice Pung
- Girl Code: Gaming, Going Viral, and Getting It Done by Andrea Gonzales and Sophie Houser
- To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before by Jenny Han
- Warcross by Marie Lu
- A Pho Love Story by Loan Le
Adult Reads
Curated by Librarians Stephanie Howes and Courtney Rose Gonsowski
- The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan (FICTION TAN)
- The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane: A Novel by Lisa See (FICTION SEE)
- Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste NG (FICTION NG)
- How to Pronounce Knife: Stories by Souvankham Thammavongsa (FICTION THAMMAVO)
- Crazy Rich Asians by Kevin Kwan (FICTION KWAN)
- Music of the Ghosts by Vaddey Ratner (FICTION RATNER)
- The Fortunes by Peter Ho Davies (FICTION DAVIES)
- Nights When Nothing Happened by Simon Han (FICTION HAN)
- On Such a Full Sea by Chang-rae Lee (FICTION LEE)
- Number One Chinese Restaurant: A Novel by Lillian Li (FICTION LI)
- Vanessa Yu's Magical Paris Tea Shop by Roselle Lim (FICTION LIM)
- Chemistry: A Novel by Weike Wang (FICTION WANG)
- Dear Cyborgs by Eugene Lim (FICTION LIM)
- Interpreter of Maladies: Stories by Jhumpa Lahiri (FICTION LAHIRI)
- A Place For Us: A Novel by Fatima Farheen Mirza (FICTION MIRZA)
- Pachinko by Min Jin Lee (FICTION LEE)
- Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982 by Cho Nam-joo (FICTION CHO)
- If I Had Your Face: A Novel by Frances Cha (FICTION CHA)
- Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata (FICTION MURATA)
- I Am A Cat by Sōseki Natsume (FICTION NATSUME)