Asian American and Pacific Island Heritage Month
Some new books by AAPI authors
Taipei Story (Deluxe Limited Edition)
A Novel
by R. F. Kuang, publication Sept. 8, 2026, William Morrow, NetGalley
From R.F. Kuang, the acclaimed #1 New York Times bestselling author of Katabasis and Yellowface, comes a wryly humorous and profoundly moving coming-of-age novel that grapples with grief, language, and culture shock—all set against the backdrop of an unforgettable summer in Taipei.
R. F. Kuang
Rebecca F. Kuang is a Chinese-American writer of mostly fantasy novels, known for her 2022 novel Babel, or the Necessity of Violence, which was placed at the first spot on The New ... Wikipedia
- May 29, 1996 (age 29), Guangzhou, China
- Bennett Eckert-Kuang
- Yale University, Greenhill School, Georgetown University, University of Cambridge, University College, Oxford, Magdalene College, Cambridge, University of Oxford
- The Poppy War, Babel, or the Necessity of Violence, Katabasis, Yellowface, The Dragon Republic, The Burning God
A Tender Age
A Novel by Chang-rae Lee
From the Pulitzer Prize finalist, a story of guilt, innocence, and a boy on the cusp of adolescence. A spellbinding exploration of American masculinity and family dynamics as seen through the confused eyes of a prepubescent child of immigrants.
Chang-Rae Lee
- Chang-rae Lee is a Korean-American novelist and a professor of creative writing at Stanford University. He was previously Professor of Creative Writing at Princeton and director of Princeton University's Program in Creative Writing. Wikipedia
Published April 14, 2026; Berkley, NetGalley
The Take
Kelly Yang
Kelly Yang is an Asian American writer and author of young adult and children's literature. She won the 2019 Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature of her novel, Front Desk an... Wikipedia
- August 29, 1984 (age 41), Hong Kong, China
- Harvard Law School, University of California, Berkeley
- Front Desk
Who is included in Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month?
Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month celebrates Americans with ethnic origins in a variety of countries. The U.S. Census Bureau defines Asian as “a person having origins in any of the original peoples of the Far East, Southeast Asia, or the Indian subcontinent including, for example, Cambodia, China, India, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Pakistan, the Philippine Islands, Thailand, and Vietnam.” Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander is defined as “a person having origins in any of the original peoples of Hawaii, Guam, Samoa, or other Pacific Islands.”
What are you reading this week?
