BuzzFeed's 32 Essential Asian-American Writers You Need To Be Reading

1.
The Woman Warrior: Memoirs of a Girlhood Among Ghosts
The Woman Warrior: Memoirs of a Girlhood Among Ghosts 3.73 avg rating — 33,274 ratings
2.
The Sympathizer (The Sympathizer, #1)
The Sympathizer (The Sympathizer, #1) 4.01 avg rating — 132,979 ratings
3.
The Kite Runner
The Kite Runner 4.35 avg rating — 3,401,930 ratings
4.
Native Speaker
Native Speaker 3.75 avg rating — 8,813 ratings
5.
Interpreter of Maladies
Interpreter of Maladies 4.18 avg rating — 203,027 ratings
6.
The Queen of the Night
The Queen of the Night 3.43 avg rating — 12,067 ratings
7.
The Joy Luck Club
The Joy Luck Club
by: Amy Tan
3.97 avg rating — 703,407 ratings
8.
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan
by: Lisa See
4.09 avg rating — 382,943 ratings
9.
The Lowland
The Lowland 3.88 avg rating — 95,698 ratings
10.
Unaccustomed Earth
Unaccustomed Earth 4.14 avg rating — 95,610 ratings
11.
Edinburgh
Edinburgh 4.12 avg rating — 5,479 ratings
11.
The Valley of Amazement
The Valley of Amazement
by: Amy Tan
3.70 avg rating — 44,577 ratings
11.
Everything I Never Told You
Everything I Never Told You 3.83 avg rating — 598,225 ratings
14.
Red Azalea: A Memoir
Red Azalea: A Memoir 3.84 avg rating — 10,639 ratings
15.
A Little Life
A Little Life 4.29 avg rating — 858,824 ratings
16.
And the Mountains Echoed
And the Mountains Echoed 4.08 avg rating — 395,439 ratings
17.
China Dolls
China Dolls
by: Lisa See
3.66 avg rating — 38,768 ratings
18.
The Middleman and Other Stories
The Middleman and Other Stories 3.59 avg rating — 642 ratings
19.
On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous 4.02 avg rating — 375,016 ratings
20.
This Way to the Sugar
This Way to the Sugar 4.11 avg rating — 802 ratings
21.
A Gesture Life
A Gesture Life 3.79 avg rating — 4,681 ratings
22.
Once the Shore
Once the Shore
by: Paul Yoon
3.97 avg rating — 569 ratings
23.
Snow Hunters
Snow Hunters
by: Paul Yoon
3.68 avg rating — 2,946 ratings
24.
Pearl of China
Pearl of China 3.86 avg rating — 8,563 ratings
25.
The People in the Trees
The People in the Trees 3.73 avg rating — 44,436 ratings
26.
China Men
China Men 3.74 avg rating — 2,034 ratings
27.
Sons and Other Flammable Objects
Sons and Other Flammable Objects 3.63 avg rating — 393 ratings
28.
The Last Illusion
The Last Illusion 3.37 avg rating — 1,028 ratings
28.
Forgotten Country
Forgotten Country 3.50 avg rating — 3,125 ratings
30.
Dance Dance Revolution
Dance Dance Revolution 3.88 avg rating — 692 ratings
31.
Engine Empire: Poems
Engine Empire: Poems 4.05 avg rating — 665 ratings
32.
On Such a Full Sea
On Such a Full Sea 3.49 avg rating — 11,747 ratings
33.
The Sleepwalker's Guide to Dancing
The Sleepwalker's Guide to Dancing really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 13,982 ratings
34.
Sister of My Heart (Anju and Sudha #1)
Sister of My Heart (Anju and Sudha #1) 4.01 avg rating — 21,099 ratings
35.
Oleander Girl
Oleander Girl 3.72 avg rating — 5,572 ratings
35.
Burnings
Burnings 4.34 avg rating — 446 ratings
37.
Monstress
Monstress 3.95 avg rating — 1,824 ratings
38.
Bite Hard
Bite Hard 3.97 avg rating — 121 ratings
39.
Mongrel: Essays, Diatribes, Pranks
Mongrel: Essays, Diatribes, Pranks 3.88 avg rating — 74 ratings
40.
The Night My Mother Met Bruce Lee: Observations on Not Fitting In
The Night My Mother Met Bruce Lee: Observations on Not Fitting In 3.51 avg rating — 198 ratings
41.
Animal Eye (Pitt Poetry Series)
Animal Eye (Pitt Poetry Series) 4.13 avg rating — 155 ratings
42.
Dragonfish
Dragonfish
by: Vu Tran
3.24 avg rating — 2,438 ratings
43.
Lucky Fish
Lucky Fish 4.18 avg rating — 608 ratings
44.
Miracle Fruit
Miracle Fruit 4.25 avg rating — 323 ratings
45.
The Hundred-Year Flood
The Hundred-Year Flood 3.17 avg rating — 1,360 ratings
46.
I'm Not Saying, I'm Just Saying
I'm Not Saying, I'm Just Saying 4.02 avg rating — 194 ratings
47.
The Space Between Us
The Space Between Us 4.03 avg rating — 52,229 ratings
48.
The Story Hour
The Story Hour 3.91 avg rating — 10,517 ratings
49.
My American Kundiman
My American Kundiman 4.18 avg rating — 131 ratings
50.
Boneshepherds: Poems
Boneshepherds: Poems 4.42 avg rating — 90 ratings
51.
Jasmine
Jasmine 3.47 avg rating — 3,910 ratings
52.
Dear Jenny, We Are All Find
Dear Jenny, We Are All Find 3.81 avg rating — 291 ratings
53.
Requiem for the Orchard (Akron Series in Poetry (Paperback))
Requiem for the Orchard (Akron Series in Poetry (Paperback)) 4.32 avg rating — 74 ratings
54.
Post Subject: A Fable (Akron Series in Poetry (Paperback))
Post Subject: A Fable (Akron Series in Poetry (Paperback)) 4.35 avg rating — 31 ratings
55.
Our Missing Hearts
Our Missing Hearts 3.79 avg rating — 204,186 ratings
56.
In Other Rooms, Other Wonders
In Other Rooms, Other Wonders 3.75 avg rating — 7,112 ratings
56.
Night Sky with Exit Wounds
Night Sky with Exit Wounds 4.18 avg rating — 47,841 ratings
58.
Ten Thousand Waves: Poems
Ten Thousand Waves: Poems
by: Wang Ping
4.27 avg rating — 26 ratings
58.
How to Write an Autobiographical Novel
How to Write an Autobiographical Novel 4.38 avg rating — 12,203 ratings
60.
The Namesake
The Namesake 4.02 avg rating — 280,144 ratings
61.
The Refugees
The Refugees 3.87 avg rating — 21,717 ratings
62.
Not Here
Not Here 4.31 avg rating — 1,471 ratings
63.
The Cooked Seed: A Memoir
The Cooked Seed: A Memoir 3.78 avg rating — 2,345 ratings
64.
Empress Orchid (Empress Orchid, #1)
Empress Orchid (Empress Orchid, #1) 3.90 avg rating — 25,598 ratings
65.
The Last Communist Virgin
The Last Communist Virgin
by: Wang Ping
3.78 avg rating — 120 ratings