Asian-American Books

1.
The Joy Luck Club
The Joy Luck Club
by: Amy Tan
3.97 avg rating — 703,399 ratings
2.
The Namesake
The Namesake 4.02 avg rating — 280,143 ratings
3.
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
4.
Interpreter of Maladies
Interpreter of Maladies 4.18 avg rating — 203,024 ratings
5.
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan
by: Lisa See
4.09 avg rating — 382,936 ratings
6.
The Kitchen God's Wife
The Kitchen God's Wife
by: Amy Tan
4.04 avg rating — 87,067 ratings
7.
American Born Chinese
American Born Chinese 3.88 avg rating — 100,052 ratings
8.
The Bonesetter's Daughter
The Bonesetter's Daughter
by: Amy Tan
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 131,939 ratings
9.
The Hundred Secret Senses
The Hundred Secret Senses
by: Amy Tan
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 46,173 ratings
10.
Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet
Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet 4.05 avg rating — 311,629 ratings
11.
Native Speaker
Native Speaker 3.75 avg rating — 8,813 ratings
12.
No-No Boy
No-No Boy 3.93 avg rating — 7,345 ratings
13.
Girl in Translation
Girl in Translation
by: Jean Kwok
3.99 avg rating — 58,175 ratings
14.
M. Butterfly
M. Butterfly 3.93 avg rating — 14,876 ratings
15.
Strangers from a Different Shore: A History of Asian Americans
Strangers from a Different Shore: A History of Asian Americans 4.16 avg rating — 1,208 ratings
16.
When the Emperor Was Divine
When the Emperor Was Divine 3.81 avg rating — 29,657 ratings
17.
The Kite Runner
The Kite Runner 4.35 avg rating — 3,401,858 ratings
18.
The Sympathizer (The Sympathizer, #1)
The Sympathizer (The Sympathizer, #1) 4.01 avg rating — 132,977 ratings
19.
Peony in Love
Peony in Love
by: Lisa See
3.64 avg rating — 49,985 ratings
20.
First Love Language
First Love Language 3.83 avg rating — 462 ratings
21.
Dreams of Joy (Shanghai Girls, #2)
Dreams of Joy (Shanghai Girls, #2)
by: Lisa See
4.10 avg rating — 67,688 ratings
22.
Pachinko
Pachinko 4.34 avg rating — 582,526 ratings
23.
Bone
Bone 3.58 avg rating — 2,930 ratings
24.
The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down: A Hmong Child, Her American Doctors, and the Collision of Two Cultures
The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down: A Hmong Child, Her American Doctors, and the Collision of Two Cultures 4.20 avg rating — 87,595 ratings
25.
Farewell to Manzanar: A True Story of Japanese American Experience During and After the World War II Internment
Farewell to Manzanar: A True Story of Japanese American Experience During and After the World War II Internment 3.71 avg rating — 19,529 ratings
26.
Catfish and Mandala: A Two-Wheeled Voyage Through the Landscape and Memory of Vietnam
Catfish and Mandala: A Two-Wheeled Voyage Through the Landscape and Memory of Vietnam 3.99 avg rating — 6,619 ratings
27.
Everything I Never Told You
Everything I Never Told You 3.83 avg rating — 598,207 ratings
28.
The Fortune Cookie Chronicles: Adventures in the World of Chinese Food
The Fortune Cookie Chronicles: Adventures in the World of Chinese Food 3.69 avg rating — 5,102 ratings
29.
Descendant of the Crane
Descendant of the Crane
by: Joan He
3.63 avg rating — 12,092 ratings
30.
A Gesture Life
A Gesture Life 3.79 avg rating — 4,680 ratings
31.
Snow Falling on Cedars
Snow Falling on Cedars 3.86 avg rating — 192,454 ratings
32.
A Tale for the Time Being
A Tale for the Time Being 4.06 avg rating — 131,679 ratings
33.
They Called Us Enemy
They Called Us Enemy 4.42 avg rating — 50,164 ratings
34.
Kira-Kira
Kira-Kira 3.97 avg rating — 27,857 ratings
35.
The Last Chinese Chef
The Last Chinese Chef 3.86 avg rating — 9,351 ratings
36.
Asking for a Friend
Asking for a Friend 3.61 avg rating — 298 ratings
37.
Moloka'i (Moloka'i, #1)
Moloka'i (Moloka'i, #1) 4.20 avg rating — 138,219 ratings
38.
Little Fires Everywhere
Little Fires Everywhere 4.07 avg rating — 1,279,500 ratings
39.
The Refugees
The Refugees 3.87 avg rating — 21,717 ratings
40.
Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother
Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother
by: Amy Chua
3.66 avg rating — 53,694 ratings
41.
My Year of Meats
My Year of Meats 4.03 avg rating — 20,792 ratings
42.
Asian American Dreams
Asian American Dreams
by: Helen Zia
4.17 avg rating — 1,026 ratings
43.
On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous 4.02 avg rating — 374,991 ratings
44.
China Boy
China Boy
by: Gus Lee
3.69 avg rating — 1,206 ratings
45.
Chasing Athens
Chasing Athens 3.65 avg rating — 91 ratings
46.
The Samurai's Garden
The Samurai's Garden 4.16 avg rating — 27,753 ratings
47.
Fifth Chinese Daughter
Fifth Chinese Daughter 3.89 avg rating — 1,330 ratings
48.
America Is in the Heart: A Personal History
America Is in the Heart: A Personal History 3.92 avg rating — 3,712 ratings
48.
Know My Name
Know My Name 4.69 avg rating — 243,429 ratings
50.
Crazy Rich Asians (Crazy Rich Asians, #1)
Crazy Rich Asians (Crazy Rich Asians, #1) 3.91 avg rating — 536,344 ratings
51.
The Best We Could Do
The Best We Could Do
by: Thi Bui
4.36 avg rating — 38,828 ratings
52.
Honolulu
Honolulu 4.08 avg rating — 25,158 ratings
53.
Here and Now and Then
Here and Now and Then
by: Mike Chen
3.77 avg rating — 11,145 ratings
54.
Stealing Buddha's Dinner
Stealing Buddha's Dinner 3.56 avg rating — 4,097 ratings
55.
Natalie Tan's Book of Luck & Fortune
Natalie Tan's Book of Luck & Fortune 3.47 avg rating — 9,155 ratings
56.
The Rape of Nanking: The Forgotten Holocaust of World War II
The Rape of Nanking: The Forgotten Holocaust of World War II 4.24 avg rating — 50,730 ratings
57.
Song of the Exile
Song of the Exile 4.04 avg rating — 1,798 ratings
58.
Fresh Off the Boat
Fresh Off the Boat 3.68 avg rating — 13,726 ratings
59.
When the Elephants Dance
When the Elephants Dance 4.05 avg rating — 3,770 ratings
60.
A Tiger in the Kitchen: A Memoir of Food and Family
A Tiger in the Kitchen: A Memoir of Food and Family 3.53 avg rating — 1,009 ratings
61.
Shortcomings
Shortcomings 3.63 avg rating — 15,480 ratings
62.
Mona in the Promised Land
Mona in the Promised Land
by: Gish Jen
3.51 avg rating — 1,858 ratings
63.
Nisei Daughter
Nisei Daughter 3.91 avg rating — 1,040 ratings
64.
The Girl with Ghost Eyes
The Girl with Ghost Eyes 3.86 avg rating — 4,419 ratings
64.
Nora & Kettle (Paper Stars, #1)
Nora & Kettle (Paper Stars, #1) 4.06 avg rating — 1,709 ratings
66.
The Mistress of Spices
The Mistress of Spices 3.48 avg rating — 14,721 ratings
67.
Daughter of Moloka'i (Moloka'i, #2)
Daughter of Moloka'i (Moloka'i, #2) 4.13 avg rating — 19,253 ratings
67.
Sigh, Gone: A Misfit's Memoir of Great Books, Punk Rock, and the Fight to Fit In
Sigh, Gone: A Misfit's Memoir of Great Books, Punk Rock, and the Fight to Fit In
by: Phuc Tran
4.29 avg rating — 9,604 ratings
69.
I'm the One That I Want
I'm the One That I Want 3.68 avg rating — 1,743 ratings
70.
How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe
How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe 3.44 avg rating — 19,834 ratings
71.
Hunger
Hunger 4.03 avg rating — 1,824 ratings
72.
Kitchen Chinese
Kitchen Chinese
by: Ann Mah
3.50 avg rating — 2,296 ratings
73.
Dr. 2 (Issue 1)
Dr. 2 (Issue 1) 3.97 avg rating — 88 ratings
74.
Southland
Southland 3.98 avg rating — 1,498 ratings
75.
Crying in H Mart
Crying in H Mart 4.24 avg rating — 555,495 ratings
76.
All You Can Ever Know
All You Can Ever Know 3.85 avg rating — 26,097 ratings
77.
How to Be an American Housewife
How to Be an American Housewife 3.65 avg rating — 13,575 ratings
78.
Dictee
Dictee 4.03 avg rating — 3,845 ratings
79.
The Open Boat: Poems from Asian America
The Open Boat: Poems from Asian America really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 32 ratings
80.
Exhalation
Exhalation 4.27 avg rating — 106,297 ratings
80.
Days of Distraction
Days of Distraction 3.56 avg rating — 6,488 ratings
82.
YELL-Oh Girls!: Emerging Voices Explore Culture, Identity, and Growing Up Asian American
YELL-Oh Girls!: Emerging Voices Explore Culture, Identity, and Growing Up Asian American 3.75 avg rating — 496 ratings
82.
Wild Meat and the Bully Burgers
Wild Meat and the Bully Burgers 3.86 avg rating — 689 ratings
84.
The Shadow Hero
The Shadow Hero 3.87 avg rating — 8,423 ratings
85.
All Over Creation
All Over Creation 3.84 avg rating — 7,839 ratings
86.
Dogeaters
Dogeaters 3.61 avg rating — 3,040 ratings
86.
Night Sky with Exit Wounds
Night Sky with Exit Wounds 4.18 avg rating — 47,837 ratings
88.
Donald Duk
Donald Duk 3.07 avg rating — 693 ratings
88.
Searching for Sylvie Lee
Searching for Sylvie Lee
by: Jean Kwok
3.64 avg rating — 39,823 ratings
90.
Blu's Hanging
Blu's Hanging 3.89 avg rating — 1,056 ratings
91.
Empress of All Seasons
Empress of All Seasons 3.56 avg rating — 5,377 ratings
92.
The Wangs vs. the World
The Wangs vs. the World 3.26 avg rating — 17,274 ratings
93.
Waiting
Waiting
by: Ha Jin
3.54 avg rating — 23,307 ratings
94.
A Different Mirror: A History of Multicultural America
A Different Mirror: A History of Multicultural America 4.18 avg rating — 5,275 ratings
95.
Green Island
Green Island 4.09 avg rating — 3,315 ratings
96.
The Valley of Amazement
The Valley of Amazement
by: Amy Tan
3.70 avg rating — 44,576 ratings
97.
Sister of My Heart (Anju and Sudha #1)
Sister of My Heart (Anju and Sudha #1) 4.01 avg rating — 21,099 ratings
97.
The Accidental Asian: Notes of a Native Speaker
The Accidental Asian: Notes of a Native Speaker
by: Eric Liu
3.53 avg rating — 912 ratings
99.
Red Azalea: A Memoir
Red Azalea: A Memoir 3.84 avg rating — 10,639 ratings
100.
Citizen 13660
Citizen 13660 4.04 avg rating — 1,834 ratings
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