Asian & Pacific Islander Recs

May is Asian American Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander Heritage month. Please note, not all of these creators are American.

Asian Pacific Islander GNs

Middle Grade:

• Aquanaut by Dan Santat

• The Awakening Storm: City of Dragons #1 by Jaimal Yogis, Vivian Truong

• Dragon Path by Ethan Young

• A First Time for Everything by Dan Santat

• Green Lantern: Legacy/Alliance by Minh Lê

• Hi'iaka and Pana'ewa: A Hawaiian Graphic Legend by Gabrielle Ahuli'i

• Jukebox by Nidhi Chanani

• The Legend of Auntie Po by Shing Yin Khor

• Living With Viola by Rosena Fung

• Marshmallow & Jordan by Alina Chau

• Measuring Up by Lily LaMotte, Ann Xu

• Meesh the Bad Demon by Michelle Lam

• My Aunt Is a Monster by Reimena Yee

• Nayra and the Djinn by Iasmin Omar Ata

• Newsprints (series) by Ru Xu

• Parachute Kids by Betty C. Tang

• Pashmina by Nidhi Chanani

• Piece by Piece: The Story of Nisrin’s Hijab by Priya Huq

• Pilu of the Woods by Mai K. Nguyen

• The Rema Chronicles: Realm of the Blue Mist by Amy Kim Kibuishi

• Saving Sorya: Chang and the Sun Bear by Trang Nguyen, Jeet Zdung

• Séance Tea Party by Reimena Yee

• Stargazing by Jen Wang

• Stealing Home by J. Torres, David Namisato

• Tidesong by Wendy Xu

• Wingbearer by Marjorie M. Liu, Teny Issakhanian

Young Adult:

• A Map to the Sun by Sloane Leong

• Almost-American Girl by Robin Ha

• American Born Chinese by Gene Luen Yang

• The Best We Could Do by Thi Bui

• Crystal Fighters by Jen Bartel

• Displacement by Kiki Hughes

• Dragon Hoops by Gene Luen Yang

• Girl Taking Over by Sarah Kuhn, Arielle Jovellanos

• Himawari House by Harmony Becker

• Hungry Ghost by Victoria Ying

• I Was Their American Dream by Malaka Gharib

• Ichiro by Ryan Inzana

• In Limbo by Deb JJ Lee

• It Won’t Always Be Like This by Malaka Gharib

• M is for Monster by Talia Dutton

• The Magic Fish by Trung Le Nguyen

• Mech Cadet Yu by Greg Pak

• Messy Roots by Laura Gao

• The Night Marchers and Other Oceanian Stories by Kel McDonald, Sloane Leong, Kate Ashwin 

• Pixels of You by Ananth Hirsh, Yuko Ota, J.R. Doyle

• The Prince and the Dressmaker by Jen Wang

• Sea Sirens/Sky Island by Amy Chu

• Shadow of the Batgirl by Sarah Kuhn

• Squire by Sara Alfageeh, Nadia Shammas

• Tamamo and the Fox Maiden and Other Asian Stories by Kel McDonald

• They Called Us Enemy by George Takei

• A Thief Among the Trees by Sabaa Tahir

Adult:

• Good Talk by Mira Jacob

• The Man in the McIntosh Suit by Rina Ayuyang (coming soon!)

• Monstress by Marjorie M. Liu & Sana Takeda

• Nori by Rumi Hara

• Shortcomings by Adrian Tomine

• What is Home, Mum? by Sabba Khan

And some of our favorite superheroes:

• Silk

• Ms. Marvel

• Shang-Chi

• Marvel Voices: Identity