Every May we celebrate the rich history and culture of Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders. Browse a curated selection of fiction and nonfiction books by AANHPI creators that we think your students will love. Find our full collection of titles for Higher Education here.
Books for Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Heritage Month
By Coll Rowe | April 3 2025 | LiteratureHistorySociology
A Refugee Mother, an American Daughter
9781984878182
A dual first-person memoir by the acclaimed Vietnamese-American novelist and her thoroughly American teenage daughter.
$18.00 US
Sep 14, 2021
Paperback
320 Pages
Penguin Books
- English > Comparative Literature > Immigrant and Refugee Literature
- English > Comparative Literature: American > Asian American Memoir
- English > Comparative Literature: American > Asian American Non-Fiction
- Interdisciplinary Studies > Family Studies and Human Development > Specialized Courses
- Interdisciplinary Studies > Race and Ethnic Studies > Asian American Studies
- Interdisciplinary Studies > Social Science > American Studies
- Interdisciplinary Studies > Women's and Gender Studies > Sociology of Women
- Sociology > Family > Sociology of Family
- Student Success and Career Development > Student Success > First-Year Experience
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How I Stopped Being a Model Minority
9780593316825
The most personal writing yet to come from a noted scholar of race: a bold and moving look at race, gender, aging, and immigration that examines, through lenses both intimate and political, what it means to be an Asian American woman living in America today.
$27.00 US
Sep 10, 2024
Hardcover
304 Pages
Pantheon
- English > Comparative Literature > Immigrant and Refugee Literature
- English > Comparative Literature > Memoir
- English > Comparative Literature: American > Asian American Memoir
- History > Race and Gender Studies > History of Asian-Americans
- History > Race and Gender Studies > History of Ethnic Americans
- History > Race and Gender Studies > History of Women in America
- History > U.S. History > U.S. Immigration History
- Interdisciplinary Studies > Race and Ethnic Studies > Asian American Studies
- Interdisciplinary Studies > Race and Ethnic Studies > Introduction to Cultural Studies
- Interdisciplinary Studies > Social Science > American Popular Culture
- Interdisciplinary Studies > Social Science > American Studies
- Interdisciplinary Studies > Women's and Gender Studies > Introduction to Women's Studies
- Interdisciplinary Studies > Women's and Gender Studies > Race, Class, and Gender
- Interdisciplinary Studies > Women's and Gender Studies > Women and Politics
- Sociology > Race / Class / Gender > Race Relations
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Fifty Years of Photographic Justice
9780593580127
A collection of over 200 breathtaking photos celebrating the history and cultural impact of the Asian American social justice movement, from a beloved photographer who sought to change the world, one photograph at a time.
$50.00 US
Apr 09, 2024
Hardcover
320 Pages
Clarkson Potter
9781603094504
A stunning graphic memoir recounting actor/author/activist George Takei’s childhood imprisoned within American concentration camps during World War II.
$19.99 US
Jul 16, 2019
Paperback
208 Pages
Top Shelf Productions
- Education > Curriculum and Instruction by Subject > Reading and Literacy – Young Adult Literature
- English > Comparative Literature > Graphic Memoir
- English > Comparative Literature > Graphic Non-fiction
- English > Comparative Literature > Young Adult Literature
- English > Comparative Literature: American > Asian American Memoir
- English > Comparative Literature: American > Asian American Non-Fiction
- History > Global Conflicts > World War II
- History > Period History: U.S. > America in the 20th Century (1900-1945)
- History > Period History: U.S. > America in the 20th Century (1945-2000)
- History > Race and Gender Studies > History of Asian-Americans
- History > Survey Courses > U.S. History Survey – 1865 to Present
- History > Survey Courses > U.S. History Survey – Colonial to Present
- History > Topical History > History of Gender and Sexuality
- History > Topical History > History of LGBTQIA+
- History > U.S. History > Asian American
- History > U.S. History > U.S. Constitutional History
- History > U.S. History > U.S. Cultural History
- History > U.S. History > U.S. Immigration History
- History > U.S. History > U.S. Urban History
- Interdisciplinary Studies > Race and Ethnic Studies > Asian American Studies
- Interdisciplinary Studies > Social Science > American Popular Culture
- Interdisciplinary Studies > Social Science > American Studies
- Interdisciplinary Studies > Social Science > LGBTQIA+ Studies
- Interdisciplinary Studies > Women's and Gender Studies > LGBTQIA+ Studies
- Interdisciplinary Studies > Women's and Gender Studies > Race, Class, and Gender
- Political Science > Comparative Politics > Race and Politics
- Sociology > Race / Class / Gender > Gender Studies
- Sociology > Race / Class / Gender > Race Relations
- Sociology > Race / Class / Gender > Social Stratification
- Student Success and Career Development > Student Success > First-Year Experience
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The Wild and Shimmering Life of Anna May Wong
9780593183984
Set against the glittering backdrop of Los Angeles in the gin-soaked Jazz Age and the rise of Hollywood, this debut book celebrates Anna May Wong, the first Asian American movie star, to bring an unsung heroine to light to reclaim her place in cinema history.
$32.00 US
Mar 12, 2024
Hardcover
480 Pages
Dutton
- English > Comparative Literature: American > Asian American Non-Fiction
- Film Studies > History > Film History
- Interdisciplinary Studies > Race and Ethnic Studies > Asian American Studies
- Interdisciplinary Studies > Social Science > American Popular Culture
- Sociology > Social Institutions > Popular Culture
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A Novel
9780593685143
From the award-winning author of Goodbye, Vitamin: How far would you go to shape your own destiny? An exhilarating novel of American identity that spans three generations in one family and asks: What makes us who we are? And how inevitable are our futures?
$20.00 US
Mar 25, 2025
Paperback
416 Pages
Vintage
An Asian American Reckoning
9781984820389
Poet and essayist Cathy Park Hong fearlessly and provocatively blends memoir, cultural criticism, and history to expose fresh truths about racialized consciousness in America.
$20.00 US
Mar 02, 2021
Paperback
224 Pages
One World
9780807012710
An inclusive and landmark history, emphasizing how essential Asian American experiences are to any understanding of US history.
$18.95 US
Apr 25, 2023
Paperback
240 Pages
Beacon Press
9780143133285
The collective voice of Japanese Americans defined by a specific moment in time: the four years of World War II during which the US government expelled resident aliens and its own citizens from their homes and imprisoned 125,000 of them in American concentration camps, based solely upon the race they shared with a wartime enemy.
$20.00 US
May 14, 2024
Paperback
336 Pages
Penguin Classics
- English > Comparative Literature > Immigrant and Refugee Literature
- English > Comparative Literature > Politics and Literature
- English > Comparative Literature: American > Asian American Fiction
- English > Comparative Literature: American > Asian American Non-Fiction
- English > Literature > American Literature – Asian American
- History > Global Conflicts > World War II
- History > Period History: U.S. > America in the 20th Century (1900-1945)
- History > Period History: U.S. > America in the 20th Century (1945-2000)
- History > Race and Gender Studies > History of Asian-Americans
- History > Race and Gender Studies > History of Ethnic Americans
- History > Survey Courses > U.S. History Survey – 1865 to Present
- History > U.S. History > Asian American
- History > U.S. History > U.S. Cultural History
- Interdisciplinary Studies > Race and Ethnic Studies > Asian American Studies
- Interdisciplinary Studies > Social Science > American Studies
- Sociology > Race / Class / Gender > Race Relations
- Student Success and Career Development > Student Success > First-Year Experience
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A Memoir
9780385547772
Finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award in Autobiography
$27.00 US
Sep 27, 2022
Hardcover
208 Pages
Doubleday
- English > Comparative Literature: American > Asian American Memoir
- English > Comparative Literature: American > Asian American Non-Fiction
- Interdisciplinary Studies > Race and Ethnic Studies > Asian American Studies
- Student Success and Career Development > Student Success > First-Year Experience
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A Graphic Memoir of Family, Community, and the Fight for Environmental Justice
9781984862495
A moving graphic memoir following Eddie Ahn, an environmental justice lawyer and activist striving to serve diverse communities in San Francisco amidst environmental catastrophes, an accelerating tide of racial and economic inequality, burnout, and his family’s expectations.
$24.99 US
Apr 16, 2024
Hardcover
208 Pages
Ten Speed Graphic
A Memoir of Love and Labor
9781646221523
A young girl forced to work in a Queens sweatshop calls child services on her mother in this powerful debut memoir about labor and self-worth that traces a Chinese immigrant's journey to an American future.
$16.95 US
Aug 02, 2022
Paperback
224 Pages
Catapult
- English > Comparative Literature: American > Asian American Memoir
- English > Comparative Literature: American > Asian American Non-Fiction
- History > U.S. History > Asian American
- Interdisciplinary Studies > Race and Ethnic Studies > Asian American Studies
- Interdisciplinary Studies > Race and Ethnic Studies > Chinese American Studies
- Student Success and Career Development > Student Success > First-Year Experience
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