Asian & Asian-American Authors

Submitted by Luanna Adams [1] on Wed, 05/11/2011 - 10:00am

Snow Flower As you may know, May is the month in which we celebrate Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month. A good way to celebrate is to read Asian/Pacific American literature. Below are some books that a New York City blogger who calls herself the Literanista lists as some of her favorite books by Asian or Asian-American authors. You can find these and many more through your neighborhood Harris County Public Library.
The Woman Warrior: Memoirs of a Girlhood Among Ghosts [2]by Maxine Hong Kingston
The Bonesetter's Daughter: A Novel [3] by Amy Tan
The Fortune Cookie Chronicles [4] by Jennifer 8 Lee
Interpreter of Maladies [5] by Jhumpa Lahiri
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan: A Novel [6] by Lisa See
The White Tiger: A Novel [7] by Aravind Adiga
Free Food for Millionaires [8] by Min Jin Lee
The Fairbanks Library book club is celebrating Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month by reading Shanghai Girls [9]by Lisa See.

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