The Best Books About Asian American Identity

by The Strategist
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14 books
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See the source list and commentary at nymag.com

Asian American Dreams

The Emergence of an American People
Helen Zia, 2001

The Gangster We Are All Looking For

Thi Diem Thuy Le, 2011

Body Counts

The Vietnam War and Militarized Refugees
Yen Le Espiritu, 2014

Living for Change

An Autobiography
Grace Lee Boggs, 2016

The Next American Revolution

Sustainable Activism for the Twenty-first Century
Grace Lee Boggs, Scott Kurashige, 2012

Aiiieeeee!

An Anthology of Asian American Writers
Frank Chin, Jeffery Paul Chan, Lawson Fusao Inada, Shawn Wong, 2019

No-No Boy

John Okada, 2014

America Is in the Heart

A Personal History
alquizola, 2014

On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous

A Novel
Ocean Vuong, 2019

Night Sky with Exit Wounds

Ocean Vuong, 2016

Seventeen Syllables and Other Stories

Hisaye Yamamoto, 2001

Good Girls Marry Doctors

South Asian American Daughters on Obedience and Rebellion
Piyali Bhattacharya, 2016

Immigrant Acts

On Asian American Cultural Politics
Lisa Lowe, 1996

Minor Feelings

An Asian American Reckoning
Cathy Park Hong, 2021