Monday, May 4, 2026

Happy Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month!!



Each year during the month of May is Asian American Pacific Islander  Heritage Month!

Do you enjoy themed reading? In other words, do you read books for for AAPI Heritage Month that are written by AAPI writers? If so, check out the list below!

Below are five books I've read and reviewed that I highly recommend reading during AAPI Heritage Month. Click on the links below to read my review for each book.

1. Interior Chinatown by Charles Yu

2. Dear America: Notes of an Undocumented Citizen by Jose Antonio Vargas

3. The Color of Air by Gail Tsukiyama

4. They Called Us Enemy by George Takei

5. The Space Between Us by Thrity Umrigar

Below are five books I've been meaning to read by AAPI writers.

1. The Woman Warrior by Maxine Hong Kingston

2. How Much of These Hills Is Gold by C Pam Zhang

3. Year of the Tiger by Alice Wong

4. No-No Boy by John Okada

5. Farewell to Manzanar by Jeanne Toyo Wakatsuki Houston and
James D. Houston

Have you read any of the above books? Are there AAPI books you'd recommend I read that aren't on this list?

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