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Asian Pacific American Heritage Month 2022: What We're Reading

Staff Picks for the Month of May and Beyond

ASTX APAH Month 2022 Staff Picks Read

31 Ways to Celebrate APAH Month 2021

APAH Month 2022

Celebrate Asian Pacific American Heritage Month with our curated calendar of live events, recommendations, and on-demand content highlighting the traditions, talents, and contributions of Asians and Asian Americans.

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Discover your newest binge and get to our know our staff a little better with the Asia Society Texas team's favorite ways to stay entertained!

As part of our 31 Ways to Celebrate Asian Pacific American Heritage Month 2022, enjoy this special edition of Staff Picks highlighting fiction and nonfiction titles! With recommendations spanning memoirs to manga to cookbooks, we invite you to dive in for a fresh understanding and appreciation of food, history, and contemporary life.

Fiction | Manga | Nonfiction


What We're Reading: Fiction

APAH Month 2022 Read Short Stories

Short Stories

Never Have I Ever by Isabel Yap
Recommended by Mei Qi, Business and Policy Programs Manager
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Fiona and Jane by Jean Chen Ho
Recommended by Mei Qi, Business and Policy Programs Manager
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Useful Phrases for Immigrants: Stories by May-lee Chai
Recommended by Chris Dunn, Marketing and Communications Manager
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APAH Month 2022 Read Novels

Novels

The Thousand Crimes of Ming Tsu by Tom Lin
Recommended by Chris Dunn, Marketing and Communications Manager
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Woman Running to the Mountains by Yūko Tsushima
Recommended by Michael Buening, Director of Performing Arts and Culture
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The Village of Eight Graves by Seishi Yokomizo
Recommended by Mei Qi, Business and Policy Programs Manager
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A Burning: A Novel by Megha Majumdar
Recommended by Chris Dunn, Marketing and Communications Manager
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APAH Month 2022 Read Sci Fi Fantasy

Sci Fi and Fantasy

Daughter of the Moon Goddess by Sue Lynn Tan
Recommended by Mei Qi, Business and Policy Programs Manager
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There's No Such Thing as an Easy Job by Kikuko Tsumura
Recommended by Mei Qi, Business and Policy Programs Manager
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The City Inside by Samit Basu
Recommended by Mei Qi, Business and Policy Programs Manager
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What We're Reading: Manga

APAH Month 2022 Read Manga

Silver Spoon by Hiromu Arakawa
Recommended by Mei Qi, Business and Policy Programs Manager
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Wotakoi: Love is Hard for Otaku by Fujita
Recommended by Phuong Ha, Education and Outreach Manager
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A Man and His Cat by Umi Sakurai
Recommended by Phuong Ha, Education and Outreach Manager
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What We're Reading: Nonfiction

APAH Month 2022 Read Memoirs

Memoirs

Both/And: A Life in Many Worlds by Huma Abedin
Recommended by Saleena Jafry, Director of Business and Policy
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You Can't Be Serious by Kal Penn
Recommended by Saleena Jafry, Director of Business and Policy
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My Life in Full: Work, Family, and Our Future by Indra Nooyi
Recommended by Saleena Jafry, Director of Business and Policy
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APAH Month 2022 Read Cookbooks

Cookbooks

Snacking Cakes: Simple Treats for Anytime Cravings by Yossy Arefi
Recommended by Phuong Ha, Education and Outreach Manager
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Parwana: Recipes and Stories From an Afghan Kitchen by Durkhanai Ayubi
Recommended by Chris Dunn, Marketing and Communications Manager
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APAH Month 2022 Read Cultural Histories

Cultural Histories

You and I Eat the Same by Chris Ying
Recommended by Mei Qi, Business and Policy Programs Manager
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Rise: A Pop History of Asian America From the Nineties to Now by Jeff Yang, Phil Yu, and Philip Wang
Recommended by Michael Buening, Director of Performing Arts and Culture
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Underground Asia: Global Revolutionaries and the Assault on Empire by Tim Harper
Recommended by Michael Buening, Director of Performing Arts and Culture
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APAH Month 2022 Read Anthology

Anthology

Godzilla: Asian American Arts Network 1990–2001 by Howie Chen
Recommended by Michael Buening, Director of Performing Arts and Culture
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