May is Asian American & Pacific Islander Heritage Month!

To celebrate Asian American & Pacific Islander Heritage Month, we asked some of our favorite Asian authors to share a book rec from some of THEIR favorite Asian authors! Keep reading to find out which books Marie Lu, Tanaz Bhathena, Joan He, June Hur, and Zoe Hana Mikuta want you to read this month. (And if you're looking for an Asian-owned bookstore to order these incredible books from, check out our list of Asian-owned bookstores you should definitely be supporting.) Marie Lu Recommends The Ones We're Meant to Find by Joan He It's rare when I can say that I've never read a book quite like this one, but this is the truth when I talk about Joan He's The Ones We're Meant To Find. He's prose is exquisite and haunting, but not just for the sake of being beautiful—here, it propels a surprising story deep with meaning, about a world transformed by climate change, about sisterhood, and about the definition (and worth) of humanity. There are images from this story that I know will stay with me for a long time, and now and then I'll remember a turn of phrase that makes me stop in my tracks. And that ending!! It's both a complex and simple story, and even though it is science fiction, there is something timeless about it. I honestly don't even know how to describe it. You simply have to experience this book to understand what I'm talking about, and you're welcome. buy cialis generic cialisnextdaydeliveryusa.com over the counter Tanaz Bhathena Recommends The Downstairs Girl by Stacy Lee I listened to the audiobook of The Downstairs Girl by Stacey Lee in early 2020 and knew I was going to be recommending it to anyone interested in any kind of historical fiction. I was blown away by the vivid and funny prose, the attention to historical detail, and most importantly, the host of diverse and complex characters depicted in Atlanta of the 1890s. Using the perspective of a brilliant seventeen-year-old Chinese-American girl who works as a maid during the day and secretly writes an advice column at night, Stacey Lee tells a story about America’s racial divide and family relationships that is at once hilarious, nuanced, and poignant. Joan He Recommends We Hunt the Flame by Hafsah Faizal No one writes quite like Hafsah Faizal. Her words are transportive and her sentence smithing one of a kind. We Hunt the Flame is rife with mesmerizing details and characters who sing on the page as they struggle to take control of the labels that have been placed on them. Come for the epic quest; stay for the even more epic romance. buy vidalista generic cialisnextdaydeliveryusa.com over the counter June Hur Recommends We Are Not Free by Traci Chee I highly recommend Traci Chee’s We Are Not Free. Chee’s masterful storytelling conveys a tragic period in American history, and every chapter (written from 14 young people’s points of view) evokes so much raw emotions that the characters come to feel like real-life people. I felt their anger and anguish, their joy and hope, and their desperate yearning to belong. This book left me absolutely awestruck. Zoe Hana Mikuta Recommends Clues to the Universe by Christina Li If you’re looking for a new comfort book, I highly recommend Clues to the Universe by Christina Li. The middle-grade novel balances themes of identity and grief with the growing friendship between the two main characters, Ro and Benji, which is so lovely and full, and made even more tender set alongside the heavier stuff. Heartache, but also lots of heart; I really did feel softer by the end. buy vilitra generic cialisnextdaydeliveryusa.com over the counter