List of 60 Books With Asian Characters
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You might be trying to find books that have a particular type of content. In search of something specific? Take a look at this useful list of books with Asian characters.
| Title | Author | Published | Genre |
| 10 Things I Hate About Pinky | Sandhya Menon | 2020 | Fiction |
| A Place at the Table | Saadia Faruqi, Laura Shovan | 2020 | Fiction |
| A Tale for the Time Being | Ruth Ozeki | 2013 | Novel, Psychological Fiction |
| Always and Forever, Lara Jean | Jenny Han | 2017 | Fiction |
| American as Paneer Pie | Supriya Kelkar | 2020 | Fiction |
| American Born Chinese | Gene Luen Yang | 2006 | Comics, Novel, Comic book, Fiction, Children's literature, Graphic novel |
| American Panda | Gloria Chao | 2018 | Humour, Fiction, Bildungsroman |
| China Rich Girlfriend | Kevin Kwan | 2015 | Novel, Fiction |
| Cinder | Marissa Meyer | 2012 | Fairy tale, Novel, Romance novel, Young adult fiction |
| Crazy Rich Asians | Kevin Kwan | 2013 | Domestic Fiction |
| Descendant of the Crane | Joan He | 2019 | Mystery, Fantasy Fiction |
| Eleanor & Park | Rainbow Rowell | 2012 | Novel, Young adult fiction, Romance novel |
| Everything I Never Told You | Celeste Ng | 2014 | Novel, Mystery, Thriller, Suspense, Psychological Fiction |
| Everything, Everything | Nicola Yoon | 2015 | Novel, Young adult fiction |
| Flame in the Mist | Renée Ahdieh | 2017 | Historical Fiction, Adventure fiction |
| Forgotten Country | Catherine Chung | 2012 | Psychological Fiction, Domestic Fiction |
| Frankly in Love | David Yoon | 2019 | Fiction |
| Girl in Translation | Jean Kwok | 2010 | Novel, Coming-of-age story |
| Hello, I Love You | Katie M. Stout | 2015 | Young adult fiction |
| Hunted by the Sky | Tanaz Bhathena | 2020 | Fiction |
| I Believe in a Thing Called Love | Maurene Goo | 2015 | Fiction |
| I Wish You All the Best | Mason Deaver | 2019 | Fiction |
| It's Not Like It's a Secret | Misa Sugiura | 2017 | Fiction, Bildungsroman |
| Kira-Kira | Cynthia Kadohata | 2004 | Novel, Young adult fiction, Historical Fiction |
| Love From A to Z | S.K. Ali | 2019 | Young adult fiction |
| Mad, Bad & Dangerous to Know | Samira Ahmed | 2020 | Fiction |
| Memoirs of a Geisha | Arthur Golden | 1997 | Novel, Historical Fiction |
| More Than Just a Pretty Face | Syed Masood | 2020 | Young adult fiction |
| Not Your Sidekick | C.B. Lee | 2016 | Young adult fiction |
| Of Metal and Wishes | Sarah Fine | 2014 | Ghost story, Young adult fiction |
| P.S. I Still Love You | Jenny Han | 2015 | Young adult fiction |
| Pachinko | Min Jin Lee | 2017 | Novel, Historical Fiction, Domestic Fiction |
| Queens of Geek | Jen Wilde | 2017 | Novel, Fiction |
| Rebel Seoul | Axie Oh | 2017 | Science Fiction, Young adult fiction |
| Spin the Dawn | Elizabeth Lim | 2019 | Young adult fiction, Fantasy Fiction |
| Star Daughter | Shveta Thakrar | 2020 | Young adult fiction, Fantasy Fiction, Religious Fiction |
| Team Human | Justine Larbalestier | 2012 | Fiction |
| The Astonishing Color of After | Emily X.R. Pan | 2018 | Novel, Paranormal fiction |
| The Best We Could Do | Thi Bui | 2017 | Comics, Autobiography, Graphic novel, Autobiographical comics, Non-fiction comics |
| The Chaos Curse | Sayantani DasGupta | 2020 | Fantasy Fiction, Adventure fiction |
| The Epic Crush of Genie Lo | F.C. Yee | 2017 | Fiction |
| The Gilded Wolves | Roshani Chokshi | 2018 | Novel, Young adult fiction, Fantasy Fiction, Urban fantasy |
| The Kiss Quotient | Helen Hoang | 2018 | Novel, Fiction, Romance novel, Contemporary romance |
| The Land of Forgotten Girls | Erin Entrada Kelly | 2016 | Fiction |
| The Magnolia Sword: A Ballad of Mulan | Sherry Thomas | 2019 | Fiction |
| The Poppy War | R.F. Kuang | 2018 | Novel, Grimdark, Historical Fiction, Fantasy Fiction, High fantasy, Historical fantasy |
| The Reader | Traci Chee | 2016 | Fantasy Fiction, Adventure fiction |
| The Son of Neptune | Rick Riordan | 2011 | Novel, Greek mythology, Young adult fiction, Fantasy Fiction |
| The Suffering | Rin Chupeco | 2015 | Ghost story, Horror fiction, Paranormal fiction |
| The Sun Is Also a Star | Nicola Yoon | 2016 | Fiction |
| The Way You Make Me Feel | Maurene Goo | 2018 | Young adult fiction, Bildungsroman |
| The Year of the Dog | Grace Lin | 2005 | Fiction |
| To All the Boys I've Loved Before | Jenny Han | 2014 | Romance novel, Young adult fiction |
| Unidentified Suburban Object | Mike Jung | 2016 | Young adult fiction |
| Warcross | Marie Lu | 2017 | Novel, Science Fiction, Spy fiction |
| We Are Totally Normal | Rahul Kanakia | 2020 | Romance novel, Young adult fiction |
| Weedflower | Cynthia Kadohata | 2006 | Novel, Children's literature, Young adult fiction |
| When Dimple Met Rishi | Sandhya Menon | 2017 | Fiction |
| Wicked Fox | Kat Cho | 2019 | Young adult fiction, Fantasy Fiction, Paranormal fiction |
| Yes No Maybe So | Aisha Saeed, Becky Albertalli | 2020 | Fiction |
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