thread of books from asian authors you should read right now & even when there’s no surge of asian hate crimes
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dating makes perfect from @pintipdunn
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="✨" title="Funken" aria-label="Emoji: Funken"> thai-american protagonists, written by thai-american author (my heart is crying
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="😭" title="Laut schreiendes Gesicht" aria-label="Emoji: Laut schreiendes Gesicht">)
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="✨" title="Funken" aria-label="Emoji: Funken"> fake dating trope
silence of bones & the forest of stolen girls (coming out 20/4 so PREORDER) from @WriterJuneHur
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="✨" title="Funken" aria-label="Emoji: Funken"> murder mysteries in joseon korea, do i need to say more?
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="✨" title="Funken" aria-label="Emoji: Funken"> june hur also has another book coming out january 2022 so preorder that also!!
the moon in the palace & the empress of bright moon from @WeinaRandel
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="✨" title="Funken" aria-label="Emoji: Funken"> historical fiction set in ancient china (tang dynasty!)
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="✨" title="Funken" aria-label="Emoji: Funken"> our protagonist becomes a concubine of the emperor
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="✨" title="Funken" aria-label="Emoji: Funken"> court politics & some romance
we are not free from @tracichee
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="✨" title="Funken" aria-label="Emoji: Funken"> our protagonists are japanese-americans living in japantown, san francisco during wwii
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="✨" title="Funken" aria-label="Emoji: Funken"> they were forced into incarceration camps after the attack on pearl harbor
the duke who didn’t from @courtneymilan
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="✨" title="Funken" aria-label="Emoji: Funken"> historical romance with asian protagnists!!!! i don’t need to know anymore to read this & you shouldn’t either
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https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="✨" title="Funken" aria-label="Emoji: Funken"> childhood friends
how we disappeared from @jingwrites
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="✨" title="Funken" aria-label="Emoji: Funken"> historical fiction set in wwii singapore
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="✨" title="Funken" aria-label="Emoji: Funken"> explores the history of comfort women
empire of sand & realm of ash from @tashadrinkstea
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="✨" title="Funken" aria-label="Emoji: Funken"> indian-inspired fantasy world
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="✨" title="Funken" aria-label="Emoji: Funken"> slow-burn romance & marriage of convenience
chronicles of the bitch queen from @k_villoso
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="✨" title="Funken" aria-label="Emoji: Funken"> fantasy world that draws from filipino culture
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="✨" title="Funken" aria-label="Emoji: Funken"> badass female protagonist
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="✨" title="Funken" aria-label="Emoji: Funken"> final book is coming out this year so PREORDER
the sword of kaigen from @M_L_Wang
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="✨" title="Funken" aria-label="Emoji: Funken"> japanese-inspired fantasy world with samurai & martial arts
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="✨" title="Funken" aria-label="Emoji: Funken"> explores love & loss
descendant of the crane from @joanhewrites
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="✨" title="Funken" aria-label="Emoji: Funken"> chinese-inspired fantasy world
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="✨" title="Funken" aria-label="Emoji: Funken"> murder mystery (that actually kept be on the edge of my seat!!)
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="✨" title="Funken" aria-label="Emoji: Funken"> political intrigue
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="✨" title="Funken" aria-label="Emoji: Funken"> her new sci-fi book (the ones we’re meant to find) is also coming out 4/5 so PREORDER
any books from my queen @RinChupeco
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="✨" title="Funken" aria-label="Emoji: Funken"> i’m currently reading the bone witch & the world is so interesting (with geisha-inspired elements!!)
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="✨" title="Funken" aria-label="Emoji: Funken"> the girl from the well is inspired by the japanese legend of banchō sarayashiki & i heard it’s very scary
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empress of all seasons & tokyo ever after from emiko jean
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="✨" title="Funken" aria-label="Emoji: Funken"> empress of all seasons: competition where girls fight for the hand of the prince, set in japanese-inspired fantasy world with yōkai (aka demons)
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="✨" title="Funken" aria-label="Emoji: Funken"> tokyo ever after: japanese-american mc, inspired by princess diaries
wicked fox & vicious spirits from @KatCho
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="✨" title="Funken" aria-label="Emoji: Funken"> modern day fantasy set in korea with gumiho!
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="✨" title="Funken" aria-label="Emoji: Funken"> kdrama vibes
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="✨" title="Funken" aria-label="Emoji: Funken"> romance
spin the dawn & unravel the dusk from @LizLim
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="✨" title="Funken" aria-label="Emoji: Funken"> pitched as project runaway meets mulan
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="✨" title="Funken" aria-label="Emoji: Funken"> elizabeth lim drew upon her chinese heritage while writing this book
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="✨" title="Funken" aria-label="Emoji: Funken"> also check out her other books including six crimson cranes (coming out 6/6 so PREORDER)
green bones saga from @FondaJLee
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="✨" title="Funken" aria-label="Emoji: Funken"> one of my favourite books EVER
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="✨" title="Funken" aria-label="Emoji: Funken"> adult fantasy with two rival gangs
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="✨" title="Funken" aria-label="Emoji: Funken"> family saga (with relationships that will break your hearts
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="😭" title="Laut schreiendes Gesicht" aria-label="Emoji: Laut schreiendes Gesicht">)
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="✨" title="Funken" aria-label="Emoji: Funken"> morally grey & complex characters you can’t help but root for
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="✨" title="Funken" aria-label="Emoji: Funken"> 3rd book coming out 7/12 so PREORDER
these violent delights from @thechloegong
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="✨" title="Funken" aria-label="Emoji: Funken"> you should read this book purely for how cool chloe is
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="✨" title="Funken" aria-label="Emoji: Funken"> romeo & juliette retelling set in 1920s shanghai, do i need to say more?!
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="✨" title="Funken" aria-label="Emoji: Funken"> our violent ends coming out 16/11 so PREORDER
the poppy war trilogy from @kuangrf
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="✨" title="Funken" aria-label="Emoji: Funken"> one of the best series ever written no cap
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="✨" title="Funken" aria-label="Emoji: Funken"> inspired by chinese history (2nd sino-japanese war, rape of nanking, hiroshima, etc.)
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="✨" title="Funken" aria-label="Emoji: Funken"> so nuanced, clever & makes you think
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="✨" title="Funken" aria-label="Emoji: Funken"> complex morally grey characters
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="✨" title="Funken" aria-label="Emoji: Funken"> check tw before reading
how we fall apart from @ktzhaoauthor
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="✨" title="Funken" aria-label="Emoji: Funken"> dark academia with asian characters!!
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="✨" title="Funken" aria-label="Emoji: Funken"> coming out 3/8 so PREORDER
the lady or the lion from @aamnaqureshi_
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="✨" title="Funken" aria-label="Emoji: Funken"> pakistan-inspired world
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="✨" title="Funken" aria-label="Emoji: Funken"> forbidden romance
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="✨" title="Funken" aria-label="Emoji: Funken"> court intrigues
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="✨" title="Funken" aria-label="Emoji: Funken"> debut novel
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="✨" title="Funken" aria-label="Emoji: Funken"> coming out 22/7 so PREORDER
this is far from a comprehensive list & you should do more research yourself! i haven’t read all of the books on this list so i apologize for any mistakes in advance, my intention is to hopefully introduce people to some asian books they might not have known about before :)
please reply with some other books written by asian authors!! i’m always on the lookout for MORE
i’m going to continue to add on to this thread:
the pingkang li mysteries from @JeannieLin
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="✨" title="Funken" aria-label="Emoji: Funken"> historical romances set in tang dynasty with murder mysteries
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="✨" title="Funken" aria-label="Emoji: Funken"> jeannie lin also wrote many more novels including the tang dynasty series (more historical romances!) & the gunpowder chronicles (asian steampunk!!), etc.
what’s left of me is yours from @stephaniewscott
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="✨" title="Funken" aria-label="Emoji: Funken"> inspired by a real life murder case in japan in 2010
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="✨" title="Funken" aria-label="Emoji: Funken"> centers around the wakaresaseya service where people would hire agents to seduce their spouse to provide ground for divorce
the ghost bride from @yangszechoo
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="✨" title="Funken" aria-label="Emoji: Funken"> set in malaya, 1893
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="✨" title="Funken" aria-label="Emoji: Funken"> our mc is the daughter of a chinese family in colonial malaysia
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="✨" title="Funken" aria-label="Emoji: Funken"> she’s being haunted by a dead son of a wealthy family who wants her to become his ‘ghost bride’
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="✨" title="Funken" aria-label="Emoji: Funken"> infused with chinese folklore & culture
bangkok wakes to rain from @pitchaya
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="✨" title="Funken" aria-label="Emoji: Funken"> set in thailand throughout its history (from nineteenth century siam to modern day bangkok)
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="✨" title="Funken" aria-label="Emoji: Funken"> contains small stories of many characters
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="✨" title="Funken" aria-label="Emoji: Funken"> non-linear narrative
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="✨" title="Funken" aria-label="Emoji: Funken"> atmospheric & beautifully written
a wish in the dark from @soontornvat
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="✨" title="Funken" aria-label="Emoji: Funken"> middle grade book set in thai-inspired fantasy world
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="✨" title="Funken" aria-label="Emoji: Funken"> inspired by les mis
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="✨" title="Funken" aria-label="Emoji: Funken"> explores the topic of poverty & wealth disparity
rent a boyfriend from @gloriacchao
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="✨" title="Funken" aria-label="Emoji: Funken"> ya contemporary romance
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="✨" title="Funken" aria-label="Emoji: Funken"> fake dating
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="✨" title="Funken" aria-label="Emoji: Funken"> our main girl hires the main guy to be her fake boyfriend to appease her taiwanese family
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="✨" title="Funken" aria-label="Emoji: Funken"> college-aged protagonists
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="✨" title="Funken" aria-label="Emoji: Funken"> LOOK AT THIS COVER
promise season from lee evie
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="✨" title="Funken" aria-label="Emoji: Funken"> historical fiction set in joseon korea
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="✨" title="Funken" aria-label="Emoji: Funken"> our main girl is a gisaeng slave girl
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="✨" title="Funken" aria-label="Emoji: Funken"> political intrigue
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="✨" title="Funken" aria-label="Emoji: Funken"> romance
when we were infinite & picture us in the like from @KellyLoyGilbert
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="✨" title="Funken" aria-label="Emoji: Funken"> beautifully written & moving ya contemporaries
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="✨" title="Funken" aria-label="Emoji: Funken"> deal with issues of identities, relationships, family, etc.
starfish & summer bird blue from @AkemiDawnBowman
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="✨" title="Funken" aria-label="Emoji: Funken"> heartfelt & moving ya contemporaries that will make you cry
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="✨" title="Funken" aria-label="Emoji: Funken"> starfish: deal with issues of mental illness, broken families
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="✨" title="Funken" aria-label="Emoji: Funken"> summer bird blue: deal with issues of grief, loss, healing, identities
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="✨" title="Funken" aria-label="Emoji: Funken"> read tw before reading
jade fire gold from @junescribbles
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="✨" title="Funken" aria-label="Emoji: Funken"> coming out 12/10 so PREORDER
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="✨" title="Funken" aria-label="Emoji: Funken"> inspired by chinese mythology
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="✨" title="Funken" aria-label="Emoji: Funken"> epic slow-burn romance (MY FAV)
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="✨" title="Funken" aria-label="Emoji: Funken"> our male protagonist is a lost heir who is on the path to reclaiming the throne
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="👀" title="Augen" aria-label="Emoji: Augen">
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="✨" title="Funken" aria-label="Emoji: Funken"> our female protagonist has magical abilities (!!)
books/novellas from @NghiVoWriting
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="✨" title="Funken" aria-label="Emoji: Funken"> empress of salt & fortune: chinese-inspired fantasy world, exiled princess, non-binary protagonist, sapphic (!!)
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="✨" title="Funken" aria-label="Emoji: Funken"> the chosen & the beautiful: great gatsby retelling, queer, asian & adopted protagonist, magical & mysterious
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="✨" title="Funken" aria-label="Emoji: Funken"> THESE COVERS
she who became the sun from @shelleypchan
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="✨" title="Funken" aria-label="Emoji: Funken"> tsoa meets mulan (!!)
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="✨" title="Funken" aria-label="Emoji: Funken"> set in china, 1345
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="✨" title="Funken" aria-label="Emoji: Funken"> lyrical reimagining of the rise of the founding emperor of ming dynasty
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="✨" title="Funken" aria-label="Emoji: Funken"> 2 storylines each with a genderqueer protagonist (see answered question on gr for details!)
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="✨" title="Funken" aria-label="Emoji: Funken"> 2 queer romances
i had no text space left but PLEASE PREORDER the chosen and the beautiful (1/6) & she who became the sun (20/7)!!
ghost of from diana khoi nguyen
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="✨" title="Funken" aria-label="Emoji: Funken"> poetry
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="✨" title="Funken" aria-label="Emoji: Funken"> elegizes a brother lost via suicide
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="✨" title="Funken" aria-label="Emoji: Funken"> mourning song for the idea of a family haunted by ghosts of war, trauma & history https://twitter.com/rubi_writes/status/1381147309715640322">https://twitter.com/rubi_writ...
out & grotesque from natsuo kirino
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="✨" title="Funken" aria-label="Emoji: Funken"> translated japanese novels
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="✨" title="Funken" aria-label="Emoji: Funken"> horror/psychological thriller
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="✨" title="Funken" aria-label="Emoji: Funken"> tackle the issue of women’s struggles within the convention & restriction of japanese society
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="✨" title="Funken" aria-label="Emoji: Funken"> i read out & it was quite graphic so check tw before reading!
if you leave me from @crystalhanak
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="✨" title="Funken" aria-label="Emoji: Funken"> historical fiction novel set in 1950s korea during the civil war
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="✨" title="Funken" aria-label="Emoji: Funken"> centers around two ill-fated lovers
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="✨" title="Funken" aria-label="Emoji: Funken"> our male & female protagonists were friends when they were children & were forced to flee to a refugee camp
gearbreakers from @ZoeHanaMikuta
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="✨" title="Funken" aria-label="Emoji: Funken"> ya sci-fi novel with sapphic romance between 2 asian girls!
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="✨" title="Funken" aria-label="Emoji: Funken"> mecha fighting machines & mecha sword fights
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="👀" title="Augen" aria-label="Emoji: Augen">
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="✨" title="Funken" aria-label="Emoji: Funken"> perfect for fans of pacific rim, red rising & legend
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="✨" title="Funken" aria-label="Emoji: Funken"> enemies to lovers
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="✨" title="Funken" aria-label="Emoji: Funken"> found family
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="✨" title="Funken" aria-label="Emoji: Funken"> coming out 29/6 so PREORDER
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