It’s been almost two years since we launched Books & Boba, and we’ve found more books by Asian authors than we could ever dream of discussing on the podcast.

The following is our master list of books published in 2017 that were written by authors of Asian descent. Keep in mind that this list is by no means complete or exhaustive! We curated most of these titles from Publisher’s Weekly and word of mouth; therefore, this list will be lacking in indie and self-published titles.

Feel free to recommend books in the comments, as we will most likely be referring to this list and recommendations for more genre-specific lists in the future.

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Picture Books

• Accident! by Andrea Tsurumi
• Chee-Kee: A Panda in Bearland by Sujean Rim
• Chirri & Chirra: In the Tall Grass written by Kaya Doi, translated by Yuki Kaneko
• A Different Pond written by Bao Phi, illustrated by Thi Bui
• Goodbye Autumn, Hello Winter by Kenard Pak
• Grand Canyon by Jason Chin
• How It Feels to Be a Boat by James Kwan
• I Am Not Scared written by Anna Kang, illustrated by Christopher Weyant
• Jasmine Toguchi, Mochi Queen written by Debbi Michiko Florence, illustrated by Elizabet Vukovic
• Lines by Suzy Lee
• Malala’s Magic Pencil written by Malala Yousafzai, illustrated by Kerascoët
• Meow! by Victoria Ying
• No Kimchi For Me! by Aram Kim
• Out! by Arree Chung

• Papillon Goes to the Vet (Papillion #2) by A.N. Kang

• The Way Home in the Night by Akiko Miyakoshi
• Where’s Halmoni? by Julie Kim

Middle Grade

• Ahimsa by Supriya Kelkar
• Amina’s Voice by Hena Khan
• The Crystal Ribbon by Celeste Lim
• The Emperor’s Riddle by Kat Zhang
• The Gauntlet by Karuna Riazi
• Hello, Universe by Erin Entrada Kelly
• Secrets & Sequences (Secret Code #3) by Gene Luen Yang
• Spirit Hunters by Ellen Oh
• Step Up to the Plate, Maria Singh by Uma Krishnaswami
• The Way to Bea by Kat Yeh
• Whichwood (Furthermore #2) by Tahereh Mafi

Young Adult

• Always and Forever, Lara Jean by Jenny Han
• Alex and Eliza: A Love Story by Melissa de la Cruz
• The Authentics by Abdi Nazemian
• Beautiful Poison by Lydia Kang
• The Bloodprint (The Khorasan Archives #1) by Ausma Zehanat Khan
• The Bone Witch by Rin Chupeco
• A Crown of Wishes (The Star-Touched Queen #2) by Roshani Chokshi
• Dove Alight by Karen Bao
• The Epic Crush of Genie Lo by F.C. Yee
• Empress of a Thousand Skies by Rhoda Belleza
• Flame in the Mist by Renée Ahdieh
• Follow Your Heart by Tasha Nathan
• Forest of a Thousand Lanterns by Julie C. Dao
• Girl on the Verge by Pintip Dunn
• Here We Are Now by Jasmine Warga
• I believe in a Thing Called Love by Maurene Goo
• It’s Not Like It’s a Secret by Misa Sugiura
• The Library of Fates by Aditi Khorana
• A Line in the Dark by Malinda Lo
• Noteworthy by Riley Redgate
• Not Your Villain by C.B. Lee
• The November Girl by Lydia Kang
• One Dark Throne by Kendare Blake
• Penance by Kanae Minato, translated by Philip Gabriel
• Rebel Seoul by Axie Oh
• Rosemarked by Livia Blackburne
• Sad Girls by Lang Leav
• Saints and Misfits by S.K. Ali
• Seize Today by Pintip Dunn
• Shadow Girl by Liana Liu
• The Ship Beyond Time by Heidi Heilig
• The Speaker by Traci Chee
• Star City by Edwin Peng
  
• Starfish by Akemi Dawn Bowman
• Starswept by Mary Fan
• That Thing We Call a Heart by Sheba Karim
• Soulmated (Joining of Souls #1) by Shaila Patel
• Want by Cindy Pon
• Warcross by Marie Lu
• When Dimple Met Rishi by Sandhya Menon
• Wintersong by S. Jae-Jones
• You Bring the Distant Near by Mitali Perkins

Adult

• The Black Tides of Heaven by JY Yang
• The Boy in the Earth by Fuminori Nakamura, translated by Allison Mark Powell
• Chemistry by Weike Wang
• Dear Cyborg by Eugene Lim
• The Diplomat’s Daughter by Karin Tanabe
• A Distant Heart by Sonali Dev
• Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows by Balli Kaur Jaswal
• The Golden House by Salman Rushdie
• Goodbye Vitamin by Rachel Khong
• Hate to Want You by Alisha Rai
• Heroine Worship by Sarah Kuhn
• Home Fire by Kamila Shamsie
• Human Acts by Han Kang
• Kokoro (Kojiki #2) by Keith Yatsuhashi
• Jade City by Fonda Lee
• The Leavers by Lisa Ko
• Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng
• Lonesome Lies Before Us by Don Lee
• Love and Other Consolation Prizes by Jamie Ford
• Marriage of a Thousand Lies by SJ Sindu
• The Ministry of Utmost Happiness by Arundhati Roy
• Miss Burma by Charmaine Craig
• No One Can Pronounce My Name by Rakesh Satyal
• The Other Half of Happiness by Ayisha Malik
• Pachinko by Min Jin Lee
• Raven Stratagem by Yoon Ha Lee
• The Red Threads of Fortune by JY Yang
• Rich People Problems by Kevin Kwan
• Sonata in K by Karen An-hwei Lee
• These Violent Delights by Victoria Namkung
• Three Daughters of Eve by Elif Shafak
• The Travelling Cat Chronicles by Hiro Arikawa, translated by Philip Gabriel
• The Windfall by Diksha Basu
• Under the Pendulum Sun by Jeannette Ng

Non-Fiction

• An American Family: A Memoir of Hope and Sacrifice by Khizr Khan
• Finding the Edge: My Life on the Ice by Karen Chen
• So Much I Want to Tell You: Letters to My Little Sister by Anna Akana
• Gone: A Girl, a Violin, a Life Unstrung by Min Kym
• The Home That Was Our Country: A Memoir of Syria by Alia Malek
• How to Write Good by Ryan Higa
• Nine Continents: A Memoir In and Out of China by Xiaolu Guo
• One Day We’ll All Be Dead and None of This Will Matter by Scaachi Koul
• Tell Me Everything You Don’t Remember: The Stroke That Changed My Life by Christine Hyung-Oak Lee
• Where the Past Begins: A Writer’s Memoir by Amy Tan

Poetry

• Barbie Chang by Victoria Chang
• I Wore My Blackest Hair by Carlina Duan
• For Want of Water and Other Poems by Sasha Pimentel
• Fourth Person Singular by Nuar Alsadir
• Phrasis by Wendy Xu
• Salvage: Poems by Cynthia Dewi Oka
• Some Say the Lark by Jennifer Chang
• the sun and her flowers by Rupi Kaur
• Thousand Star Hotel by Bao Phi
• Wild Embers by Nikita Gill

Short Stories & Anthologies

• Flying Lessons & Other Lessons edited by Ellen Oh
• A Life of Adventure and Delight by Akhil Sharma
• Men Without Women by Haruki Murakami
• The Mountain: Stories by Paul Yoon
• Sour Heart by Jenny Zhang
• The Refugees by Viet Thanh Nguyen
• When I Grow Up I Want to Be a List of Further Possibilities by Chen Chen
• When He Sprang From His Bed, Staggered Backward, And Fell Dead, We Clung Together With Faint Hearts, And Mutely Questioned Each Other by Christopher Kang
• Where the Stars Rise: Asian Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Lucas K. Law & Derwin Mak

Graphic Novels & Illustrated Works

• Boundless by Jillian Tamaki
• Kingsway West: Volume 1 written by Greg Pak, illustrated by Mirko Colak and Wil Quintana
• The Little Book of Life Hacks: How to Make Your Life Happier, Healthier, and More Beautiful by Yumi Sakugawa
• Monstress Vol. 2: The Blood written by Marjorie Liu, illustrated by Sana Takeda
• Mis(h)adra by Iasmin Omar Ata
• New Super-Man, Vol. 1: Made in China by Gene Luen Yang, illustrated by Viktor Bogdanovic
• Pashmina by Nidhi Chanani
• Quiet Girl in a Noisy World: An Introvert’s Story by Debbie Tung
• Robots & Repeats (Secret Coders #4) by Gene Luen Yang, illustrated by Mike Holmes
• The Totally Awesome Hulk, Volume 2: Civil War II (The Totally Awesome Hulk #2) written by Greg Pak, illustrated by Alan Davis and Mike Del Mundo
• The Totally Awesome Hulk, Volume 3: Big Apple Showdown (The Totally Awesome Hulk #3) written by Greg Pak, illustrated by Luke Ross