Browsing: Asian American Interest

A New York Times bestseller with nearly 4,000 five-star Goodreads ratings: Courted by the ghost of a wealthy young man, Li Lan is drawn into a powerful family — and their dark secrets. Featuring “gripping tangles of plot and engaging characters… Truly compelling” (Booklist).

A “tour de force” (The New York Times Book Review): This Pulitzer Prize winner and international bestseller stunningly reimagines the end of the Vietnam War and its aftereffects. “Extraordinary… A new classic” (The Washington Post).

A “deliciously decadent” #1 New York Times bestseller (Entertainment Weekly) that inspired a hit film: When American-born Rachel Chu travels to Singapore to meet her boyfriend’s family for the first time, she’s swept into their unfamiliar world of opulence and scandal! “Over-the-top funny… Nonstop hoots” (The New York Times).

“Heartbreaking and hopeful” (Booklist): In the midst of political upheaval, the ghost of Song Leiyin must set things right for her husband and daughter before time runs out. “Riveting… An intoxicating story of family, ambition, and the risks we take for love” (New York Times bestselling author Tara Conklin).

A New York Times bestseller from the Nobel Prize–winning author of The Remains of the Day: In 1930s Shanghai, detective Christopher Banks seeks to solve his parents’ long-ago disappearance — and finds himself trapped in his own past. “His fullest achievement yet” (The New York Times Book Review).

From a Nobel Prize–winning author comes a heartrending New York Times bestseller! In postwar Japan, an American soldier and a Japanese student fall in love — but the rest of the world is determined to keep them apart…

“Deeply-felt emotions that will keep readers turning the pages” (Susan Elizabeth Phillips). When famous playboy Samir moves next door to poor, virtuous Mili, he hides his identity. Yet it becomes harder and harder as he falls passionately in love with her. “Utterly breathtaking” (Kristan Higgins) with nearly 800 five-star ratings on Goodreads.

The author of The Joy Luck Club “reaffirms her reputation as a master storyteller” (O, The Oprah Magazine) in this stunning New York Times bestseller. At the turn of the 20th century, Violet grows up in a courtesan house — until revolution thrusts her into a journey of self-discovery. Top-rated on BookBub!