If You Love Reading, These AAPI Authors Should Be On Your List

Celebrate Asian/Asian American Voices from Red Hen Press!

As we head into the long weekend, there’s no better time to slow down, support local bookstores, and get lost in a book that offers a little escape. In honor of Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month we’re spotlighting some of the incredible Asian American voices published by Red Hen Press.

Whether you’re lounging in the park, road-tripping with a new read, or just carving out a few quiet hours for yourself, these books deserve a spot in your weekend bag.

This weekend explore a local bookstore and bask in the array of books booksellers have to share. We love small indie bookstores, so here is our shameless plug for them—shop indie bookstores, they’re great! Plus, you’ll be supporting small businesses and amplifying underrepresented voices in literature. Win-win!

If you’re like me, taking this weekend to have a much deserved staycation, you can still grab these amazing titles by shopping online. Who doesn’t love a spontaneous online shopping spree! Except, maybe our wallets.

For this TBR recs post, Red Hen Press continues to champion emerging and established Asian/Asian American writers across genres and we’re here to share those writers with you! When you’re out book shopping, search the shelves for these 15 Asian/Asian American Authors from Red Hen Press.

Angel Eye by Madeleine Nakamura

Stories from the Edge of the Sea by Andrew Lam

Memento Mori by Eunice Hong

A Professional Lola by E.P. Tuazon

Under a Future Sky by Brynn Saito

A Plucked Zither by Phuong T. Vuong

Secret Harvests: A Hidden Story of Separation and the Resilience of a Family Farm by David Mas Masumoto, Patricia Wakida

If I Were the Ocean, I’d Carry You Home by Pete Hsu

Only the Cat Knows by Ruyan Meng

Future Library: Contemporary Indian Writing by Anjum Hasan, Sampurna Chattarji

Underneath by Lily Hoang

Sugar, Smoke, Song by Reema Rajbanshi

Fire Summer by Thuy Da Lam

Sex & Taipei City by Yu-Han Chao

Cake Time by Siel Ju

Hope this helps build up your TBR pile. Unless we just unintentionally (totally intentionally) overfilled your unread stack of books with more book recommendations, then we’re sorry (not really).

Happy reading! If you read or will be reading any of these 15 Asian/Asian American authors, be sure to share your positive reviews with them and with Red Hen Press.

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