Booklist: Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month
We at www.scintilla.info have had the privilege of reviewing many books by people whose heritage and ancestry hails from the world’s largest continent. Although this month is specifically devoted to the celebration of Americans who count Asia and the Pacific Islands in their genealogy, we are going to include other Asian authors (i.e. those who are citizens of Asian, European, or other non-US countries) in our list so as to make it as inclusive as possible.
Our apologies to anyone we’ve missed in this list. Asia is a large continent! In many families, including ours, family names do not adequately reflect ancestral homes so we did not rely exclusively on that. If someone should be on this list, please let us know and we will correct it. Any errors or omissions are entirely our fault.
Curtis C. Chen — Waypoint Kangaroo and Kangaroo Too
Eugenia Cheng — The Art of Logic in an Illogical World and
How to Bake Pi: An Edible Exploration of the Mathematics of Mathematics
Amy Chua — Political Tribes: Group Instinct and the Fate of Nations
Michio Kaku — The Future of Humanity
R.F. Kuang — The Poppy War
Sarah Kuhn — Heroine Complex, Heroine Worship, Heroine’s Journey
Kevin Kwan — Crazy Rich Asians trilogy
R.O. Kwon — The Incendiaries
Fonda Lee — Jade City and Zeroboxer
Liu Cixin — Ball Lightning
Ling Ma — Severance
Celeste Ng — Little Fires Everywhere
Vaddey Ratner — In the Shadow of the Banyan and Music of the Ghosts
Thaddeus Rutkowski — Border Crossings and Violent Outbursts
Somini Sengupta — The End of Karma: Hope and Fury Among India’s Young
Vandana Singh — Ambiguity Machines and Other Stories
Shaun Tan — Tales from the Inner City