아시아계 미국인

정체성, 소속감, 문화적 유산에 관한 이야기들이 번화한 차이나타운에서 캘리포니아 교외 동네에 이르는 다양한 배경 속에서 펼쳐집니다. 이 강렬한 서사들은 전통과 변화 사이에서 삶을 헤쳐나가는 여러 세대의 가족들을 통해 아시아계 미국인 경험의 복잡성을 탐구합니다.

아시아계 미국인 도서 요약

The Emperor of Gladness

저자: Ocean Vuong

A suicidal teen becomes caregiver to the old woman with dementia who saved his life.

3.85

81,000+

🫂 Found Family 👵 Intergenerational Bond 🌍 Immigrant Experience 🧠 Dementia Story 🍂 Bittersweet

몰입형

The Emperor of Gladness

A suicidal teen becomes caregiver to the old woman with dementia who saved his life.

저자: Ocean Vuong 2025 402 페이지

3.85

81,000+ 개의 평점

🫂 Found Family 👵 Intergenerational Bond 🌍 Immigrant Experience 🧠 Dementia Story 🍂 Bittersweet

내가 본 세계들

저자: 페이페이 리 • 2023

How a Chinese immigrant who barely spoke English built the dataset that sparked the AI revolution.

4.31

5,000+

📷 Computer Vision 🧠 Deep Learning 🤖 Ai History 📊 Data-Driven Science ⚖️ Ai Ethics

내가 본 세계들

How a Chinese immigrant who barely spoke English built the dataset that sparked the AI revolution.

저자: 페이페이 리 2023 336 페이지

4.31

5,000+ 개의 평점

📷 Computer Vision 🧠 Deep Learning 🤖 Ai History 📊 Data-Driven Science ⚖️ Ai Ethics

Patron Saints of Nothing

저자: Randy Ribay • 2019

A Filipino-American teen travels to Manila to clear his cousin's name in the drug war.

4.20

20,000+

🇵🇭 Filipino American 🌴 Philippines Setting 🔍 Family Secrets 🎭 Cultural Identity ✊ Young Activist

Patron Saints of Nothing

A Filipino-American teen travels to Manila to clear his cousin's name in the drug war.

저자: Randy Ribay 2019 323 페이지

4.20

20,000+ 개의 평점

🇵🇭 Filipino American 🌴 Philippines Setting 🔍 Family Secrets 🎭 Cultural Identity ✊ Young Activist

The Phoenix Pencil Company

저자: Allison King • 2025

A granddaughter's search for a lost cousin uncovers a magical family secret hidden in pencils.

3.49

20,000+

✨ Magical Historical Fiction ⏳ Dual Timeline 💕 Sapphic Slow Burn 🔍 Family Secrets 🌿 Inherited Magic

The Phoenix Pencil Company

A granddaughter's search for a lost cousin uncovers a magical family secret hidden in pencils.

저자: Allison King 2025 362 페이지

3.49

20,000+ 개의 평점

✨ Magical Historical Fiction ⏳ Dual Timeline 💕 Sapphic Slow Burn 🔍 Family Secrets 🌿 Inherited Magic

내가 너에게 말하지 않은 것들

저자: 셀레스트 응 • 2014

She was the daughter they pinned their hopes on. The lake knew what they never asked.

3.83

600,000+

🧬 Biracial Family 🏘️ Small Town Secrets 😰 Parental Expectations 🖤 Quiet Devastation 🇺🇸 1970s America

내가 너에게 말하지 않은 것들

She was the daughter they pinned their hopes on. The lake knew what they never asked.

저자: 셀레스트 응 2014 297 페이지

3.83

600,000+ 개의 평점

🧬 Biracial Family 🏘️ Small Town Secrets 😰 Parental Expectations 🖤 Quiet Devastation 🇺🇸 1970s America

우리의 잃어버린 마음

저자: 셀레스트 응 • 2022

A cryptic drawing from his vanished mother sends a boy across an America silenced by fear.

3.79

200,000+

📚 Literary Dystopia 👩‍👦 Missing Mother 📖 Storytelling As Resistance 🤐 Hidden Network 🎭 Conformity Vs Identity

우리의 잃어버린 마음

A cryptic drawing from his vanished mother sends a boy across an America silenced by fear.

저자: 셀레스트 응 2022 335 페이지

3.79

200,000+ 개의 평점

📚 Literary Dystopia 👩‍👦 Missing Mother 📖 Storytelling As Resistance 🤐 Hidden Network 🎭 Conformity Vs Identity

질병의 해석자

저자: 줌파 라히리 • 1999

Nine stories of the Indian diaspora: the small devastations of distance and the search for home.

4.18

200,000+

✈️ Immigrant Fiction 🔗 Linked Short Stories 💔 Marital Estrangement 🌍 Cultural Displacement 🗝️ Confession And Secrets

질병의 해석자

Nine stories of the Indian diaspora: the small devastations of distance and the search for home.

저자: 줌파 라히리 1999 198 페이지

4.18

200,000+ 개의 평점

✈️ Immigrant Fiction 🔗 Linked Short Stories 💔 Marital Estrangement 🌍 Cultural Displacement 🗝️ Confession And Secrets

The Eyes Are the Best Part

저자: Monika Kim • 2024

A Korean American student hungers for her mother's white boyfriend. Specifically, his blue eyes.

3.78

63,000+

🖤 Feminist Horror 🔥 Female Rage 🍽️ Cannibal Horror 🏠 Domestic Horror 🦴 Body Horror

The Eyes Are the Best Part

A Korean American student hungers for her mother's white boyfriend. Specifically, his blue eyes.

저자: Monika Kim 2024 278 페이지

3.78

63,000+ 개의 평점

🖤 Feminist Horror 🔥 Female Rage 🍽️ Cannibal Horror 🏠 Domestic Horror 🦴 Body Horror

Dogeaters

저자: Jessica Hagedorn • 1990

In Manila, the movies are American, the pageants are politics, and the prisons are full.

3.61

3,000+

🏛️ Marcos Era Philippines 🗣️ Multiple Narrators 🎭 Postcolonial Fiction 💄 Beauty As Power 🖤 Dark Satire

Dogeaters

In Manila, the movies are American, the pageants are politics, and the prisons are full.

저자: Jessica Hagedorn 1990 272 페이지

3.61

3,000+ 개의 평점

🏛️ Marcos Era Philippines 🗣️ Multiple Narrators 🎭 Postcolonial Fiction 💄 Beauty As Power 🖤 Dark Satire

네임세이크: 영화의 초상

저자: 줌파 라히리 • 2003

His parents named him Gogol. He has spent his life trying to become Nikhil instead.

4.02

200,000+

🏡 Immigrant Family Saga 🌏 Diaspora Literature 🎭 Cultural Identity 🧩 Assimilation Struggles 👨‍👦 Intergenerational Novel

네임세이크: 영화의 초상

His parents named him Gogol. He has spent his life trying to become Nikhil instead.

저자: 줌파 라히리 2003 304 페이지

4.02

200,000+ 개의 평점

🏡 Immigrant Family Saga 🌏 Diaspora Literature 🎭 Cultural Identity 🧩 Assimilation Struggles 👨‍👦 Intergenerational Novel

네임세이크

저자: 줌파 라히리 • 2003

He was named after a Russian author, a decision that shapes his entire American life.

4.02

200,000+

🕉️ Bengali American Life 🪪 Dual Identity 🌍 Cultural Assimilation 🍂 Melancholic 🛕 Calcutta Connection

네임세이크

He was named after a Russian author, a decision that shapes his entire American life.

저자: 줌파 라히리 2003 304 페이지

4.02

200,000+ 개의 평점

🕉️ Bengali American Life 🪪 Dual Identity 🌍 Cultural Assimilation 🍂 Melancholic 🛕 Calcutta Connection

The Japanese Lover

저자: Isabel Allende • 2015

Polish refugee and Japanese gardener's son keep a secret love across decades of war and separation.

3.89

97,000+

👪 Multigenerational Saga 🌹 Wartime Romance ⏳ Lifelong Affair ✉️ Letters Across Time 🏘️ Found Family

The Japanese Lover

Polish refugee and Japanese gardener's son keep a secret love across decades of war and separation.

저자: Isabel Allende 2015 337 페이지

3.89

97,000+ 개의 평점

👪 Multigenerational Saga 🌹 Wartime Romance ⏳ Lifelong Affair ✉️ Letters Across Time 🏘️ Found Family

세버런스

저자: 링 마 • 2018

The fever traps victims in habit loops. Candace Chen, office worker, was already there.

3.88

100,000+

🏢 Office Apocalypse 🧧 Immigrant Daughter 🌫️ Quiet Apocalypse 🔁 Routine As Trap 🦠 Pandemic Survival

세버런스

The fever traps victims in habit loops. Candace Chen, office worker, was already there.

저자: 링 마 2018 291 페이지

3.88

100,000+ 개의 평점

🏢 Office Apocalypse 🧧 Immigrant Daughter 🌫️ Quiet Apocalypse 🔁 Routine As Trap 🦠 Pandemic Survival

The Satisfaction Café

저자: Kathy Wang • 2025

A Taiwanese immigrant marries into wealth but spends decades building the home she was never given.

3.54

8,000+

🧳 Immigrant Saga 🫂 Found Family 💍 Cross-Class Marriage 🔍 Social Outsider 🌿 Quiet Resilience

The Satisfaction Café

A Taiwanese immigrant marries into wealth but spends decades building the home she was never given.

저자: Kathy Wang 2025 352 페이지

3.54

8,000+ 개의 평점

🧳 Immigrant Saga 🫂 Found Family 💍 Cross-Class Marriage 🔍 Social Outsider 🌿 Quiet Resilience

All You Can Ever Know

저자: Nicole Chung • 2018

She found her birth parents. The truth she wanted was never a single story.

3.85

26,000+

🧒 Transracial Adoption 🤝 Adoption Reunion 🪞 Adoptee Identity 🔒 Family Secrets 🌏 Asian American Identity

All You Can Ever Know

She found her birth parents. The truth she wanted was never a single story.

저자: Nicole Chung 2018 240 페이지

3.85

26,000+ 개의 평점

🧒 Transracial Adoption 🤝 Adoption Reunion 🪞 Adoptee Identity 🔒 Family Secrets 🌏 Asian American Identity

Nisei Daughter

저자: Monica Itoi Sone • 1979

A Seattle girl's American childhood shatters when Pearl Harbor turns her family into the enemy.

3.90

1,000+

⛩️ Japanese American History 🧳 Wwii Incarceration 🎭 Cultural Duality 🚧 Racial Prejudice 🧬 Immigrant Identity

Nisei Daughter

A Seattle girl's American childhood shatters when Pearl Harbor turns her family into the enemy.

저자: Monica Itoi Sone 1979 256 페이지

3.90

1,000+ 개의 평점

⛩️ Japanese American History 🧳 Wwii Incarceration 🎭 Cultural Duality 🚧 Racial Prejudice 🧬 Immigrant Identity

Real Americans

저자: Rachel Khong • 2024

Nick's DNA test reveals the father he never knew, whose genetic legacy upends his identity.

3.94

97,000+

🏠 Multigenerational Saga 👤 Absent Father 🔒 Family Secrets 💰 Class Divide 🧬 Genetic Engineering

Real Americans

Nick's DNA test reveals the father he never knew, whose genetic legacy upends his identity.

저자: Rachel Khong 2024 416 페이지

3.94

97,000+ 개의 평점

🏠 Multigenerational Saga 👤 Absent Father 🔒 Family Secrets 💰 Class Divide 🧬 Genetic Engineering

Set on You

저자: Amy Lea • 2022

A curvy fitness influencer and a firefighter go from squat-rack rivals to a risky attraction.

3.56

52,000+

⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 💪 Plus-Size Heroine ✨ Body Positivity 🚒 Firefighter Hero ⏳ Slow Burn

Set on You

A curvy fitness influencer and a firefighter go from squat-rack rivals to a risky attraction.

저자: Amy Lea 2022 384 페이지

3.56

52,000+ 개의 평점

⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 💪 Plus-Size Heroine ✨ Body Positivity 🚒 Firefighter Hero ⏳ Slow Burn

Unaccustomed Earth

저자: Jhumpa Lahiri • 2008

Eight tales of Bengali immigrants and their American children, bound by love, divided by silence.

4.14

97,000+

🖇️ Linked Story Collection 🇮🇳 Indian Diaspora 🌱 Immigrant Children 🤫 Unspoken Grief 👥 Troubled Sibling Bond

Unaccustomed Earth

Eight tales of Bengali immigrants and their American children, bound by love, divided by silence.

저자: Jhumpa Lahiri 2008 352 페이지

4.14

97,000+ 개의 평점

🖇️ Linked Story Collection 🇮🇳 Indian Diaspora 🌱 Immigrant Children 🤫 Unspoken Grief 👥 Troubled Sibling Bond

브라이드 테스트

저자: 헬렌 호앙 • 2019

A Vietnamese maid has one summer to win over an autistic accountant who thinks he can't love.

3.81

100,000+

💍 Marriage Of Convenience 🤝 Arranged Matchmaking ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 🏠 Forced Proximity 🧠 Neurodivergent Romance

브라이드 테스트

A Vietnamese maid has one summer to win over an autistic accountant who thinks he can't love.

저자: 헬렌 호앙 2019 320 페이지

3.81

100,000+ 개의 평점

💍 Marriage Of Convenience 🤝 Arranged Matchmaking ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 🏠 Forced Proximity 🧠 Neurodivergent Romance

A Great Country

저자: Shilpi Somaya Gowda • 2024

An arrest at the airport upends an Indian-American family striving to belong in Southern California.

3.88

9,000+

🏡 Immigrant Family Saga 👮 Racial Profiling 🎭 Model Minority Myth 🌉 Immigrant Generation Gap 👫 Sibling Loyalty

A Great Country

An arrest at the airport upends an Indian-American family striving to belong in Southern California.

저자: Shilpi Somaya Gowda 2024 256 페이지

3.88

9,000+ 개의 평점

🏡 Immigrant Family Saga 👮 Racial Profiling 🎭 Model Minority Myth 🌉 Immigrant Generation Gap 👫 Sibling Loyalty

Docile

저자: Hyeseung Song • 2024

Top of her class, then Princeton, then a locked psych ward. The way out was paint.

3.97

500+

🇰🇷 Korean American Identity 🏠 Immigrant Family Memoir 🏥 Psychiatric Memoir 📊 Model Minority Myth 📚 Academic Burnout

Docile

Top of her class, then Princeton, then a locked psych ward. The way out was paint.

저자: Hyeseung Song 2024 300 페이지

3.97

500+ 개의 평점

🇰🇷 Korean American Identity 🏠 Immigrant Family Memoir 🏥 Psychiatric Memoir 📊 Model Minority Myth 📚 Academic Burnout

Chemistry

저자: Weike Wang • 2017

A Chinese-American PhD student freezes when her boyfriend proposes. Her silence corrodes everything.

3.73

26,000+

🏛️ Campus Novel 🧳 Immigrant Experience 🔬 Women In Science 💔 Mental Health Crisis 👪 Parental Pressure

Chemistry

A Chinese-American PhD student freezes when her boyfriend proposes. Her silence corrodes everything.

저자: Weike Wang 2017 224 페이지

3.73

26,000+ 개의 평점

🏛️ Campus Novel 🧳 Immigrant Experience 🔬 Women In Science 💔 Mental Health Crisis 👪 Parental Pressure

The Gangster We Are All Looking For

저자: Lê Thi Diem Thúy • 2003

A girl, her father, and four strangers arrive from Vietnam carrying a single ghost between them.

3.69

3,000+

🧳 Refugee Narrative ✨ Poetic Novel 💔 Father-Daughter Bond 🕯️ Unresolved Grief 👧 Child Narrator

The Gangster We Are All Looking For

A girl, her father, and four strangers arrive from Vietnam carrying a single ghost between them.

저자: Lê Thi Diem Thúy 2003 160 페이지

3.69

3,000+ 개의 평점

🧳 Refugee Narrative ✨ Poetic Novel 💔 Father-Daughter Bond 🕯️ Unresolved Grief 👧 Child Narrator

Orphan Bachelors

저자: Fae Myenne Ng • 2023

One family, one false name, and the century of silence the Chinese Exclusion Act demanded.

3.91

238

🧧 Immigration Memoir 🏮 Chinese American History 🔗 Intergenerational Trauma 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Immigrant Families 🖋️ Asian American Literature

Orphan Bachelors

One family, one false name, and the century of silence the Chinese Exclusion Act demanded.

저자: Fae Myenne Ng 2023 256 페이지

3.91

238 개의 평점

🧧 Immigration Memoir 🏮 Chinese American History 🔗 Intergenerational Trauma 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Immigrant Families 🖋️ Asian American Literature

Real Americans

저자: Rachel Khong • 2024

A wish made on a stolen lotus seed reshapes three generations of a Chinese American family.

3.94

97,000+

🏠 Multi-Generational Saga 🧧 Chinese American Identity 💰 Class Divide Romance 🔍 Family Secrets ⏳ Time Slips

Real Americans

A wish made on a stolen lotus seed reshapes three generations of a Chinese American family.

저자: Rachel Khong 2024 15 페이지

3.94

97,000+ 개의 평점

🏠 Multi-Generational Saga 🧧 Chinese American Identity 💰 Class Divide Romance 🔍 Family Secrets ⏳ Time Slips

Sex and Vanity

저자: Kevin Kwan • 2020

At a glamorous Capri wedding, a reckless kiss with an outsider threatens her perfect engagement.

3.33

63,000+

🎭 Comedy Of Manners 💸 Old Money Vs New Money 💒 Destination Wedding 👪 Family Disapproval 🧬 Biracial Identity

Sex and Vanity

At a glamorous Capri wedding, a reckless kiss with an outsider threatens her perfect engagement.

저자: Kevin Kwan 2020 315 페이지

3.33

63,000+ 개의 평점

🎭 Comedy Of Manners 💸 Old Money Vs New Money 💒 Destination Wedding 👪 Family Disapproval 🧬 Biracial Identity

Made in China

저자: Anna Qu • 2021

At fourteen, she worked her parents' sweatshop. What the CPS file revealed decades later was worse.

3.85

2,000+

🧳 Immigrant Memoir 🏚️ Family Abuse Memoirs 🧬 Intergenerational Trauma 🪤 Labor Exploitation 🎓 Education As Escape

Made in China

At fourteen, she worked her parents' sweatshop. What the CPS file revealed decades later was worse.

저자: Anna Qu 2021 224 페이지

3.85

2,000+ 개의 평점

🧳 Immigrant Memoir 🏚️ Family Abuse Memoirs 🧬 Intergenerational Trauma 🪤 Labor Exploitation 🎓 Education As Escape

Outrun the Moon

저자: Stacey Lee • 2016

A girl from 1906 Chinatown poses as an heiress to enter an all-white finishing school.

3.95

5,000+

⛑️ Disaster Survival 🎭 Secret Identity 🫂 Found Family 🧳 Immigrant Experience 🤝 Rivals To Friends

Outrun the Moon

A girl from 1906 Chinatown poses as an heiress to enter an all-white finishing school.

저자: Stacey Lee 2016 391 페이지

3.95

5,000+ 개의 평점

⛑️ Disaster Survival 🎭 Secret Identity 🫂 Found Family 🧳 Immigrant Experience 🤝 Rivals To Friends

The Girl Who Wrote in Silk

저자: Kelli Estes • 2015

Her family's island estate holds a silk sleeve embroidered with a massacre her ancestor committed.

4.10

33,000+

🕰️ Dual Timeline Narrative 🔍 Historical Mystery 🔒 Family Secrets 💕 Cross-Cultural Love 🩹 Intergenerational Trauma

The Girl Who Wrote in Silk

Her family's island estate holds a silk sleeve embroidered with a massacre her ancestor committed.

저자: Kelli Estes 2015 391 페이지

4.10

33,000+ 개의 평점

🕰️ Dual Timeline Narrative 🔍 Historical Mystery 🔒 Family Secrets 💕 Cross-Cultural Love 🩹 Intergenerational Trauma

The Fourth Daughter

저자: Lyn Liao Butler • 2025

A traumatized chef flies to Taiwan seeking her grandmother's lost daughter, given away for bad luck.

4.27

18,000+

🏮 Generational Saga 🔍 Lost Child Mystery 🌏 Taiwanese Diaspora 🍜 Healing Through Food 👧 Unwanted Daughter

The Fourth Daughter

A traumatized chef flies to Taiwan seeking her grandmother's lost daughter, given away for bad luck.

저자: Lyn Liao Butler 2025 280 페이지

4.27

18,000+ 개의 평점

🏮 Generational Saga 🔍 Lost Child Mystery 🌏 Taiwanese Diaspora 🍜 Healing Through Food 👧 Unwanted Daughter

The Paper Menagerie and Other Stories

저자: Ken Liu • 2016

Paper animals breathe, AI curates love, history is witnessed: fifteen stories of longing.

4.35

39,000+

📚 Literary Speculative 🧧 Chinese Diaspora ✨ Magic In The Mundane 🐲 Chinese Mythology 📜 Cultural Memory

The Paper Menagerie and Other Stories

Paper animals breathe, AI curates love, history is witnessed: fifteen stories of longing.

저자: Ken Liu 2016 450 페이지

4.35

39,000+ 개의 평점

📚 Literary Speculative 🧧 Chinese Diaspora ✨ Magic In The Mundane 🐲 Chinese Mythology 📜 Cultural Memory

White Ivy

저자: Susie Yang • 2020

An immigrant's daughter schemes into Boston high society, until her past lover demands she confess.

3.55

34,000+

🖤 Psychological Suspense 📚 Literary Crime 💎 Social Climbing 🌏 Immigrant Ambition 😰 Woman On The Edge

White Ivy

An immigrant's daughter schemes into Boston high society, until her past lover demands she confess.

저자: Susie Yang 2020 354 페이지

3.55

34,000+ 개의 평점

🖤 Psychological Suspense 📚 Literary Crime 💎 Social Climbing 🌏 Immigrant Ambition 😰 Woman On The Edge

Bitter Melon

저자: Cara Chow • 2010

A Chinese American teen hides her speech trophies from a mother who scripts her entire future.

3.86

1,000+

👧 Immigrant Coming Of Age ⛓️ Maternal Control 🎭 Secret Double Life 🏮 Filial Piety 🕯️ Generational Trauma

Bitter Melon

A Chinese American teen hides her speech trophies from a mother who scripts her entire future.

저자: Cara Chow 2010 309 페이지

3.86

1,000+ 개의 평점

👧 Immigrant Coming Of Age ⛓️ Maternal Control 🎭 Secret Double Life 🏮 Filial Piety 🕯️ Generational Trauma

The Last Story of Mina Lee

저자: Nancy Jooyoun Kim • 2020

A daughter finds her immigrant mother dead in a Koreatown apartment. Thirty years of secrets follow.

3.53

46,000+

📖 Literary Mystery 💔 Mother-Daughter Rift ⏳ Dual Timeline 🔍 Hidden Family Past 🧳 Undocumented Immigrant

The Last Story of Mina Lee

A daughter finds her immigrant mother dead in a Koreatown apartment. Thirty years of secrets follow.

저자: Nancy Jooyoun Kim 2020 384 페이지

3.53

46,000+ 개의 평점

📖 Literary Mystery 💔 Mother-Daughter Rift ⏳ Dual Timeline 🔍 Hidden Family Past 🧳 Undocumented Immigrant

Dava Shastri's Last Day

저자: Kirthana Ramisetti • 2021

A billionaire reads her own obituaries, then gathers her fractured family on an island to confess.

3.47

10,000+

🔥 Family Saga 👑 Controlling Matriarch ⚔️ Sibling Rivalry 🌏 Immigrant Success Story 🔒 Family Secrets

Dava Shastri's Last Day

A billionaire reads her own obituaries, then gathers her fractured family on an island to confess.

저자: Kirthana Ramisetti 2021 384 페이지

3.47

10,000+ 개의 평점

🔥 Family Saga 👑 Controlling Matriarch ⚔️ Sibling Rivalry 🌏 Immigrant Success Story 🔒 Family Secrets

Magnolia Wu Unfolds It All

저자: Chanel Miller • 2024

A laundromat's lost socks send two lonely girls on a summer mystery through New York City.

4.18

4,000+

🔍 Child Detectives 🧐 Neighborhood Mystery 🤝 Unlikely Friendship 🧺 Immigrant Family ☀️ Summer Adventure

Magnolia Wu Unfolds It All

A laundromat's lost socks send two lonely girls on a summer mystery through New York City.

저자: Chanel Miller 2024 160 페이지

4.18

4,000+ 개의 평점

🔍 Child Detectives 🧐 Neighborhood Mystery 🤝 Unlikely Friendship 🧺 Immigrant Family ☀️ Summer Adventure

Typical American

저자: Gish Jen • 1991

An immigrant family stakes its future on a con man's fried chicken empire.

3.43

1,000+

🧧 Immigrant Family Saga 🥀 Broken American Dream 🃏 Charismatic Con Man 💔 Marital Infidelity 🎭 Ironic Tragicomedy

Typical American

An immigrant family stakes its future on a con man's fried chicken empire.

저자: Gish Jen 1991 304 페이지

3.43

1,000+ 개의 평점

🧧 Immigrant Family Saga 🥀 Broken American Dream 🃏 Charismatic Con Man 💔 Marital Infidelity 🎭 Ironic Tragicomedy

Well, That Was Unexpected

저자: Jesse Q. Sutanto • 2022

Catfished by their parents, a California artist and Jakarta heir must fake a romance through Bali.

3.70

6,000+

🎭 Fake Dating 🏝️ Forced Proximity 👨‍👩‍👧 Parental Meddling 👥 Dual Perspective 🌴 Southeast Asian Setting

Well, That Was Unexpected

Catfished by their parents, a California artist and Jakarta heir must fake a romance through Bali.

저자: Jesse Q. Sutanto 2022 352 페이지

3.70

6,000+ 개의 평점

🎭 Fake Dating 🏝️ Forced Proximity 👨‍👩‍👧 Parental Meddling 👥 Dual Perspective 🌴 Southeast Asian Setting

Room to Dream

저자: Kelly Yang • 2021

A corporation wants her family's motel. Seventh-grader Mia Tang has a column and something to prove.

4.37

5,000+

🧳 Immigrant Experience 🌏 Cultural Identity 💔 Shifting Friendships 📰 Girl Reporter ✊ Community Resistance

Room to Dream

A corporation wants her family's motel. Seventh-grader Mia Tang has a column and something to prove.

저자: Kelly Yang 2021 320 페이지

4.37

5,000+ 개의 평점

🧳 Immigrant Experience 🌏 Cultural Identity 💔 Shifting Friendships 📰 Girl Reporter ✊ Community Resistance

House of Sticks

저자: Ly Tran • 2021

From a refugee camp to sweatshops to Columbia: a daughter fights to claim her own story.

4.37

5,000+

🛂 Immigrant Memoir 🇻🇳 Vietnamese Diaspora 🧬 Intergenerational Trauma 🎎 Filial Piety 📚 Education As Escape

House of Sticks

From a refugee camp to sweatshops to Columbia: a daughter fights to claim her own story.

저자: Ly Tran 2021 368 페이지

4.37

5,000+ 개의 평점

🛂 Immigrant Memoir 🇻🇳 Vietnamese Diaspora 🧬 Intergenerational Trauma 🎎 Filial Piety 📚 Education As Escape

Sari, Not Sari

저자: Sonya Singh • 2022

A breakup CEO trades her expertise to learn Indian culture from a client at his family wedding.

3.14

3,000+

🇮🇳 Desi Romance 🪷 Cultural Reconnection 💒 Wedding Romance 🫂 Found Family 💕 Feel-Good Romance

Sari, Not Sari

A breakup CEO trades her expertise to learn Indian culture from a client at his family wedding.

저자: Sonya Singh 2022 304 페이지

3.14

3,000+ 개의 평점

🇮🇳 Desi Romance 🪷 Cultural Reconnection 💒 Wedding Romance 🫂 Found Family 💕 Feel-Good Romance

Payal Mehta's Romance Revenge Plot

저자: Preeti Chhibber • 2024

After her crush humiliates her, Payal enlists her rival for the perfect romantic revenge.

3.77

322

🎓 Rivals To Lovers 🌏 Diaspora Teen Life 💭 Oblivious Crush 💘 He Falls First 💬 Witty Banter

Payal Mehta's Romance Revenge Plot

After her crush humiliates her, Payal enlists her rival for the perfect romantic revenge.

저자: Preeti Chhibber 2024 304 페이지

3.77

322 개의 평점

🎓 Rivals To Lovers 🌏 Diaspora Teen Life 💭 Oblivious Crush 💘 He Falls First 💬 Witty Banter

The Fortune Flip

저자: Lauren Kung Jessen • 2026

A divorced analyst shares a lottery ticket with a Broadway carpenter. Her luck soars. His crumbles.

3.86

500+

🎲 Strangers To Lovers ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 🍬 Found Family 💔 Healing From Divorce 💰 Sudden Wealth

The Fortune Flip

A divorced analyst shares a lottery ticket with a Broadway carpenter. Her luck soars. His crumbles.

저자: Lauren Kung Jessen 2026 352 페이지

3.86

500+ 개의 평점

🎲 Strangers To Lovers ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 🍬 Found Family 💔 Healing From Divorce 💰 Sudden Wealth

Seek Immediate Shelter

저자: Vincent Yu • 2026

A false missile alert thunders through a small town; when silence returns, nothing is the same.

3.62

500+

🧩 Mosaic Narrative 🥟 Immigrant Family Dynamics 💔 Parent-Child Estrangement ⚡ Shared Trauma 🧠 Unreliable Memory

Seek Immediate Shelter

A false missile alert thunders through a small town; when silence returns, nothing is the same.

저자: Vincent Yu 2026 304 페이지

3.62

500+ 개의 평점

🧩 Mosaic Narrative 🥟 Immigrant Family Dynamics 💔 Parent-Child Estrangement ⚡ Shared Trauma 🧠 Unreliable Memory

Small World

저자: Jonathan Evison • 2022

Four American bloodlines, 170 years, and one train heading west where their stories finally meet.

4.07

4,000+

🏛️ Generational Epic 🔗 Interwoven Lives 🧳 Immigrant Families 👥 Separated Siblings 💔 Generational Trauma

Small World

Four American bloodlines, 170 years, and one train heading west where their stories finally meet.

저자: Jonathan Evison 2022 480 페이지

4.07

4,000+ 개의 평점

🏛️ Generational Epic 🔗 Interwoven Lives 🧳 Immigrant Families 👥 Separated Siblings 💔 Generational Trauma

The Subtle Art of Folding Space

저자: John Chu • 2026

A physicist must stop her sister from breaking the universe to save their mother.

3.17

1,000+

🛠️ Universe Maintenance 💔 Sibling Abuse 🫂 Chosen Family 🗄️ Cosmic Bureaucracy 🪆 Nested Realities

The Subtle Art of Folding Space

A physicist must stop her sister from breaking the universe to save their mother.

저자: John Chu 2026 227 페이지

3.17

1,000+ 개의 평점

🛠️ Universe Maintenance 💔 Sibling Abuse 🫂 Chosen Family 🗄️ Cosmic Bureaucracy 🪆 Nested Realities

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