Asian, South Asian, & Pacific Islander Authors/Stories

Last Updated: April 29, 2023

Lunar Love by Lauren Kung Jessen

Lunar Love
by Lauren Kung Jessen

Olivia Hung Christenson takes over her grandmother’s matchmaking business and learns that LA’s most eligible bachelor, Bennett O’Brien, has created a new dating app based on the traditional Chinese zodiac. As the two businesses go head to head, Bennett and Liv make a deal: they’ll find a match for each other-and whoever falls in love loses.

The Bandit Queens by Parini Shroff

The Bandit Queens
by Parini Shroff

A young Indian woman falsely rumored to have killed her husband finds a way to make her unfortunate reputation surprisingly useful–but complications arise when other village women seek her help offing their husbands.

Age of Vice by Deepti Kapoor

Age of Vice
by Deepti Kapoor

An epic action-packed story propelled by the seductive wealth, startling corruption, and bloodthirsty violence of the Wadia family–loved by some, loathed by others, feared by all.

Natural Beauty by Ling Ling Huang

Natural Beauty
by Ling Ling Huang

A virtuoso pianist gives up her future as a musician to work at a high-end wellness store in New York City where the pursuit of beauty comes at a staggering cost.

Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers by Jesse Q. Sutanto

Vera Wong lives a quiet life, above her teashop in San Francisco’s Chinatown, until one day she finds a dead man in her teashop with a flash drive in his hand. Believing she can solve the murder better than the police, she keeps the flash drive and starts her own investigation.