Celebrate Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month with 22 Great Queer Reads!

May is wrapping up, and with the end of May comes the end of Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month. There are so so so many great books coming out by AAPI authors starring AAPI characters, and so – here’s a list of some of our favorites! All of these are either BY AAPI authors, have AAPI main characters, or – in most cases – both! The contributors to this list are: Shadaras, Tris Lawrence, Nina Waters, D.V. Morse, Terra P. Waters, theirprofoundbond, Annabeth Lynch and an anonymous contributor.

• Not Your Sidekick (Sidekick Squad series) by C.B. Lee
• The Mermaid, the Witch, and the Sea by Maggie Tokuda-Hall
• Phoenix Extravagant by Yoon Ha Lee
• “Eldest Daughter Seeks Her Wife” by N. C. Farrell from She Wears the Midnight Crown
• Babel by R.F. Kuang
• The Spear Cuts Through Water by Simon Jimenez
• The Water Outlaws by S.L. Huang
• Black Water Sister by Zen Cho
• If You’ll Have Me by Eunnie
• Roadqueen: Eternal Roadtrip to Love by Mira Ong Chua
• They Called Us Enemy by George Takei, Justin Eisinger & Steven Scott
• The Prince and the Dressmaker by Jen Wang
• Away With the Fairies by Annabeth Lynch
• Meal by Blue Delliquanti & Soleil Ho
• Firebird by Sunmi
• After the Dragons by Cynthia Zhang
• Iron Widow (Iron Widow series) by Xiran Jay Zhao
• The Problem with Wishes by Annabeth Lynch
• Light from Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki
• Hold Me (Cyclone series) by Courtney Milan
• Sea Change by Gina Chung
• Clash of Steel: A Treasure Island Remix by C.B. Lee

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