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Crazy Rich Asians [Crazy Rich Asians 1] by Kevin Kwan

29 Apr, by SIBookDragon in Adult Readers, Audio, Chinese, Chinese American, Fiction, Hong Kongese, Singaporean, Singaporean American, Southeast Asian, Southeast Asian American

You might consider duct-taping your jaw shut because Manhattan-based Singaporean author Kevin Kwan insists on the veracity of the excesses in his outrageous, hilarious, train-wreck tragic debut novel: "So many aspects of and stories in the book I actually had to tone down!" he told...

Rules of Summer by Shaun Tan

28 Apr, by SIBookDragon in Australian, Australian Asian, Children/Picture Books, Fiction

Argh! Here where I'm stuck for another month, three or four inches of snow greeted me this morning (so much for almost May!). But if anyone can convince me summer is coming, that would be the inimitable Shaun Tan. This, his latest title, immediately pulls...

The Double Bind by Chris Bohjalian

27 Apr, by SIBookDragon in Adult Readers, Armenian American, Audio, Fiction

The title here is your first warning: Oxford Dictionaries describes 'double bind' as "[a] situation in which a person is confronted with two irreconcilable demands or a choice between two undesirable courses of action." Think on that, then brace yourself as you open the cover...

This One Summer by Jillian Tamaki and Mariko Tamaki

25 Apr, by SIBookDragon in Canadian, Canadian Asian Pacific American, Fiction, Graphic Title/Manga/Manwha, Young Adult Readers

Canadian cousins Mariko Tamaki and Jillian Tamaki’s first collaboration, Skim, won enough major awards to make their second title an eagerly anticipated publishing event. Get ready because This One Summer hits shelves May 6. And here's the bottom line: Summer is spectacular without a chance of sophomoric slump in sight. "Okay. Awago Beach is...

The Interrogation of Ashala Wolf by Ambelin Kwaymullina

24 Apr, by SIBookDragon in Australian, Fiction, Middle Grade Readers, Young Adult Readers

As I feel I know so little about the literature of our Down Under friends, I admit I'm surprised to find I've posted almost 30 titles with Australian origins here on BookDragon thus far. If you were to pop-quiz me on Aussie authors, my instant...

Migrant by José Manuel Mateo, illustrated by Javier Martínez Pedro, translated by Emmy Smith Ready

22 Apr, by SIBookDragon in Bilingual, Children/Picture Books, Fiction, Latin American, Latina/o/x, Translation

Imagine a long scroll, that unfolds like a fan or an accordion. Each panel, when finally open, reveals a single, elongated picture, with sparse text to illuminate the densely populated illustration filled with mountains, animals, plants, people, that give way to trains, police cars, fences, highways, and...

Moon at Nine by Deborah Ellis

21 Apr, by SIBookDragon in Canadian, Fiction, Iranian, Middle Grade Readers, Young Adult Readers

At 15, Farrin is the privileged only child in a tense, unhappy, albeit very wealthy family. Her father runs a construction company that takes advantage of illegal, desperate Afghan workers to make big profits. As successful as he might be, Farrin's mother continuously laments that she has...

Insufficient Direction by Moyoco Anno, translated by Satsuki Yamashita

18 Apr, by SIBookDragon in Adult Readers, Fiction, Graphic Title/Manga/Manwha, Japanese, Translation, Young Adult Readers

If you can get over the initially disturbing caricatures of a toddler and bearded man as the two married-to-each-other protagonists, you're in for some ingenious, goofy fun. [Having had a parent at our kids' school be convicted as one of the country's worst child pornographers...

Bird by Crystal Chan

17 Apr, by SIBookDragon in Audio, Black/African American, Caribbean American, Chinese American, Fiction, Hapa/Mixed-race, Latina/o/x, Middle Grade Readers, Young Adult Readers

In the small town of Caledonia, Iowa, Jewel stands out: she's "'half-Jamaican, a quarter white, and a quarter Mexican.'" As if to provide a physical embodiment of Jewel's hapa background, the audible producers cast Amandla Stenberg, who played the heartbreaking role of young Rue in the film version of The...

Decoded by Mai Jia, translated by Olivia Milburn and Christopher Payne

14 Apr, by SIBookDragon in Adult Readers, Audio, Chinese, Fiction, Translation

The layers here are astonishing, revealed through the filtered lens of an unnamed narrator who gathers the shared experiences, memories, and words about an enigmatic, brilliant man who has lost his sanity by the time the narrator’s research begins. The subject is Rong Jinzhen – orphan, mathematical genius, unparalleled...

Two Parrots by Rashin, inspired by a tale from Rumi

10 Apr, by SIBookDragon in Children/Picture Books, Fiction, Iranian, Iranian American, Persian, Persian American

According to a note at book's end, Jalāl ad-Dīn Muhammad Balkhī of 13th-century Persia, also known as Jalāl ad-Dīn Muhammad Rūmī, or simply Rumi, "...

I Know Here and From There to Here by Laurel Croza, illustrated by Matt James

07 Apr, by SIBookDragon in Canadian, Children/Picture Books, Fiction

Absolutely no doubt that you could read either of these titles separately and find two engaging standalone stories. But read them together and you're guaranteed a much more satisfying experience that reveals Kathie's love of frogs, the significance of "[only] me in grade three" meeting someone...

Look Who’s Morphing by Tom Cho

03 Apr, by SIBookDragon in Adult Readers, Australian, Australian Asian, Fiction, Short Stories, Young Adult Readers

Each of Tom Cho's 18 stories in his just-over 100-page-debut is a surprise waiting to happen to you. Already lauded and awarded in Cho's native Australia, his Stateside arrival is sure to elicit gasps, guffaws, and more. Welcome to half a century of pop culture icons – before you...

The Blue Notebook by James A. Levine

31 Mar, by SIBookDragon in Adult Readers, Audio, Fiction, Indian, Nonethnic-specific, South Asian

Clearly, James A. Levine is a 21st-century Renaissance man. He's an endocrinologist and professor at the renowned Mayo Clinic, he co-directs Obesity Solutions, a project of Mayo and Arizona State University (where he also professors), he's credited with pioneering the treadmill desk, he NEATly Gruves ...

Salem Brownstone: All Along the Watchtowers by John Harris Dunning, art by Nikhil Singh

28 Mar, by SIBookDragon in Adult Readers, British, British Asian, Fiction, Graphic Title/Manga/Manwha, South African, Young Adult Readers

Salem Brownstone, once the proprietor of the Sit & Spin Laundromat, gets an ominous telegram (on Halloween, naturally) calling him to New Mecco City, Azania to "take immediate possession of his [late father's] house and the contents therein." His mourning – "[a]fter all these years of...

Homeless Bird by Gloria Whelan

26 Mar, by SIBookDragon in Audio, Fiction, Indian, Middle Grade Readers, Nonethnic-specific

Koly, the only daughter in a poor, rural Indian family, leaves all she's ever known to fulfill her duties in an arranged marriage. Once the wedding is over, Koly realizes her family was tricked: her new husband is a sickly young boy whose parents are interested only...

The Monsters of Templeton by Lauren Groff

25 Mar, by SIBookDragon in Adult Readers, Audio, Fiction, Nonethnic-specific

First, a few details to address before we get to award-winning Lauren Groff's down-the-rabbit-hole, delightfully convoluted debut novel ...

Abby Spencer Goes to Bollywood by Varsha Bajaj

24 Mar, by SIBookDragon in Fiction, Hapa/Mixed-race, Indian, Indian American, Middle Grade Readers, South Asian, South Asian American

Okay, so what are the chances?! Varsha Bajaj's exuberant debut middle grade novel begins with a food allergy that sends her teen protagonist, the titular Abby Spencer, to the ER with an anaphylactic reaction. Talk about eerily prescient – less than 12 hours later, I'm repeating...

Secrets of Eden by Chris Bohjalian

23 Mar, by SIBookDragon in Adult Readers, Armenian American, Audio, Fiction, Nonethnic-specific

The day after Alice Hayward is baptized, she's found strangled in her own home; her husband George is on the couch with a bullet through his head. The apparent murder/suicide understandably has the couple's tight-knit small Vermont town in shock, especially causing a crisis of...

Dust of Eden by Mariko Nagai

19 Mar, by SIBookDragon in Fiction, Japanese American, Middle Grade Readers, Poetry, Verse Novel/Nonfiction, Young Adult Readers

Please correct me if I'm wrong here: The Japanese American imprisonment has been the focus of many, many titles for audiences of all ages, via fiction, non-fiction, poetry, short stories, plays, graphic titles, picture books, and more, but I believe Mariko Nagai's Dust of Eden...

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