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Prince of Persia: The Graphic Novel created by Jordan Mechner, written by A.B. Sina, artwork by LeUyen Pham & Alex Puvilland, color by Hilary Sycamore

22 May, by SIBookDragon in Fiction, Graphic Title/Manga/Manwha, Middle Grade Readers, Persian, Young Adult Readers

Being a Luddite, I don't play video games. Although I should confess that growing up in the 1970s (*gasp!*), ours was the first house in the neighborhood to get Pong, then Atari, then an Apple II. Contrary as I am, all that early technology probably...

The Summer I Turned Pretty by Jenny Han

16 May, by SIBookDragon in Absolute Favorites, Fiction, Korean American, Middle Grade Readers, Nonethnic-specific, Young Adult Readers

For about-to-turn-sweet-16 Belly (no one calls her Isabel), summers at the beach is where her real life happens. The rest of the year pales to comings-and-goings of the large rambling seaside house, populated by two best-friend mothers and their two children each for the three...

32 Stories: The Complete Optic Nerve Mini-Comics by Adrian Tomine

05 May, by SIBookDragon in Adult Readers, Fiction, Graphic Title/Manga/Manwha, Japanese American, Nonethnic-specific, Young Adult Readers

You've gotta love this boxed set of eight little mini-comic books. As a not-so-cool high school student (the first picture you see once you slide out the contents) who didn't have much of a social life, Adrian Tomine had quite the cool other-life, inking comics...

Silver Phoenix: Beyond the Kingdom of Xia by Cindy Pon

05 May, by SIBookDragon in Adult Readers, Chinese, Chinese American, Fiction, Young Adult Readers

Debut novelist Cindy Pon undoubtedly knows how to tell a story: Silver Phoenix is an exciting tale about a village teenager in ancient China who escapes a potential marriage with the over-wived town lech and goes on a great adventure through magical worlds to rescue her beloved...

Once the Shore: Stories by Paul Yoon [in San Francisco Chronicle]

27 Apr, by SIBookDragon in Absolute Favorites, Adult Readers, Fiction, Korean, Korean American, Repost, Short Stories

I have to say it: ‘Yoon’ rhymes with ‘swoon’ for a reason! ...

Johnny Hiro {half asian, all hero} by Fred Chao, with greytones by Dylan Babb and letters and edits by Jesse Post

19 Apr, by SIBookDragon in Absolute Favorites, Adult Readers, Chinese American, Fiction, Graphic Title/Manga/Manwha, Hapa/Mixed-race, Japanese American, Young Adult Readers

The peaceful slumber of Johnny Hiro and girlfriend Mayumi Murakami in their rent-controlled (run-down) New York City apartment, is rudely interrupted by Gozadilla (that extra 'a' is not a typo), who couldn't make it as a killer monster in Tokyo so has come to New...

Ash by Malindo Lo

19 Apr, by SIBookDragon in Chinese American, Fiction, Nonethnic-specific, Young Adult Readers

The good news is you will probably find Malindo Lo's young adult debut hard to put down. The bad news is that you will probably find it hard to find at all. At least for awhile ...

Jeff in Venice, Death in Varanasi by Geoff Dyer [in San Francisco Chronicle]

17 Apr, by SIBookDragon in Adult Readers, British, European, Fiction, Indian, Repost, South Asian

Geoff Dyer's latest novel, teasingly titled Jeff in Venice, Death in Varanasi, is quite the mind game. To play, you obviously have to read the book. Here's the initial setup: two distinct parts with a few overlapping similarities. In the first, "Jeff in Venice," London journalist...

Burnt Shadows by Kamila Shamsie

13 Apr, by SIBookDragon in Absolute Favorites, Adult Readers, Afghan, British, British Asian, Fiction, Indian, Japanese, Pakistani, South Asian

Even though it's only April (and the book doesn't even hit stands until next month), I'm announcing with absolute certainty that Burnt Shadows gets my unwavering vote as THE Book of the Year. I'll only be too happy to eat my words because that can only mean...

The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya (vols. 1-2) by Nagaru Tanigawa, art by Gaku Tsugano, characters by Noizi Ito

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

Mystery solved: For awhile (way too long), Luddite me was maintaining our main Smithsonian APA Program website (no snickering!), and every time I booted up the machine I had to work on, an adorable anime character in a little sailor suit would pop up, pointing...

The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya by Nagaru Tanigawa

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

Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford

08 Apr, by SIBookDragon in Adult Readers, Chinese American, Fiction, Hapa/Mixed-race, Japanese American

When he deliberately decides he is his own man at age 13, Chinese American Henry Lee pledges to wait forever for Japanese American Keiko Okabe, who is one of the 120,000 innocent Americans of Japanese ancestry imprisoned during World War II. Beyond U.S. borders, war...

The Color of Earth and The Color of Water by Kim Dong Hwa, translated by Lauren Na [in Bloomsbury Review]

02 Apr, by SIBookDragon in Adult Readers, Fiction, Graphic Title/Manga/Manwha, Korean, Repost, Translation

The first two books in a trilogy by manhwa (Korean graphic novel) master Kim introduce English readers to two generations of strong women – a beautiful widowed mother and her blossoming teenage daughter – intimately sharing their lives in early-20th century Korea. While the mother, who runs...

Riverbig: A Novel by Aris Janigian [in San Francisco Chronicle]

23 Mar, by SIBookDragon in Adult Readers, Armenian American, Fiction, Repost

Far too many immigration stories begin with an escape from tragedy – everything from economic hardship to devastating wars. The Armenian American experience is tragically rooted in the Armenian genocide of 1915 to 1918, the systematic massacre of an estimated 1 to 2 million Armenians. A...

China Witness: Voices from a Silent Generation by Xinran, translated by Nicky Harman, Julia Lovell, and Esther Tyldesley [in San Francisco Chronicle]

16 Mar, by SIBookDragon in Adult Readers, Chinese, Nonfiction, Repost

Since the 2002 best-seller The Good Women of China: Hidden Voices, Beijing-born London journalist Xinran has emerged as an international dynamo reclaiming the voices of neglected citizens throughout her homeland. Her subsequent titles – Sky Burial: An Epic Love Story of Tibet, What the Chinese Don't Eat, Miss Chopsticks, and even her...

The Weight of Heaven by Thrity Umrigar [in Bloomsbury Review]

13 Mar, by SIBookDragon in Adult Readers, Fiction, Indian, Indian American, Repost, South Asian, South Asian American

Frank and Ellie Benton have had the unthinkable happen to them: their precious 7-year-old son has died of a sudden illness. Even while Ellie is wracked with guilt, Frank blames her for what he believes was her negligence in not taking him to the hospital quickly...

The Eternal Smile by Gene Luen Yang and Derek Kirk Kim [in Bloomsbury Review]

13 Mar, by SIBookDragon in Adult Readers, Chinese American, Fiction, Graphic Title/Manga/Manwha, Korean American, Nonethnic-specific, Repost, Young Adult Readers

From two of the most successful names in contemporary graphic novels – Gene Luen Yang, whose multi-award-winning American Born Chinese was the first-ever graphic novel to be a finalist for the National Book Award, and Derek Kirk Kim, the equally multi-award-winning author of groundbreaking Same Difference and...

Haunting Bombay by Shilpa Agarwal [in Bloomsbury Review]

13 Mar, by SIBookDragon in Adult Readers, Fiction, Indian, Indian American, Repost, South Asian, South Asian American

Pinky Mittal, a 13-year-old schoolgirl in 1960s Bombay, lives with her extended family in a sprawling family bungalow in one of the city's more fashionable neighborhoods. Her grandmother, who rescued her after her mother's death as an toddler, dotes on her. Her aunt-by-marriage barely puts...

Almost Single by Advaita Kala [in Bloomsbury Review]

24 Feb, by SIBookDragon in Adult Readers, Fiction, Indian, Repost, South Asian

Much to her mother's chagrin, Aisha has almost reached the big 3-0 and (gasp!) and is still single – but she's smart, independent, and definitely fun-loving. Working as the guest relations manager of a swanky Delhi hotel, she knows all about fast-paced city life. One...

Tales from Outer Suburbia by Shaun Tan [in Bloomsbury Review]

01 Feb, by SIBookDragon in Australian, Australian Asian, Children/Picture Books, Fiction, Middle Grade Readers, Nonethnic-specific, Repost, Short Stories

From the genius mind that brought you the wordlessly breathtaking bestseller, The Arrival, comes a collection of 15 short stories for all ages, uniquely illustrated in Tan's signature enigmatic style. The second story, "Eric," about the visit by a foreign exchange student like no one has...

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