Recs if you like Interior Chinatown...

Books that illustrate some aspect of the immigrant experience - in fantasy, or in the real world; in childhood, or in old age; in history, or in the modern day. (work in progress - recs welcome!)

Books written in or featuring 2nd person POV

book recs for purple readers according to read your color on substack | updated periodically

An on-going attempt to track Asian authors in my Interested/TBR (and hopefully Finished) categories. Books are generally fiction/lit fic/fantasy with some memoirs. Authors span West to East Asia, the Asian diaspora, and mixed-race folx.

my favorite genre! the grit of the everyday alongside the possibility for something more, a veil thinning, serendipity bending reality to its whimsy and beauty. this is a smaller list due the brittle nature of the genre. it's up to interpretation, but i like my magical realism on the more realistic side with very slight tints of magic/fantastical elements. recommendations are welcome!

spotlighting some incredible books by Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander authors

TCKs are those who were "raised in a different culture than their parents, for a large part or the entirety of their childhood and adolescence. They typically are exposed to a greater volume and variety of cultural influences than those who grow up in one particular cultural setting."

These books must delve into the themes and conflicts of being a TCK and not just have a TCK. (this is different from an immigrant story, it's the generation that follows)

for this list, i am specifically looking into creating an extensive list of novels whose narratives center in some way film as an art or an industry. these are fictional explorations of what it means to make, love, fear, consume, be consumed by cinema.

All fiction books that appear in the Tiny Bookshop catalogue! Would sort them by genre as I read along.

in which characters (real and fictional) deal with being refugees, exiles, or immigrants, sometimes staying in exile and sometimes journeying back home

“if mastering the language is too hard, only be patient; the telegram imploring your return won’t need translation.”

this is the wild wild west of storytelling and formatting 🐃

For the times you want a short read or need to finish a challenge fast.

All of these are less than 200 pages or no more than 5 hours long. Most are considered novellas, but some short stories have been included as well. No anthologies or collections.

Fiction & memoirs written by authors who are Taiwanese. Let me know if you would like me to add any books! (or if I've made a mistake)

Książki konglomeratu.

For all the people that need to read the book before it makes it to the screen

Fiction about individual identity