Recs if you like They Called Us Exceptional: And Other Lies That Raised Us...

Memoirs from authors who can write like nobody's business, especially poets, novelists, and journalists. Unique life experiences told through incredible prose.

edit: made gender/species neutral, inspired by the ogbanje Akwaeke Emezi

with the exception of books i think are important to the diaspora or asian americans in general!

all genres!! pls scroll 🥁

Books by Desi authors about being a desi girl. whether that be a desi girl in love, a desi girl fighting against community norms, a desi girl in myths.