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books by asian authors

this by no means is a comprehensive list of books, but this may give you a starter point as to where to start reading more about asian experiences and learning about asian culture. hopefully, you will find something you enjoy!

graphic novels

such a lovely little war: saigon 1961-63 and saigon calling: london 1963-75, marcelino truong: the story of a french-vietnamese boy and his family during the vietnam war

almost american girl, robin ha: memoir of a korean girl who moves to america and experiences racism and sexism in high school 

year of the rabbit, tian veasna: the tale of a family’s drive to survive the brutal khmer rouge regime

banned book club, kim hyunsook, ryan estrada and ko hyungju: memoir of a girl attending college in korea during the 1980s dictatorship and taking part in a banned book club 

cat diary: yon and mu, junji ito: horror comic about a guy who adopts two cats who terrorize him 

nonfiction

why we swim, bonnie tsui: swimming’s history, from olympic champions to japanese samurai swimmers

minor feelings, cathy park hong: essay collection of asian experiences of racism in the US

reading lolita in tehran, azar nafisi: an english professor’s experiences during the iranian revolution

all you can ever know, nicole chung: memoir of a korean girl adopted by white parents

family in six tones: a refugee mother, an american daughter, lan cao: memoir of a mother and daughter, the former of whom was a vietnam war refugee

fiction

on earth we’re briefly gorgeous, ocean vuong: a lovely, poetic letter from a vietnamese son to his mother

little fires everywhere, celeste ng: literary novel about a quiet suburban town and seemingly perfect family that changes once a traveling artist and her daughter move to town

the kiss quotient, helen hoang: super feel good romance featuring an autistic protagonist and a hunky swedish-vietnamese love interest

evil and the mask, fuminori nakamura: thriller novel that blew my head off

the windup bird chronicle, haruki murakami: literary novel about a man’s wife who disappeared suddenly and the mysterious journey he embarks on to find her again

pachinko, minjin lee: the multigenerational story of a family of koreans in japan during the early 20th century

prophecy (the dragon king chronicles #1), ellen oh: ya novel set in a korean fantasy landscape about a girl assigned to be the bodyguard to a prince during a demon invasion

run to me earth, paul yoon: the story of 3 orphans struggling to find their way in laos

in addition, i’d like you to notice these two lovely lists by @papenathys and @gaaaandaaaalf at these two links [x, x]. these lists are of south asian writers specifically, if you’re interested in them! 

add on your favorite books by asian authors if you’d like in the notes :)

[edit: sorry it was incomplete when i queued it. good thing i checked haha]

Playing games

reasons why y’all should read scarecrow:year one

dick grayson is tiny

look at him. he’s so darn teeny next to bruce

watch as teeny bopper dick grayson gets booped on the nose

he is in fact so small that bruce just. grabs him and hauls him up by the scruff of his jacket

(also, the plot is incredible, as is the characterization and back story of scarecrow. the dynamic between robin and batman is nostalgically endearing. it’s nice to see the original dynamic duo in action again. plus, there’s a  thoughtful character study of bruce)

but i’m serious about dick grayson being small. like. look at this. look at it. i’m gonna die from a gi tatio n

there's something about having a mother when you're a girl.

black swan //Buffet Etiquette, Hieu Minh Nguyen // Nayyirah Waheed//turtles all the way down// the cradell, berthe morisot// ??// the witch// Kyung-sook Shin, Please Look After Mom// lady bird// Take Care: Mothers, Daughters, and Inheriting Self-Hatred, Ella Wilson

Alanis Morissette, Sorry to Myself/Haruki Murakami,1084

“Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it.” -Henry David Thoreau

JJK????????????? do it. you would kill it at gojo story!

Yes, JJK is my absolute fixation right now! I would literally LOVE to write Gojo, though I'm terrified I wouldn't do him justice because he is suuuuch a complicated character. I had an arranged marriage au idea in mind, but read Convergence Theory on AO3 and -- I will never ever top that fic, lol. That is one of the best titles of fanfic I have ever read in my lil fic career.

Maybe for funsies one day I'll write a one shot just to dip my toes into the SatoSugu waters. I do enjoy the concept of reader/geto/gojo polyam ship, since I hc those two characters as bisexual.

(Also Gege seriously needs to teach a masterclass of curse usage and techniques because it's like the business models of Succession to me - shit goes right over my head on how the techniques work. I would be so scared to write a JJK era fic but have to write fight scenes lmao.)

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