Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month

Below is a small selection of books we have available for the Menlo community. We are happy to add more.

Email your suggestions to libraryhelp@menlo.edu

For more information click on the cover image.

For books:

• Fiction & Nonfiction: A selection of the books we have at Menlo Bowman Library
• Check out UCLA’s Asian American literature reading list; for more recent releases, explore Electric Lit’s 2020 list and Mental Floss’ 2019/2020 list
• Asian/Pacific American Librarian Association list of Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature
• Great Young Adult (YA) and contemporary novel lists from NOVL.com, Afoma Umesi, and Book Riot.
• 21 Must-Read Books for Asian Pacific American Heritage Month from Book Riot
• 12 New Memoirs Written by Asian Authors from Book Riot

For graphic novels:

• Browse Powell’s list
• Asian & AAPI Comic and Graphic Novel Creators to Read from Image Comics
• Blog post from Brodart's Kat Kan on AAPI Representation in Graphic Novels

For films:

• See this collection of recommendations from a variety of Asian American figures or this L.A. Times’ list
• Check out some Asian American poetry from poets or Academy of poets
• Browse playlists and articles about Asian American music via the Music of Asian America Research Center
  
   
• Explore articles, profiles, and a focus on pop culture at Represent Asian Project
• Explore the "Asian American" articles from the New York Times
• Explore articles in the Asian American magazine Hyphen
• Check out one of the digital archives of historical documents found via U.C. Berkeley