Asian heritage month

Books by and on Asian Canadians

This selection highlights many of the accomplishments of Canadians of Asian descent who, throughout Canadian history, have made a rich and diverse nation.

What Strange Paradise

What Strange Paradise

Akkad, Omar El
Vintage Canada, June 2022

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The Boat People

The Boat People

Bala, Sharon Penguin 
McClelland & Stewart, September 2018 

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Help! I’m Alive: A Novel

Help! I’m Alive: A Novel

Basran, Gurjinder
ECW Press, May 2022

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Kay's Lucky Coin Variety

Kay's Lucky Coin Variety

Choi, Ann Yu-Kyung
Touchstone, March 2017

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Seven

Seven

Doctor, Farzana
Dundurn Press, September 2020

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Swimming Back to Trout River

Swimming Back to Trout River

Feng, Linda Rui
Simon & Schuster, May 2021

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Satellite Love A Novel

Satellite Love A Novel

Ferguson, Genki
McClelland & Stewart, March 2021

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Ghost Forest

Ghost Forest

Fung, Pik-Shuen
One World, September 2022

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Kamila Knows Best

Kamila Knows Best

Heron, Farah
Grand Central Publishing, March 2022

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Hana Khan Carries On

Hana Khan Carries On

Jalaluddin, Uzma
HarperCollins Publishers, April 2021

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Oracle bone : a chuanqi novel

Oracle bone : a chuanqi novel

Kwa, Lydia
Arsenal Pulp Press, January 2017

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We Measure the Earth with Our Bodies

We Measure the Earth with Our Bodies

Lama, Tsering Yangzom
McClelland & Stewart, May 2022

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That Time I Loved You

That Time I Loved You

Leung, Carrianne
HarperCollins Publishers, March 2018

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Dandelion

Dandelion

Liew, Jamie Chai Yun
Arsenal Pulp Press, January 2022

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Jameela Green Ruins Everything

Jameela Green Ruins Everything

Nawaz, Narqa
Simon & Schuster, March 2022

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The Circus Train

The Circus Train

Parikh, Amita
HarperCollins Publishers, March, 2022

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The Book of Form and Emptiness

The Book of Form and Emptiness

Qzeki, Ruth 
Penguin Books, September 2021

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Floating City

Floating City

Sakamoto, Kerri
Vintage Canada, August 2019

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How to Pronounce Knife (stories)

How to Pronounce Knife (stories)

Thammavongsa, Souvankham
McClelland & Stewart, April 2020

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Em

Em

Thúy, Kim - Translated by Fischman, Sheila
Vintage Canada, August 2022

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The Three Pleasures

The Three Pleasures

Watada, Terry
Anvil Press, October 2017

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Older Sister. Not Necessarily Related. (Memoir)

Older Sister. Not Necessarily Related. (Memoir)

Wills, Jenny Heijun
McClelland & Stewart, February 2021

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