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Celebrating Asian American & Pacific Islander Heritage Month

From contemporary romance to speculative fiction, celebrate the upcoming #AANHPIHeritageMonth by putting these compelling reads by Asian authors on hold! (Quoted text from NoveList)

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  • When Elizabeth's friend Laura has been accepted into Harvard Law School instead of her, she becomes obsessed with wondering what could possibly make Laura more "interesting" than her--a high achieving, hard working daughter of immigrants.
    Book, 20260428Berkley Books 20260428 — BK ON ORDER
  • In this historical fiction mystery, Eighteen-year-old Ryunosuke Wada is fresh off the boat from Japan and apprenticed to Pasadena's most successful Japanese artist when he becomes the victim of an anti-Japanese attack and a valuable work of art is…
    Book, 2026New York : Soho Crime, [2026] — MYSTERY HIRAHARA
  • In this uplifting and darkly comedic novel, A heavy loss provokes a grieving mother to deal with her grief by working at a funeral home and learns that the best way to honor the dead is to live.
    Book, 20260414Atria Books 20260414 — BK ON ORDER
  • "A young woman lies comatose, her estranged grandmother keeping vigil. Was her fall a leap—or the ocean’s pull? She suspects a link to the pōhaku, an ancient stone their family swore to protect. Spanning generations across Hawai‘i and California,…
    Book, 2026New York, NY : HarperVia, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2026]. — HAKES J
  • The cunning daughter of a criminal family and the bookish brother of an FBI agent find themselves at interesting odds in this romantic enemies-to-lovers romance.
    Book, 2026New York : Avon, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2026] — ROMANCE RAI A
  • "Three passengers from wildly different backgrounds board a cruise ship bound for Bermuda shortly after 9/11 and learn en route that they can't outrun their regrets about the risks not taken."
    Book, 2026New York, NY : 37 Ink, and imprint of Simon & Schuster, [2026] — YUN J
  • After having no memory of killing his college roommate, Lee Turner flees to his father's new house in Japan in hopes it might offer refuge. But there's something strange about this house, and as soon as night falls, a strange woman with a sword…
    Book, 2026Toronto, Ontario, Canada : Hanover Square Press, [2026] — HORROR BAKER K
  • "A galvanizing stand-alone contemporary fantasy following a burnt-out reproductive health care worker as she fights back against escalating attacks on her clinic and the malevolent forces in hot pursuit of her newly acquired power."
    Book, 20260512S&s/Saga Press 20260512 — BK ON ORDER
  • Hazel Yen is drowning in a sea of bad luck until fate puts her in the path of Logan Wells and her wheel of fortune takes a turn for the better. But after they share an incredible kiss, Logan's luck suddenly takes a turn for the worse!
    Book, 2026New York ; Boston : Forever, Hachette Book Group, 2026. — ROMANCE JESSEN L
  • In a world that uses language as magic, a young Hawaiian woman is on a mission to clear her name and solve a murder in this genre blend of mystery and urban fantasy.
    Book, 2026New York : Saga Press, 2026. — FANTASY KAUWE S
  • "In an unassuming Seoul workplace, IT technician Junyoung's network reaches throughout the entire building. He sees every entrance. Every lobby. Every bathroom. The women in this building may be cold and dismissive, but he can always pull up his…
    Book, 2026New York, NY : Erewhon, an imprint of Kensington Publishing Corp., [2026] — HORROR KIM M