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Asian American Fiction

Chinese | Filipino | Indian | Japanese | Korean | South Asian | Anthologies

Chinese

• Chan, David Marshall. Goblin Fruit: Stories. 2003
• Chang, Lan Samantha. Hunger: A Novella and Stories. 1998
• Chao, Patricia. Monkey King: A Novel. 1997
• Chin, Frank. Donald Duk. 1991
• Gunga Din. Highway: A Novel. 1994
• Chiu, Christina. Troublemaker and Other Saints. 2001
• Jen, Gish. Mona in the Promised Land. 1996
• Jen, Gish. Typical American. 1991
• Jen, Gish. Who’s Irish?: Stories. 1999
• Jin, Ha. The Crazed. 2002
• Jin, Ha. Waiting. 1999
• Lee, Gus. China Boy. 1991
• Lee, Gus. Honor and Duty. 1994
• Lee, Gus. No Physical Evidence. 1998
• Lee, Gus. Tiger’s Tail. 1996
• Liu, Aimee. Cloud Mountain. 1997
• Liu, Aimee. Flash House. 2003
• Louie, David Wong. The Barbarians Are Coming. 2000
• Louie, David Wong. The Pangs of Love. 1991
• McCunn, Ruthanne Lum. The Moon Pearl. 2000
• McCunn, Ruthanne Lum. Wooden Fish Songs. 1995
• Min, Anchee. Wild Ginger. 2002
• Ng, Fae Myenne. Bone. 1993
• See, Lisa. Dragon Bones: A Novel. 2003
• Tan, Amy. The Bonesetter’s Daughter. 2001
• Tan, Amy. The Hundred Secret Senses. 1995
• Tan, Amy. The Joy Luck Club. 1989
• Tan, Amy. The Kitchen God’s Wife. 1991
• Wang, Annie. Lili A Novel of Tiananmen. 2001
• Yang, Belle. Baba: A Return to China Upon my Father’s Shoulder. 1994
• Yang, Belle. The Odyssey of a Manchurian. 1996

Filipino

• Bacho, Peter. Dark Blue Suit and Other Stories. 1997
• Gonzalez, N.V.M. The Bread of Salt and Other Stories.1993
• Hagedorn, Jessica Tarahata. Dogeaters.1990
• Hagedorn, Jessica Tarahata. Dream Jungle. 2003
• Hagedorn, Jessica Tarahata. Gangster of Love. 1996
• Romero, Sophia G. Always Hiding: A Novel. 1998
• Santos, Bienvenido. Scent of Apples. 1979

Indian

see also Fiction from India

• Divakaruni, Chitra Banerjee. Arranged Marriage: Stories. 1995
• Divakaruni, Chitra Banerjee. The Mistress of Spices. 1997
• Divakaruni, Chitra Banerjee. Sister of My Heart. 1999
• Divakaruni, Chitra Banerjee. The Vine of Desire. 2002
• Kirchner, Bharti. Darjeeling. 2002
• Lahiri, Jhumpa. Interpreter of Maladies: Stories. 1999
• Lahiri, Jhumpa. The Namesake. 2003
• Meer, Ameena. Bombay Talkie. 1994
• Mukherjee, Bharati. Desirable Daughter. 2002
• Mukherjee, Bharati. Jasmine. 1989
• Narayan, Kirin. Love, Stars and All That. 1994
• Nigam, Sanjay. Transplanted Man. 2002

Japanese

• Houston, Jeanne Wakatsuki. The Legend of Fire Horse Woman. 2003
• Iida, Deborah. Middle Son. 1996
• Ikeda, Stewart. What the Scarecrow Said. 1996
• McFerrin, Linda Watanabe. Namako = Sea Cucumber: A Novel. 1998
• McFerrin, Linda Watanabe. The Hand of Buddha: Stories. 2000
• Massey, Sujata. The Samurai’s Daughter. 2003
• Otsuka, Julie. When the Emperor was Divine. 2002
• Shigekuni, Julie. A Bridge Between Us. 1995
• Shigekuni, Julie. Invisible Gardens. 2003
• Shimoda, Todd. The Fourth Treasure. 2002
• Uchida, Yoshiko. Picture Bride: A Novel. 1987
• Uyemoto, Holly. Go. 1995
• Watanabe, Sylvia. Talking to the Dead and Other Stories. 1992
• Yamamoto, Hisaye. Seventeen Syllables and Other Stories. 1988
• Yamanaka, Lois-Ann. Blu’s Hanging. 1997
• Yamanaka, Lois-Ann. Father of the Four Passages. 2001
• Yamanaka, Lois-Ann. Wild Meat and the Bully Burgers. 1996
• Yoshikawa, Mako. Once Removed. 2003

Korean

• Hwang, Caroline. In Full Bloom. 2003
• Kim, Patt. A Cab Called Reliable. 1997
• Kim, Suki. The Interpreter. 2003
• Lee, Chang-Rae. A Gesture Life. 2000
• Lee, Chang-Rae. Native Speaker. 1995

South Asian

• Cao, Lan. Monkey Bridge. 1997 (Vietnamese)
• Dinh, Linh. Fake House. 2000 (Vietnamese)
• Duong, Thu Huong. Novel Without a Name. 1995 (Vietnamese)
• Duong, Thu Huong. Paradise of the Blind. 1993
• Law-Yone, Wendy. The Coffin Tree. 1983 (Burmese)
• Law-Yone, Wendy. Irrawaddy Tango. 1994
• Lê Thi Diem Thuy. The Gangster We are All Looking For. 2003 (Vietnamese)
• Strom, Dao. Grass Roof, Tin Roof. 2003 (Vietnamese)
• Vida, Nina. Goodbye, Saigon: A Novel. 1994 (Vietnamese)

Anthologies

• Chan, Jeffery Paul, ed. The Big Aiiieeeee!: An Anthology of Chinese American and Japanese American Literature, 1991
• Hagedorn, Jessica Tarahata, ed. Charlie Chan is Dead: An Anthology of Contemporary Asian-American Fiction, 1993
• Hong, Maria, ed. Growing up Asian-American, 1993
• Lim, Shirley Geok-Lin, ed. The Forbidden Stitch: An Asian American Women’s Anthology, 1989
• Lim, Shirley Geok-Lin, ed. Our Feet Walk the Sky: Women of the South Asian Diaspora, 1993
• Tran, Barbara, ed. Watermark: Vietnamese American Poetry and Prose, 1998
• Watanabe, Sylvia and Carol Bruchac, eds. Home to Stay: Asian-American Women’s Fiction, 1990.

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