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Celebrating Asian Authors

Discover a rich tapestry of literature by Asian authors at Diverse Reads Bookstore. Immerse yourself in captivating stories that reflect diverse cultures, perspectives, and experiences. From enchanting fiction to thought-provoking essays, our collection of books written by Asian authors invites you to embrace the beauty of cultural narratives and broaden your literary horizons.
  • Letters to a Young Brown Girl - Paperback
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    Letters to a Young Brown Girl

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    Barbara Jane Reyes answers the questions of Filipino American girls and young women of color with bold affirmations of hard-won empathy, fierce int...

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  • Invocation to Daughters: City Lights Spotlight No. 16

    Invocation to Daughters: City Lights Spotlight No. 16

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    2018 California Book Award Finalist Feminist experimental poetry in the tradition of Audre Lorde and Theresa Kyung Cha from a prominent Filipina ...

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  • Thousand Star Hotel

    Thousand Star Hotel

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    Thousand Star Hotel confronts the silence around racism, police brutality, and the invisibility of the Asian American urban poor. From "with than...

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  • The Galleons

    The Galleons

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    Notes From Your BooksellerDon’t be fooled by this slim volume of poetry. Its 88 pages are full of beautiful poems that get to the heart of the wo...

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  • Hardly War
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    Hardly War

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    Hardly War, Don Mee Choi's major second collection, defies history, national identity, and militarism. Using artifacts from Choi's father, a prof...

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  • The Voice of Sheila Chandra - Paperback

    The Voice of Sheila Chandra

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    Titled for the influential singer left almost voiceless by a terrible syndrome, the poems bring sweet melodies and rhythms as the voices blend and ...

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  • Time Is a Mother - Diverse Reads
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    Time Is a Mother

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    Notes From Your BooksellerIf you were as moved by Ocean Vuong’s novel On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous as we were, then now is the moment to absor...

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  • Tell It Slant - Paperback | Diverse Reads
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    Tell It Slant

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    Poems that consider doubleness and truth-telling through the voice of an Asian American poet, while referencing a range of writers and pop culture ...

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  • Dominant Genes - Paperback | Diverse Reads
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    Dominant Genes

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    DOMINANT GENES, the new hybrid collection from Stonewall Honor author and Lambda Literary Award finalist SJ Sindu, is equal parts power and astonis...

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  • My Baby First Birthday
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    My Baby First Birthday

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    A New York Public Library Best Book of 2020 A Best Read of 2020 at Ms. Magazine "To read Jenny Zhang is to embrace primal states: pleasure, hunge...

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  • Civil Bound
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    Civil Bound

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    In Civil Bound, Myung Mi Kim turns a keen ear to language as the mechanism by which society operates. The poems engage multiple methods to make s...

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  • If They Come for Us: Poems - Diverse Reads
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    If They Come for Us: Poems

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    “A debut poetry collection showcasing both a fierce and tender new voice.”—Booklist“Elegant and playful . . . The poet invents new forms and upda...

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