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Best Asian-American Teen Fiction

Select your favorite teen fiction featuring Asian-American protagonists. Please do not add books featuring Asian characters who live in Asia and have no connection to the U.S.!
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3.82 avg rating — 5,245 ratings
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3.83 avg rating — 4,203 ratings
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3.96 avg rating — 668,609 ratings
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3.92 avg rating — 35,401 ratings
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4.03 avg rating — 290,914 ratings
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4.09 avg rating — 2,084 ratings
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3.91 avg rating — 1,931 ratings
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4.11 avg rating — 90,184 ratings
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3.78 avg rating — 4,332 ratings
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4.16 avg rating — 2,003 ratings
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3.70 avg rating — 1,867 ratings
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4.14 avg rating — 108,997 ratings
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3.64 avg rating — 1,302 ratings
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3.68 avg rating — 2,063 ratings
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3.93 avg rating — 39,353 ratings
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3.67 avg rating — 16,629 ratings
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3.84 avg rating — 263 ratings
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4.07 avg rating — 69,748 ratings
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3.66 avg rating — 9,872 ratings
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3.46 avg rating — 1,162 ratings
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4.05 avg rating — 7,625 ratings
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3.87 avg rating — 8,303 ratings
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4.20 avg rating — 10,448 ratings
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3.35 avg rating — 503 ratings
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4.14 avg rating — 6,614 ratings
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3.37 avg rating — 354 ratings
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4.42 avg rating — 537,636 ratings
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3.78 avg rating — 9,472 ratings
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3.58 avg rating — 11,860 ratings
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3.81 avg rating — 5,774 ratings
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4.11 avg rating — 90,050 ratings
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4.33 avg rating — 207,381 ratings
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4.10 avg rating — 34,589 ratings
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3.78 avg rating — 312 ratings
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4.24 avg rating — 250,563 ratings
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4.21 avg rating — 2,499 ratings
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3.57 avg rating — 3,380 ratings
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3.96 avg rating — 114 ratings
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3.94 avg rating — 66 ratings
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3.84 avg rating — 511 ratings
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3.88 avg rating — 171 ratings
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3.97 avg rating — 4,892 ratings
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3.73 avg rating — 316 ratings
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3.69 avg rating — 7,481 ratings
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3.68 avg rating — 1,445 ratings
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3.58 avg rating — 185 ratings
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4.56 avg rating — 370,321 ratings
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4.28 avg rating — 49,343 ratings
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4.19 avg rating — 19,929 ratings
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4.43 avg rating — 291,917 ratings
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3.70 avg rating — 1,429 ratings
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3.81 avg rating — 12,125 ratings
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3.71 avg rating — 223 ratings
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3.62 avg rating — 446 ratings
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3.82 avg rating — 199 ratings
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3.95 avg rating — 331 ratings
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3.70 avg rating — 1,568 ratings
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3.58 avg rating — 716 ratings
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3.87 avg rating — 9,727 ratings
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3.62 avg rating — 39 ratings
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3.65 avg rating — 643 ratings
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3.76 avg rating — 209 ratings
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message 1: by Kim (new)

Kim Thx for this list. I've been searching for books with Asian-American protaganists.


message 3: by Lightfoot (new)

Lightfoot Osolage What a wonderful list! I would have never known of a few of these titles if not for this list.

감사함니다


message 4: by Christine (last edited Oct 31, 2014 05:15PM) (new)

Christine Thank you for creating this list. I added 6 more books.


Radclyffe U-Haul If anyone's looking for Asian Canadian teen fiction, Skim by Mariko Tamaki and Jillian Tamaki is great.


message 7: by Melinda (new)

Melinda Removed Bound , which takes place in "ancient China" and is not by any means "Asian-American."


message 8: by Lysmerry (new)

Lysmerry This is a great idea for a list, but I think it should also include Canada.


message 9: by Christine (new)

Christine Lysmerry wrote: "This is a great idea for a list, but I think it should also include Canada."

Good point, Lysmerry. Technically North America includes the U.S., Canada and Mexico. However, Mexican literature is often not included because in "American" lists due to the languages being different. That's not the case with Canadian literature, which is predominately English.


message 10: by Radclyffe U-Haul (last edited Apr 11, 2016 06:30PM) (new)

Radclyffe U-Haul Christine wrote: "Lysmerry wrote: "This is a great idea for a list, but I think it should also include Canada."

Good point, Lysmerry. Technically North America includes the U.S., Canada and Mexico. However, Mexican..."


The description explicitly says that this list is for the U.S. though. Maybe someone could start a Asian Canadian list?


message 11: by Isabelle (new)

Isabelle pretty sure that "A Single Shard" is historical fiction set in Korea, so no idea why it's on this list...
(I haven't read it though, so correct me if I'm wrong)


message 12: by Christine (last edited Apr 13, 2021 06:24AM) (new)

Christine Isabelle, you are correct, both A Single Shard and My Name is Keoko by Linda Sue Park are historical middle grade novels set solely in Korea. Worth reading, but not what the originator of this list set out in parameters.


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