Mixed-Race Asian
Book List
I made this list for and with other Mixed-Race people.
Part of being a mixed-race person is being asked over and over again where do you belong? Seeing yourself in literature is an antidote to being seen as unrecognizable, unclaimed, or illegitimate.
*Asterisks signify books written by Non-Mixed-Race authors.
List last updated: May 25, 2026
| Genre | Title | Author | Identities, Ethnicities, Themes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Memoir, Graphic Novel | Names and Faces: A Graphic Memoir | Leise Hook | Chinese / White |
| Memoir | Foreign Fruit: A Personal History of the Orange | Katie Goh | Chinese, Malaysian / Irish |
| Memoir | Sidesplitter: How To Be From Two Worlds At Once | Phil Wang | Malaysian / British |
| Memoir | Every Day is a Gift | Tammy Duckworth | Chinese, Thai / White, American |
| Horror | Bat Eater and Other Names for Cora Zeng | Kylie Lee Baker | Chinese, Japanese / Irish |
| Mystery | You Shouldn't Be Here: A Novel | Lauren Thoman | Chinese / White |
| Young Adult, Romance | Girls Like Girls | Hayley Kiyoko | Chinese / White |
| Fiction | Win Me Something | Kyle Lucia Wu | Chinese / White, American |
| Fiction | How Far the Light Reaches | Sabrina Imbler | Chinese / White |
| Fiction | Rental House | Weike Wang | Chinese / White, Interracial relationships |
| Romance | The Stand-In | Lily Chu | Chinese / Candian |
| Romance | The Duke Who Didn't | Courtney Milan | Chinese / British |
| Fiction | *Babel* | R.F. Kuang | Chinese / British |
| Fiction | *Interior Chinatown* | Charles Yu | Chinese / White, Interracial relationships |
| Fiction | The Book of Form and Emptiness | Ruth Ozeki | Japanese, Korean / American (Mom) |
| Young Adult, Graphic Novel | Halfway There: A Graphic Memoir of Self-Discovery | Christine Mari | Japanese / American |
| Spy Thriller | A John Rain Novel Series | Barry Eisler | Japanese / American |
| Fiction | A Tale for the Time Being | Ruth Ozeki | Japanese / American |
| Fiction | All Over Creation | Ruth Ozeki | Japanese / American |
| Sci-fi | The Deep Sky | Yume Kitasei | Japanese / American |
| Fiction | Woman, Eating | Claire Kohda | Japanese / White, British |
| Memoir | Dream of the Water Children | Fredrick D. Kakinami Cloyd | Japanese / African American, Cherokee |
| Fiction | Mongrel | Hanako Footman | Japanese / British, White |
| Romance | *Heated Rivalry* | Rachel Reid | Japanese / Candian |
| Memoir | I Would Meet You Anywhere: A Memoir | Susan Ito | Japanese / American, Adoption |
| Fiction | *The Sympathizer* | Viet Thanh Nguyen | Vietnamese / French, American |
| Fiction | Blob | Maggie Su | Taiwanese / White, American |
| Fiction | Flashlight | Susan Choi | Korean, Japanese / White, American (Mom) |
| Fiction | Edinburgh | Alexander Chee | Korean / European, American, Scottish-Irish |
| Fiction | Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow | Gabrielle Zevin | Korean / Jewish, White |
| Memoir | Crying in H Mart | Michelle Zauner | Korean / American |
| Memoir | I'm Laughing Because I'm Crying | Youngmi Mayer | Korean / White, American, Irish |
| Fiction | *Vera, or Faith* | Gary Shteyngart | Korean / American |
| Fiction | The Ministry of Time | Kaliane Bradley | Cambodian / British |
| Fiction | How To Commit A Postcolonial Murder | Nina McConigley | Indian / American |
| Fiction | The Impressionist | Hari Kunzru | Indian / British |
| Non-fiction | The Racism of the people who love you | Samira K Mehta | Indian / White, American (Mom) |
| Fiction | Happy Hour | Marlowe Granados | Filipina / Salvadoran |
| Memoir | Futureface: A Family Mystery, an Epic Quest, and the Secret to Belonging | Alex Wagner | Burmese / White |
| Non-fiction | War Baby/ Love Child: Mixed Race Asian American Art | Laura Kina and Wei Ming Dariotis | Multiple essays/ identities |
| Non-fiction | Mixed-Race Superman: Keanu, Obama, and Multiracial Experience | Will Harris | Multiple essays/ identities |
| Non-fiction | Part Asian, 100% Hapa | Kip Fulbeck | Multiple essays/ identities |
| Non-fiction | Mixed Feelings: Poems and Stories | Avan Jogia | Multiple essays/ identities |
| Non-fiction | Half and Half: Writers on Growing Up Biracial and Bicultural | Claudine Chiawei O'Hearn | Multiple essays/ identities |
| Non-fiction | Mixed Race' Studies: A Reader | Jayne O. Ifekwunigwe | Multiple essays/ identities |
| Non-fiction | Mixed: an Anthology of Short Fiction on the Multiracial Experience | Chandra Prasad | Multiple essays/ identities |
| Non-fiction | When Half Is Whole: Multiethnic Asian American Identities | Stephen Murphy-Shigematsu | Multiple essays/ identities |
*Asterisks signify books written by Non-Mixed-Race authors.
Criteria
Criteria for the books included in this list:
About Mixed-Race Asian Character(s)
Written by a Mixed-Race author (unless noted)
Identity is a central theme of the book