Diverse books:
Asian SFF authors

What better way to honor Asian and Pacific Islander American Heritage Month than with supporting/reading Asian authors!? Below you’ll find a list of Asian authors of adult science fiction and fantasy books, perfect for an #AsianReadathon (I’ve seen one on Twitter, and on Instagram as well) happening in May, or just to support Asian authors in general.

As always, I’m not trying to make a “complete” or as long as possible list, but one that includes books that fit my own personal tastes and if you’ve enjoyed recommendations by me before, you might enjoy these as well. The list mostly consists of books/authors I’ve already read and highly recommend with a few added that I’ve yet to read myself, but trust to be good.

S.L. Huang, Nghi Vo, Aliette de Bodard,
Isabel Yap, Alyssa Wong

Some of their books:

• Zero Sum Game (Cas Russel #1) by S.L. Huang (scifi, crime/thriller)
• Burning Roses by S.L. Huang (upcoming, fantasy)
• The Empress of Salt and Fortune by Nghi Vo (fantasy)
• In the Vanishers’ Palace by Aliette de Bodard (fantasy)
• The Tea Master and the Detective by Aliette de Bodard (scifi)
• How to Swallow the Moon by Isabel Yap (fantasy)
• A Fist of Permutations in Lightning and Wildflowers by Alyssa Wong (fantasy)

Yoon Ha Lee, R.F. Kuang, JY Neon Yang,
M.L Wang, Sarah Kuhn

Some of their books:

• Ninefox Gambit by Yoon Ha Lee (scifi)
• Phoenix Extravagant by Yoon Ha Lee (upcoming, fantasy)
• The Poppy War by R.F. Kuang (fantasy)
• The Black Tides of Heaven by JY Neon Yang (fantasy)
• Waiting on a Bright Moon by JY Neon Yang (fantasy)
• The Sword of Kaigen by M.L. Wang (fantasy)
• Heroine Complex by Sarah Kuhn (fantasy, superhero fiction)

Yangsze Choo, Peter Tieryas, Zen Cho,
Wesley Chu, Ausma Zehanat Khan

Some of their books:

• The Night Tiger by Yangsze Cho (magical realism/fantasy)
• United States of Japan by Peter Tieryas (scifi)
• Sorcerer to the Crown by Zen Cho (fantasy)
• The Lives of Tao by Wesley Chu (scifi)
• Time Salvager by Wesley Chu (scifi)
• The Bloodprint by Ausma Zehanat Khan (fantasy)

Keith Yatsuhashi, Andrea Stewart, K. S. Villoso,
Chen Qiufan, Fonda Lee

Some of their books:

• Kojiki by Keith Yatsuhashi (fantasy)
• Bone Shard Daughter by Andrea Stewart (upcoming, fantasy)
• The Wolf of Oren-Yaro by K. S. Villoso (fantasy)
• Waste Tide by Chen Qiufan (scifi)
• Jade City by Fonda Lee (fantasy)

Liu Cixin, Indra(pramit) Das, Marjorie M. Liu,
Tasha Suri, Jeannette Ng

Some of their books:

• The Three-Body Problem by Liu Cixin (scifi)
• Supernova Era by Liu Cixin (scifi)
• The Devourers by Indra Das (fantasy)
• Monstress by Marjorie M. Liu (fantasy
• Empire of Sand by Tasha Suri (fantasy)
• Under the Pendulum Sun by Jeannette Ng (fantasy)

Cassandra Khaw, Ken Liu, Ted Chiang

Some of their books:

• Hammers on Bone by Cassandra Khaw (fantasy)
• Food of the Gods by Cassandra Khaw (fantasy)
• These Deathless Bones by Cassandra Khaw (fantasy)
• The Grace of Kings by Ken Liu (fantasy)
• Exhalation by Ted Chiang (scifi)