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BOOK LIST:

Asian Pacific Islander Adult & Young Adult Graphic Novels

Updated: April 20, 2023

Book cover for Almost American Girl: An Illustrated Memoir
Almost American Girl: An Illustrated Memoir
Ha, Robin
Call Number: e-Book

Book cover for American Born Chinese
American Born Chinese
Yang, Gene Luen
Call Number: 740.9999 Y22

This book explores different facets of Chinese American identity with pop culture and alternating points of view and style.


Book cover for The American dream? : a journey on Route 66 : discovering dinosaur statues, muffler men, and the per
The American dream? : a journey on Route 66 : discovering dinosaur statues, muffler men, and the per
Khor, Shing Yin
Call Number: 740.9999 K45

Book cover for The Best We Could Do: An Illustrated Memoir
The Best We Could Do: An Illustrated Memoir
Bui, Thi
Call Number: 740.9999 B932
Exploring the anguish of immigration and the lasting effects that displacement has on a child and her family, Bui documents the story of her family's daring escape after the fall of South Vietnam in the 1970s, and the difficulties they faced building new lives for themselves. She also writes about the impact that colonialism and war in Vietnam had on one family, her own.

Book cover for Displacement
Displacement
Hughes, Kiku
Call Number: 741.5 H8935

Book cover for Duran Duran, Imelda Marcos, and me : a graphic memoir
Duran Duran, Imelda Marcos, and me : a graphic memoir
Mapa, Lorina,
Call Number: 740.9999 M297

Arriving in her native Philippines for her beloved father’s funeral, Canadian writer Lorina Mapa begins to reminisce about her youth, growing up as the doted-upon daughter of a well-to-do family, listening to Western pop music and watching classic American films on video. All the while, the Philippines are in tumult as a popular uprising attempts to overthrow the dictatorship of Ferdinand Marcos and install into the presidency Corazon Aquino, the widow of assassinated congressman Benigno Aquino.


Book cover for Good Talk: A Memoir in Conversations
Good Talk: A Memoir in Conversations
Jacob, Mira
Call Number: e-Book

Book cover for I Was Their American Dream: A Graphic Memoir
I Was Their American Dream: A Graphic Memoir
Gharib, Malaka
Call Number: 740.9999 G411

Book cover for Ichiro
Ichiro
Inzana, Ryan.
Call Number: 740.9999 I63

Book cover for Infidel
Infidel
Pichetshote, Pornsak
Call Number: 741.5 I43Pi

Book cover for Messy Roots: A Graphic Memoir of a Wuhanese American
Messy Roots: A Graphic Memoir of a Wuhanese American
Gao, Laura
Call Number: 741.5 G211

Book cover for Ms. Marvel : Kamala Khan
Ms. Marvel : Kamala Khan
Wilson, G. Willow, 1982-
Call Number: 741.5 C2547Wi-1

Book cover for My Nest of Silence
My Nest of Silence
Faulkner, Matt
Call Number: 740.9999 F263-1

Book cover for Secret identities : the Asian American superhero anthology
Secret identities : the Asian American superhero anthology
Call Number: 741.5 S4465-1

Book cover for Skim
Skim
Tamaki, Mariko.
Call Number: 740.9999 T1535

Book cover for Superman Smashes the Klan
Superman Smashes the Klan
Yang, Gene Luen
Call Number: 741.5 S959Ya-3

Book cover for They Called Us Enemy
They Called Us Enemy
George Takei, Justin Eisinger, Steven Scott

Book cover for Woman World
Woman World
Dhaliwal, Aminder
Call Number: 740.9999 D533

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