Books

Asian Pacific American Award For Literature (awards)

This award was given to 39 books.


  1. Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet

    by Jamie Ford

    Year: 2010
    Category: Adult Fiction
  2. Shanghai Girls (Sisters Pearl and May): Book 1

    Shanghai Girls

    by Lisa See

    Year: 2010
    Category: Adult Fiction
    Rank: Honorable Mention
  3. American Chinatown

    by Bonnie Tsui

    Year: 2010
    Category: Adult Non-fiction
  4. Japanese-American Resettlement

    Through The Lens

    by Lane Ryo Hirabayashi

    Year: 2010
    Category: Adult Non-Fiction
    Rank: Honorable Mention
  5. Cora Cooks Pancit

    by Dorina K. Lazo Gilmore

    Year: 2010
    Category: Picture Book
  6. Tan to Tamarind: Poems About the Color Brown

    by Malathi Michelle Iyengar

    Year: 2010
    Category: Picture Book
    Rank: Honorable Mention
  7. Everything Asian: A Novel

    by Sung J. Woo

    Year: 2010
    Category: Youth Literature
  8. Tofu Quilt

    by Ching Yeung Russell

    Year: 2010
    Category: Youth Literature
    Rank: Honorable Mention
  9. Unaccustomed Earth

    by Jhumpa Lahiri

    Year: 2009
    Category: Adult Fiction
  10. Steer Toward Rock

    by Fae Myenne Ng

    Year: 2009
    Category: Adult Fiction
    Rank: Honorable Mention
  11. The Fortune Cookie Chronicles

    Adventures in the World of Chinese Food

    by Jennifer 8. Lee

    Year: 2009
    Category: Adult Non-Fiction
  12. The Eaves of Heaven

    A Life in Three Wars

    by Andrew X. Pham

    Year: 2009
    Category: Adult Non-Fiction
    Rank: Honorable Mention
  13. The Latehomecomer

    A Hmong Family Memoir

    by Kao Kalia Yang

    Year: 2009
    Category: Adult Non-Fiction
    Rank: Honorable Mention
  14. Wabi Sabi

    by Mark Reibstein

    Year: 2009
    Category: Picture Book
  15. Monsoon Afternoon

    by Kashmira Sheth

    Year: 2009
    Category: Picture Book
    Rank: Honorable Mention
  16. Roots and Wings

    by Many Ly

    Year: 2009
    Category: Youth Literature
  17. 1001 Cranes

    by Naomi Hirahara

    Year: 2009
    Category: Youth Literature
    Rank: Honorable Mention
  18. Good Enough

    by Paula Yoo

    Year: 2009
    Category: Youth Literature
    Rank: Honorable Mention
  19. Driven Out

    The Forgotten War Against Chinese Americans

    by Jean Pfaelzer

    Year: 2008
    Category: Adult Non-Fiction
  20. Bento Box in the Heartland

    My Japanese Girlhood in Whitebread America

    by Linda Furiya

    Year: 2008
    Category: Adult Non-Fiction
    Rank: Honorable Mention
  21. Surfer of the Century

    The Life of Duke Kahanamoku

    by Ellie Crowe

    Year: 2008
    Category: Picture Book
  22. Hiromi's Hands

    by Lynne Barasch

    Year: 2008
    Category: Picture Book
    Rank: Honorable Mention
  23. Hiroshima Dreams

    by Kelly Easton

    Year: 2008
    Category: Youth Literature
  24. Keeping Corner

    by Kashmira Sheth

    Year: 2008
    Category: Youth Literature
    Rank: Honorable Mention
  25. Brothers

    by Da Chen

    Year: 2007
    Category: Adult Fiction
  26. Color of the Sea

    by John Hamamura

    Year: 2007
    Category: Adult Fiction
    Rank: Honorable Mention
  27. Nothing But the Truth (and a Few White Lies)

    by Justina Chen Headley

    Year: 2007
    Category: Youth Literature
  28. Pacy Celebrates

    The Year of the Dog

    by Grace Lin

    Year: 2007
    Category: Youth Literature
    Rank: Honorable Mention
  29. Aloft

    by Chang-rae Lee

    Year: 2006
    Category: Adult Fiction
  30. Snow Flower and the Secret Fan

    by Lisa See

    Year: 2006
    Category: Adult Fiction
    Rank: Honorable Mention
  31. Saving Fish from Drowning

    by Amy Tan

    Year: 2006
    Category: Adult Fiction
    Rank: Honorable Mention
  32. The Firekeeper's Son

    by Linda Sue Park, Julie Downing

    Year: 2006
    Category: Picture Book
  33. Sixteen Years in Sixteen Seconds

    The Sammy Lee Story

    by Paula Yoo, Dom Lee

    Year: 2006
    Category: Picture Book
    Rank: Honorable Mention
  34. Bread Song

    by Frederick Lipp, Jason Gaillard

    Year: 2006
    Category: Picture Book
    Rank: Honorable Mention
  35. Kira-Kira

    by Cynthia Kadohata

    Year: 2006
    Category: Youth Literature
  36. Shanghai Messenger

    by Andrea Cheng

    Year: 2006
    Category: Youth Literature
    Rank: Honorable Mention
  37. Project Mulberry

    by Linda Sue Park

    Year: 2006
    Category: Youth Literature
    Rank: Honorable Mention

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