Goodreads asked author Celeste Ng to share her recommended reading list with us. Ng is the New York Times-bestselling author of Everything I Never Told You. Her second novel, Little Fires Everywhere, won the 2017 Goodreads Choice Award for Fiction and has recently been adapted as a TV mini-series by Hulu.

From Celeste Ng: "The outbreak of COVID-19 is terrifying for everyone, but Asian Americans have an additional fear: harassment and even physical attacks on Asian Americans have increased as some try to blame China for the coronavirus's spread. But these fears are rooted in ignorance, stereotypes, and fear of the unknown rather than fact—and that helps no one.

To fight the spread of anti-Asian and anti-Chinese sentiment, try these recent novels (and one very readable nonfiction history). They'll give you a glimpse of the many facets of Chinese American and Chinese Canadian experience, beyond the scapegoating currently happening now. And they'll whisk you into immersive, moving experiences that are much more than just Chinese-diaspora: they're human."

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