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Asian/Pacific American Award
17 years tracked (2003–2025), 50 entries total.
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2025
Loud: Accept Nothing Less Than the Life You Deserve
Drew Afualo
Winner
Same Bed Different Dreams
Ed Park
Winner
Green Frog: Stories
Gina Chung
Nominee
Tip of the Spear: Land, Labor, and US Settler Militarism in Guåhan, 1944–1962
Alfred Perado Flores
Nominee
2024
A History of Burning
Janika Oza
Winner
Year of the Tiger: An Activist's Life
Alice Wong
Winner
Sea Change
Gina Chung
Nominee
The Trauma of Caste: A Dalit Feminist Meditation on Survivorship, Healing, and Abolition
Thenmozhi Soundrararajan
Nominee
2023
American Fever
Dur E Aziz Amna
Winner
The Loneliest Americans
Jay Caspian Kang
Winner
Beautiful Country
Qian Julie Wang
Nominee
Nuclear Family
Joseph Han
Nominee
2022
Shadow Life
Hiromi Goto, illustrated by Ann Xu
Winner
Tastes Like War: A Memoir
Grace M. Cho
Winner
Afterparties
Anthony Veasna So
Nominee
Forced Out: A Nikkei Woman's Search for a Home in America
Judy Y. Kawamoto
Nominee
2021
America for Americans: A History of Xenophobia in the United States
Erika Lee
Winner
How Much of These Hills is Gold: A Novel
C Pam Zhang
Winner
Hollywood Chinese: The Chinese in American Feature Films
Arthur Dong
Nominee
How To Pronounce Knife
Souvankham Thammavongsa
Nominee
2020
Ghosts of Gold Mountain: The Epic Story of the Chinese Who Built the Transcontinental Railroad
Gordon H. Chang
Winner
The Atlas of Reds and Blues
Devi Laskar
Winner
They Called Us Enemy
George Takei · Literature for Young Adult Literature
Winner
Chop Suey Nation
Ann Hui
Nominee
Frankly in Love
David Yoon · Literature for Young Adult Literature
Nominee
On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
Ocean Vuong
Nominee
2019
Darius the Great Is Not Okay
Adib Khorram · Literature for Young Adult Literature
Winner
Front Desk
Kelly Yang · Literature for Children's Literature
Winner
The Astonishing Color of After
Emily X.R. Pan · Literature for Young Adult Honor
Winner
2018
It's Not Like It's a Secret
Misa Sugiura · Literature for Young Adult Literature
Winner
2015
Blackbird Fly
Erin Entrada Kelly · Literature for Children Honor
Winner
P.S. I Still Love You
Jenny Han · Literature for Young Adult
Winner
The Sympathizer
Viet Thanh Nguyen · Literature for Adult Fiction
Winner
2014
Everything I Never Told You
Celeste Ng · Literature for Adult Fiction
Winner
The Sleepwalker's Guide to Dancing
Mira Jacob · Literature for Adult Fiction Honor
Winner
2013
A Tale for the Time Being
Ruth L. Ozeki · Literature for Adult Fiction
Winner
2010
Heart of a Samurai
Margi Preus · Literature for Children
Winner
I Hotel
Karen Tei Yamashita · Literature for Adult Fiction
Winner
2009
Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet
Jamie Ford · Literature for Adult Fiction
Winner
Shanghai Girls
Lisa See · Literature for Adult Fiction Honor
Winner
2008
Good Enough
Paula Yoo · Literature for Youth Literature Honor
Winner
Unaccustomed Earth
Jhumpa Lahiri · Literature for Adult Fiction
Winner
2007
Keeping Corner
Kashmira Sheth · Literature for Children and Young Adult Honor
Winner
2005
Kira-Kira
Cynthia Kadohata · Literature for Youth Literature
Winner
Saving Fish from Drowning
Amy Tan · Literature for Adult Fiction Honor
Winner
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan
Lisa See · Literature for Adult Fiction Honor
Winner
2003
A Single Shard
Linda Sue Park · Literature for Children and Young Adult Honor
Winner
A Step from Heaven
An Na · Literature for Children and Young Adult
Winner
Born Confused
Tanuja Desai Hidier · Literature for Children and Young Adult Honor
Winner
Life of Pi
Yann Martel · Literature for Adult Fiction
Winner
