Books, Movies, & TV Shows to Celebrate AAPI Heritage Month

Throughout May, we celebrate Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) heritage and recognize how their communities’ contributions have enriched America’s history.

Celebrate AAPI Month with these books, movies, and TV shows featuring AAPI characters and history.

Books

• Asian American Dreams by Helen Zia

• Bullet Train by Kōtarō Isaka

• From a Native Daughter: Colonialism and Sovereignty in Hawaii by Haunani-Kay Trask

• Lost Kingdom: Hawaii's Last Queen, the Sugar Kings, and America's First Imperial Venture by Julia Flynn Siler

• On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong

• The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan

• The Making of Asian America: A History by Erika Lee

• The Ultimate Guide to Hawaiian Reef Fishes: Sea Turtles, Dolphins, Whales, and Seals by John P. Hoover

Movies

• Blue Hawaii 1961

• Castaway on the Moon

• Crazy Rich Asians

• Everything Everywhere All at Once

• Kung Fu Panda

• Moana & Moana 2

• My Neighbor Totoro

• Spirited Away

• The Boy and the Heron

• Turning Red

• Your Name

TV Shows

• Awkwafina Is Nora from Queens

• Doogie Kameāloha, M.D.

• Kim’s Convenience

• Master of None

• Siren: Survive the Island

• Squid Game

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