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Books like Interior Chinatown
An infinitely inventive, script-like exploration of race and family that feels like stepping onto a television set where the background actors finally demand the spotlight. These 12 books are the closest matches in mood, pace and themes, with what each one shares with Interior Chinatown.
- theatrical
- surreal
- reflective
- poignant
- 01
Minor Feelings
Cathy Park Hong
A razor-sharp, deeply vulnerable dissection of the dissonance between American optimism and the reality of marginalized existence.
- 02
How much of these hills is gold
C Pam Zhang
A fierce, dust-choked fable that reimagines the American West through the eyes of two orphaned siblings carrying the literal and figurative weight of their ancestry.
- 03
American Born Chinese
Gene Luen Yang
A clever, intertwining graphic journey through the awkwardness of adolescence, the weight of heritage, and the struggle to accept who you are.
- 04
Frankly in love
David Yoon
A sun-drenched California coming-of-age story where a fake-dating scheme opens the door to real questions about identity, family, and first love.
- 05
Rich People Problems
Kevin Kwan
A deliciously soapy, brand-drenched romp through the petty squabbles and extravagant lives of Asia's ultra-wealthy elite.
- 06
The leavers
Lisa Ko
A poignant, cross-cultural exploration of identity, loss, and the enduring, complicated ties between a mother and her son.
- 07
Native speaker
Chang-rae Lee
A beautifully melancholic exploration of identity and alienation wrapped in the quiet tension of an espionage narrative.
- 08
To Paradise
Hanya Yanagihara
A sweeping, symphonic epic that shatters the illusion of utopia across three centuries of American longing and heartbreak.
- 09
Yellowface
R. F. Kuang
A deliciously toxic, anxiety-inducing spiral into the mind of a desperately ambitious fraud.
- 10
Lovecraft Country
Matt Ruff
A pulp-infused road trip where the cosmic horrors of the occult pale in comparison to the everyday terrors of Jim Crow America.
- 11
The City We Became
N. K. Jemisin
A fierce, reality-bending love letter to the messy, beating heart of a metropolis under siege.
- 12
The Sellout
Paul Beatty
A fearless, laugh-out-loud absurdist masterpiece that dismantles American racial politics with razor-sharp wit and relentless energy.
