mydarlinginej:

bc asians can have love stories too okay

bolded = ownvoices; mc = main character; li = love interest; * = to be released; *** = romance is side plot

contemporary:

• to all the boys i’ve loved before by jenny han (half-korean mc)
  
• when dimple met rishi by sandhya menon (indian-american mc’s/ship)
• i believe in a thing called love by maurene goo (korean-american mc)
• saints and misfits by s.k. ali (half-indian/half-egyptian mc) (tw: rape)
• something in between by melissa de la cruz (filipina-american mc)
• prom queen perfect by clarisse david (filipino mc/li)
• keeping the distance by clarisse david (filipino mc/li)
• ink and ashes by valynne e. maetani (japanese-american mc)***
• noteworthy by riley redgate (chinese-american mc, japanese-american li)***
• girl on the verge by pintip dunn (thai-american mc)***
• the lines we cross by randa abdel-fattah (afghan-australian mc)
• queens of geek by jenn wilde (chinese-australian mc also bi!)
• cloudwish by fiona wood (vietnamese-australian mc)
• the lost & found by katrina leno (half-indian mc)
• the sun is also a star by nicola yoon (korean-american mc)
• tiny pretty things by sona charaipotra and dhonielle clayton (half-korean mc, korean-american li)***
• american panda by gloria chao (taiwanese -american mc, japanese-american li)*
• starfish by akemi dawn bowman (half-japanese mc)* ***
• love, hate, & other filters by samira ahmed (indian-american mc)* ***

historical:

• outrun the moon by stacey lee (chinese-american mc and li)***
  

sci-fi/fantasy:

• the girl from everywhere by heidi heilig (half-chinese mc, persian li)***
  
• not your sidekick by c.b. lee (half-chinese/half-vietnamese mc also bi) (trans rep in side character who will be mc in sequel)
  
• want by cindy pon (taiwanese mc and li)***
• a crown of wishes by roshani chokshi (indian mc’s/ship)***
• warcross by marie lu (chinese mc, japanese li)***
• when the moon was ours by anna-marie mclemore (pakistani mc also trans!)
• legend by marie lu (mongolian mc)***
• the lynburn legacy by sarah rees brennan (part-japanese mc)***
• the epic crush of genie lo by f.c. yee (chinese-american mc and li)* ***
  
• rebel seoul by axie oh (korean mc, korean li)* ***

note: i haven’t read all of these, and i’m not sure of how much romance are in some of these, especially some of the ones that are to be released

also note: @asianya​ is a good resource for books with asian protagonists and has more recs

last note: you may have noticed that i didn’t include some of the popular ones; that was probably on purpose :)