I’ve now been putting together lists of Asian-American graphic novels since 2014. Since these lists would get out of control if I kept putting all the books in each one, this year I thought I’d start putting in just the books that have come out since my 2019 list (including a couple of older titles that I missed on that list.) Links are to my own reviews where available.

Adult

• Apsara Engine by Bishakh Som (2020)
• Ascender Vol 2: the Dead Sea by Jeff Lemire and Dustin Nguyen (2020)
• Ascender Vol 3: the Digital Mage by Jeff Lemire and Dustin Nguyen (2020)
• In Waves by A.J. Dungo (2019)
• The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Cartoonist by Adrian Tomine (2020)
• Monstress vol 5 and 6 by Marjorie Liu and Sana Takeda (2020-2021)
• Red Sonja and Vampirella Meet Betty and Veronica by Amy Chu (2020)
• Shadow Life by Hiromi Goto (2021)
• Spellbound by Bishakh Som (2020)
• Woman World by Aminder Dhaliwal (2018)

Teen

• Almost American Girl by Robin Ha (2020)
• Displacement by Kiki Hughes (2020)
• Dragon Hoops by Gene Luen Yang (2020)
• Flamer by Mike Curato (2020)
• Magic Fish by Trung Le Nguyen (2020)
• Shadow of the Batgirl by Sarah Kuhn and Nicole Goux (2020)
• Superman Smashes the Clan by Gene Luen Yang (2020)

Youth

• The Adventures of Team Pom: Squid Happens by Isabel Roxas (2021)
• Donut Feed the Squirrels by Mika Song (2020)
• Green Lantern: Legacy by Minh Lê and Andie Tong (2020)
• Marvel: Avengers Assembly Book 1: Orientation by Preeti Chhibber (2020)
• Marvel: Avengers Assembly Book 2: the Sinister Substitute by Preeti Chhibber (2021)
• Measuring Up by Lillie Lamotte and Ann Xu (2020)
• Pawcasso by Remi Lai (2021)
• Sky Island by Amy Chu (2020)
• Space Bear by Ethan Young (2020)
• Stargazing by Jen Wang (2019)
• Tamamo the Fox Maiden: and other Asian Stories by Kei Macdonald and Kate Ashwin (2019)
• Tidesong by Wendy Xu (Nov. 2021)

This list feels pitifully short, even including things by Asian-American authors that don’t seem to have Asian-American characters. If you, dear reader, have any that I might add to this list – books published in the last two years – please let me know! Publishers, please give us more!

[Updated 7/16/21 to add more titles, especially Filipino-American representation. Thank you to Isabel Roxas for the tips!]