If you're one of the many people who saw the new romantic comedy Crazy Rich Asians last weekend, you might be wondering...what should I read next? The hit movie is based on a novel with the same name by Kevin Kwan. If you haven't read the novel yet, good news: it also has two sequels! (Fingers crossed that China Rich Girlfriend and Rich People Problems also get the Hollywood treatment.) If you've already read all three of those novels, here are some other great books about true love, families, and culture clashes to check out.
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Crazy rich Asians
by Kevin Kwan Envisioning a quality-time summer vacation in the humble Singapore home of a boy she hopes to marry, Chinese American Rachel Chu is unexpectedly introduced to a rich and scheming clan that viciously competes against other wealthy families and strongly opposes their son's relationship with an American girl. |
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China rich girlfriend
by Kevin Kwan Feeling incomplete because her unknown birth father cannot walk her down the aisle, a girl on the brink of marrying one of Asia's richest bachelors is brought into the elite circles of Shanghai by a shocking revelation. |
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Rich people problems
by Kevin Kwan Rushing to the deathbed of his grandmother, Nicholas Young encounters a massive clan eager to claim a share of the family fortune, win the hearts of loved ones, destroy each other's reputations and outmaneuver professional rivals. |
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The windfall
by Diksha Basu Moving to a wealthy community after the lucrative sale of their website, Mr. And Mrs. Jha, formerly of East Delhi, struggle with cultural changes while their son, studying in America, pursues romance and wonders how his parents' new status will affect his life choices. |
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The Wangs vs. the World
by Jade Chang Charles Wang, a brash, lovable businessman who built a cosmetics empire and made a fortune, has just lost everything in the financial crisis. So he rounds up two of his children from schools that he can no longer afford and packs them into the only car that wasn’t repossessed. Together with their wealth-addicted stepmother, Barbra, they head on a cross-country journey from their foreclosed Bel-Air home to the Upstate New York retreat of the eldest Wang daughter, Saina. |
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A Princess in Theory
by Alyssa Cole Mistaken by his betrothed as a pauper instead of a prince, Prince Thabiso, the sole heir to the throne of Thesolo, decides to keep his real identity a secret as he experiences life and love with Naledi Smith—until the truth comes out, which changes everything. |
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Sarong party girls
by Cheryl Lu-lien Tan A modern adaptation of Emma traces a young Asian woman's rise in the glitzy, moneyed city of Singapore, where old traditions clash with present-day materialism as she hatches a plans to orchestrate marriages between her girlfriends and wealthy Western expats. |
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Free food for millionaires
by Min Jin Lee Having become thoroughly indoctrinated in the ways of American life through her Princeton education, Casey Han struggles between the expensive lifestyle she enjoys and the traditional culture to which her Korean immigrant parents desperately cling. |
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What We Were Promised
by Lucy Tan After years of chasing the American dream, the Zhen family has moved back to China. Settling into a luxurious serviced apartment in Shanghai, Wei, Lina, and their daughter, Karen, join an elite community of Chinese-born, Western-educated professionals who have returned to a radically transformed city. |
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A Bollywood affair
by Sonali Dev Coming to America on a scholarship, Mili Rathod, who has been bound by marriage since she was four years old to a man she has never met, is drawn into the world of her husband's playboy filmmaker brother who has been sent across the world to keep an eye on her. |
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Soy sauce for beginners
by Kirstin Chen A story of family, loyalty and fresh starts by a two-time Pushcart Prize nominee follows the story of Gretchen Lin, who leaves behind a floundering marriage to return to her Singapore home, where she confronts the challenges of her mother's alcoholism and her father's artisanal soy sauce business before being pulled into a family controversy. |