Friendship Fiction Books by BIPOC Authors
- by Lillian Li
- Fiction, Friendship Fiction
- Publication Year: 2026
An affecting novel about an unforgettable group of friends trying to make their way in the world without losing themselves, or one another. Diana, Justin, Errol, and Vivian were always...
- by Han Kang
- Fiction, Friendship Fiction
- Publication Year: 2025
We Do Not Part tells the story of a friendship between two women while powerfully reckoning with a hidden chapter in Korean history. One winter morning, Kyungha receives an urgent...
- by Aria Aber
- Fiction, Friendship Fiction, Women's Domestic Life Fiction
- Publication Year: 2025
An electric debut novel about the daughter of Afghan refugees and her year of self-discovery—“a stunning coming-of-age story” (Publishers Weekly, starred review) and a portrait of the artist as a...
- Coming of Age, Fiction, Friendship Fiction
- Publication Year: 2025
A riveting debut novel about a volatile friendship between two outsiders who escape their bleak childhoods and enter the glamorous early ’90s art world in New York City, where only...
- American Literature, Fiction, Friendship Fiction, Historical Fiction
- Publication Year: 2025
A mesmerizing tale of love and courage, and a sweeping exploration of how profoundly we are shaped by those we meet when we are young, set against three transformative decades...
- Fiction, Friendship Fiction, LGBTQ+ Fiction, LGBTQ+ Romance, Romance, Romantic Comedy
- Publication Year: 2024
“Is it okay to say that Rachel Runya Katz’s characters are always so hot to me? The slow burn tension between Jade and Nia was off the charts.” – Alicia...
- by Sonali Dev
- Fiction, Friendship Fiction, Women's Domestic Life Fiction
- Publication Year: 2022
Living on their own terms means being there for one another. When sixty-five-year-old Bindu Desai inherits a million dollars, she’s astounded―and horrified. The windfall threatens to expose a shameful mistake...
- Fantasy, Fiction, Friendship Fiction
- Publication Year: 2021
How far would you go for a piece of the American dream? A magical realist coming-of-age story, Gold Diggers skewers the model minority myth to tell a hilarious and moving...
- by Ae-ran Kim
- Cultural Heritage Fiction, Fiction, Friendship Fiction
- Publication Year: 2021
Ae-ran Kim’s My Brilliant Life explores family bonds and out-of-the-ordinary friendships, interweaving the past and present of a tight-knit family, finding joy and happiness in even the most difficult times....
- Adoption Fiction, Asian American Fiction, Friendship Fiction
- Publication Year: 2018
“Stephens’ darkly comic, sharply irreverent, undeniably wise ‘Great Adoption Novel’ is an unexpectedly timely, not-to-be-missed, epic wild ride.” ―Booklist, *Starred Review* Lisa Pearl is an American teaching English in Japan...
- Coming of Age, Family Life, Fiction, Friendship Fiction, World Literature
- Publication Year: 2017
A charming tale of friendship, love and loneliness in contemporary Japan. Sentaro has failed. He has a criminal record, drinks too much, and his dream of becoming a writer is...