So you saw Crazy Rich Asians–or maybe you’ve just read every single one of Kevin Kwan’s novels!–and you’re ready for more. We’ve got you covered!
Let’s start with the most obvious book pairings of all: the novels by Kevin Kwan! If you haven’t read them, you can check them out here–you’ll start with Crazy Rich Asians, move on to China Rich Girlfriend, and finish up the trilogy with Rich People Problems. You can also access them from Media on Demand and Hoopla, so you have lots of options. Take another trip to Singapore with Sarong Party Girls, as Jazzy, Sher, Imo, and Fan hunt wealthy husbands through the streets (and nightclubs) of their city. Follow another young woman into a world for which she isn’t entirely prepared in A Princess in Theory, as PhD candidate Naledi falls for a guy she’s pretty sure is a busboy–except that he’s actually an African prince, and her fiancé. (Love A Princess in Theory? Then you’ll probably enjoy A Duke By Default, coming soon to real and virtual library shelves!)
What happens when you’re a teenager who stockpiles love letters to all the guys you’ve ever been into–and then they actually get mailed? Find out in To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before, which will hit Netflix on August 17! When two high-powered professionals get stuck in an elevator, Alexa impulsively agrees to be Drew’s plus-one to a wedding–and they have more fun than they ever thought. But can their long-distance relationship survive–or are they headed for disaster? Find out in The Wedding Date! You can request the novel or download it from Media on Demand. Lindsay Owang, a closet meat eater who works at a vegan restaurant, tries to balance her heritage (and the grandmother she lives with) with her life as an American-Born Chinese woman in The Dim Sum of All Things.
Follow Charlie Wong, daughter of a Beijing ballerina and a noodle maker, as she tries to balance her responsibilities at home in China Town with her escape into the world of ballroom dancing in Mambo in Chinatown. A Bollywood director runs into trouble when he heads to America to convince his brother’s child bride to accept an annulment in A Bollywood Bride, while a Bollywood ice queen is thrust into the spotlight–and into an old relationship–when she travels to Chicago for her cousin’s wedding in The Bollywood Bride. Request A Distant Heart and step into the world of the ultra-rich, ultra-powerful, and–sometimes–ultra-dangerous of Mumbai in this tale of two young people from different worlds, as Rahul, once a window-washer, now a police officer, and Kimi, daughter of a high-ranking politician coping with a congenital heart defect, try to determine their futures in the face of danger and opposition.
Econometrician Stella Lane, who’s a lot more comfortable with numbers than with people, hires the very handsome escort Michael Phan so she can practice interacting with the opposite sex–but their very practical arrangement starts shifting towards its own logic in The Kiss Quotient! When Dimple Shah meets Rishi Patel at summer camp, meanwhile, Dimple’s trying to escape the future husband her parents have arranged for her–but it’s actually Rishi, who’s pretty into Dimple. Find out what happens during their summer at Stanford in When Dimple Met Rishi, which you can also download from Hoopla and Media on Demand! Travel back to a slightly different Singapore as restaurant owner Rosie Lee investigates a murder in Aunty Lee’s Delights, the first book in a series.
Does Crazy Rich Asians remind you, a bit, of Pride and Prejudice? Check out a contemporary retelling of Austen’s tale with Eligible! Follow high school senior Desi Lee as she tries to salvage her romantic life by following life lessons from Korean television shows in I Believe In a Thing Called Love, then step into the lives of the assistants to the super-rich with Swing Time, a tale of two dancers whose friendship begins in school and ends in their twenties. A formerly wealthy and famous teen actress, now a struggling adult, pretends to be a sleuth for a reality TV show–but it turns out to be one Deadly Summer, and she’s got to use her skills to solve real crimes instead. Step into the high-stakes, high-drama world of reality television with Money Never Sleeps, the second in a series about the women of the Millionaire Wives’ Club. (You’ll find that novel in the system.) Visit the fringes of the high-flying world in The Finishing Touches, as a young woman who grew up in a finishing school returns home to save it from ruin–and to discover the truth behind old mysteries.
Dreaming of Singapore yourself? Can’t wait to travel there–at least from your armchair? Check out some travel books! Both Hoopla and Media on Demand have lots of books (and audiobooks) just waiting for you–all you have to do is log on with your Homewood library card. Prefer the physical book to the virtual one? You can request guides to Singapore, too! Request the 2018 Lonely Planet guide to Singapore, then grab Southeast Asia off our shelves for a quick introduction to the region. Best of all? There are many more books in the system! Want to check out where wealthy Singaporeans live? Request Sustainable Luxury: The New Singapore House today! Looking to learn more about the culture of Singapore? You might be interested in the multiple-Eisner winning The Art of Charlie Chan Hock Chye, a graphic novel that follows the eponymous fictional cartoonist from Singapore’s colonial era to its present. Travel through a darker side of Singapore with Singapore Noir, a collection of short stories by Singaporean authors.
Want even more? Just ask! We are always glad to help.
On the Shelves at Homewood Public Library 