#vietnamese mc

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“The Chosen and the Beautiful” by Nghi Vo

Description: Immigrant. Socialite. Magician. Jordan Baker grows up in the most rarefied circles of 1920s American society―she has money, education, a killer golf handicap, and invitations to some of the most exclusive parties of the Jazz Age. She’s also queer, Asian, adopted, and treated as an exotic attraction by her peers, while the most important doors remain closed to her. But the world is full of wonders: infernal pacts and dazzling illusions, lost ghosts and elemental mysteries. In all paper is fire, and Jordan can burn the cut paper heart out of a man. She just has to learn how.

Representation: The main character, Jordan, is Vietnamese-American and attracted to both men and woman.

Genre: Fantasy, Historical Length: 272 TW(s): Racism, suicide, abortion, alcohol consumption

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“Of Dragons, Feasts and Murders” by Aliette de Bodard

Description: Lunar New Year should be a time for familial reunions, ancestor worship, and consumption of an unhealthy amount of candied fruit. But when dragon prince Thuan brings home his brooding and ruthless husband Asmodeus for the New Year, they find not interminable family gatherings, but a corpse outside their quarters. Asmodeus is thrilled by the murder investigation; Thuan, who gets dragged into the political plotting he’d sworn off when he left, is less enthusiastic. It’ll take all of Asmodeus’s skill with knives, and all of Thuan’s diplomacy, to navigate this one—as well as the troubled waters of their own relationship…. A sparkling standalone book set in a world of dark intrigue.

Representation: Thuan is bisexual and Vietnamese. He is in an established relationship with Asmodeus who is gay.

Genre: Fantasy, Mystery Length: 80 TW(s): Implied sexual assault, torture, violence

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“Silk & Steel” by Janine A. Southard and many others

Description: There are many ways to be a heroine. Princess and swordswoman, lawyer and motorcyclist, scholar and barbarian: there are many ways to be a heroine. In this anthology, seventeen authors find new ways to pair one weapon-wielding woman and one whose strengths lie in softer skills. “Which is more powerful, the warrior or the gentlewoman?” these stories ask. And the answer is inevitably, “Both, working together!”

Representation: All main characters identify as queer and Sapphic, with one being trans. Additionally several of the main characters are poc (specifically Chinese, Indonesian, Vietnamese, and Turkish). It was also written by several authors of color.

Genre: Romance, Anthology Length: 357 TW(s): Transphobia, lesbophobia, gore