Asian Man And White Woman Books: Interracial Relationship
88There are quite a few books out there with Asian men and white women relationships in them but not everyone knows where to look.The titles sometimes give clues but most of the time they do not.
Some are out of print and might be a bit tricky to locate but I listed them anyway because I still occasionally see copies in used bookstores, Amazon and once in a while on sites like Ebay.
The books in this list aren’t all romances and men will enjoy reading some of these titles just as much as women especially the ones in the fiction and non-fiction category.
I’ve compiled this list based on genre. I own most of them.
Check back from time to time because I'll add to this list as more become known to me.
This is not a book review. I might give a quick opinion here and there but for the most part this is a list with a short summary of what you can expect in the book. If I did a review on each one this article would be too long. If you'd like to read reviews look up the titles on Amazon and you can find some on most of these.
Romance-
Jade Lee’s Tigress books are pretty racy and could almost be categorized as erotica but the publisher lists them as romance. They are not a series so each book stands alone. If you enjoy a steamy love story with Chinese men and white women you'll like these.
Getting Physical by Jade Lee
White Tigress by Jade Lee
Burning Tigress by Jade Lee
Hungry Tigress Jade Lee
The Tao of Sex by Jade Lee
Tempted Tigress by Jade Lee
School Bites by Jade Lee is in an anthology called Shards of Crimson
This is a paranormal romance about a white woman that is bitten and a Chinese man that falls is love with her anyway.
Jade Lee has a Chinese father and a Caucasian mother and probably why she writes so many novels with this formula. She also writes other types of books so don't expect everything she’s written to be about white women and Chinese men.
The Words of the Pitcher by Kei Swanson
This book is about a Japanese baseball player and his Caucasian interpreter. He is hard to get along with and they haven't been able to find an interpreter that suits him. Claire works in a dusty office on a college campus doing Japanese history research and isn't an interpreter by trade. Since she is fluent in Japanese, as a favor she agrees to interpret a few times for Kentaro until they can find someone else and as romances go they fall in love.
Season At Sanematsu by Kei Swanson
Seabird At Sanematsu by Kei Swanson
These two Swanson novels go together and you really have to have both to get the whole story. It was an interesting read but not really a romance even though the publisher has put it in that category. You can read the reviews on Amazon. Some readers didn’t care for the books but I enjoyed them. I suspect the main reason for the poor reviews is due to it being placed in the wrong genre. Romance readers expect a happy ending.
Tall, Dark and Irresistible by Joan Elliott Pickart
A Caucasian woman and a half Korean man. It’s a cute story and a typical romance.
Love in the China Sea by Judith Baker (This one is old, out of print and may be difficult to find.) A Eurasian man and a white woman romance.
Kiss of the Dragon by Barbara Faith (I believe this one is also out of print.) Another Eurasian man and white woman love story.
Lost in Translation by Nicole Mones.
A Caucasian woman lives in China and likes to frequent the bars at night picking up Chinese guys. She's trying to get over a Chinese boyfriend that didn't work out because his mom wanted him to marry a Chinese girl. The protagonist eventually gets a job as a translator with an archeologist, a couple of Chinese scientists and along the way she falls in love.
The Last Chinese Chef by Nicole Mones
A food author who recently lost her husband goes to China to interview a Chinese chef and along the way she falls in love with him. This is my favorite Mones book of all, I really like this one.
Merger's and Matrimony by Allison Leigh (This book may be out of print.)
A recent widow has to run her late husband’s business, merges with a Japanese company and falls in love with the head of the corporation.
Ice Blue by Anne Stuart
She inherits a work of art from her nanny and puts it in a museum for safekeeping. Gangsters become interested in the piece and pursue her. She has to be protected and that is where her Japanese Knight comes into the picture.
Fire and Ice by Anne Stuart
Another action packed book featuring a Japanese guy and a white woman. This story takes place in Japan.
The Panther and the Rose by Mary Burkhard (This one is out of print and may be difficult to find.)
A Japanese/Swedish man and an English woman romance.
In The Flesh by Emma Holy
This is considered romance with explicit sex scenes between a Japanese man and a white woman.
Shaking Off The Dust by Rhianna Samuels
This one is a paranormal romance between a Japanese man and a white woman. It reminded me a little of Ghost Whisperer.
Miss Hungerford's Handsome Hero by Noel V. Carter
This one is a regency romance between a Chinese/Irish man and an English woman.
Anna and the King of Dragons by Karen Harbaugh
This story is in an anthology called Dragon Lovers and is a short story about a Dutch woman and a Japanese man.
Kyoto Connection by Deborah Kemp (Possibly out of print.)
Force of Nature by Susan Johnson
This one is an explicit romance between a Japanese man and white woman.
All The Tea In China by Jane Orcutt
This is a surprising story about an English woman and a Chinese man. I enjoyed it.
Til Morning Comes by Han Suyin
During WWII an American correspondent meets a Chinese doctor and falls in love.
Impulsive by Helenkay Dimon
Katie accepts money to spy on Eric, a Japanese American attorney but gets sidetracked and has an affair with him.
Bridge of Scarlet Leaves by Kristina McMorris
A white violinist falls in love with a Japanese immigrant at the wake of the Pearl Harbor bombing.
Secrets of the Apple by Paula Hiatt
Fiction-
The Ginger Tree by Oswald Wynd:
It is about a woman from Scotland betrothed to a man stationed in China. During the story she falls in love with a Japanese man, which causes a scandal not only because she is already married but because of the racial differences.
The story is written in diary form and is her account of the hardship of war and living with discrimination in a foreign country.
This was also made into a Mobil Masterpiece Theatre Presentation.
Bel Canto by Ann Patchett.
This book is about a hostage situation in South America in a businessman's home filled with dignitaries from all over the world. A multilingual Japanese man interprets for everyone. It is not your typical stand off story and has surprises at every turn of the page.
There are a couple of unlikely romances that happen but I won't tell you who or how because that will ruin the story. This is a great book, I'd like to see it made into a movie.
Beside A Burning Sea by John Shors
A hospital ship is hit with a torpedo leaving three Caucasian nurses, a Japanese patient and a few other people stranded on an island.
One of the nurses falls in love with the Japanese guy. It is a sweet story and I really enjoyed this one.
The Foreign Student by Susan Choi
A Korean student goes to school in Tennessee and there is a romance between him and an older woman. A bit depressing at times but overall a good book.
Daughter of Fortune by Isabel Allende
This one is pretty popular, has won many awards and is on Oprah Winfrey’s book club list. It is about the tough life of a Chinese doctor and a Chilean woman in California during the gold rush and Wild West era.
The Man From Saigon by Marti Leimbach
This one is set during the Vietnam War and is about a female Caucasian reporter covering the inside story with the help of her Vietnamese photographer that also acts as her interpreter.
They live together in a tiny apartment. Her bathroom is turned into his darkroom, they eat out of the same plate and even sometimes wear the same clothes but she doesn't realize she is in love with him until the end. It's a sweet story sometimes sad as you see the hardships of war and it's devastation up close.
The Lotus Eaters by Tatjana Soli
This book is similar to The Man From Saigon; also about a female journalist who goes to Vietnam during the conflict and falls in love with a local man who is her guide. It is a wonderful story that gives you an inside feel of how it was during that terrible war.
Although these last two are similar they are still quite different and I enjoyed reading them both.
The Disappeared by Kim Echlin
This made the best sellers list. It’s about a young Canadian woman who falls in love with a Cambodian man and follows him to his country during the Khmer Rouge regime. It is a very moving story; keep a box of tissues nearby.
The Love Wife by Gish Jen
It's about a blond woman they all refer to as Blondie and her Chinese husband with two adopted Chinese daughters. Like many couples they waited too late in life to start a family and after fertility clinics failed decided it wasn't going to happen so they opted for adoption; then lo and behold they have a baby son that has blond hair and looks like mom.
It’s an eccentric story with ups and downs just like real life.
The Barbarians Are Coming by David Wong Louie
A Chinese American man wants to be a French chef, his parents want him to be a doctor and marry a nice Chinese girl. Instead he marries a white woman, has two sons and against his parents wishes becomes a chef only not the kind he wants... he gets a job cooking Chinese food for rich society ladies.
Wrack and Ruin by Don Lee
This is a fun story about an Asian American man who has a Brussels sprouts farm in California and a relationship with a white woman. He’s also an artist and there is a funny story about one of his creations.
Yellow by Don Lee
This is a compilation of stories and a few of them have Caucasian women with Asian men. Most of the relationships are quite dysfunctional.
Get Lucky by Katherine Center
This is a story about a white woman who moves in with her sister and her Indian husband to be a surrogate mother for their baby.
Repeat After Me by Rachel DeWoskin
A Caucasian woman teaches English to immigrants and falls in love with a Chinese student.
Stealing Buddha's Dinner by Bich Minh Nguyen
The main characters are a Vietnamese man and Mexican woman but one of his brothers marries a Jewish woman so we have a very diverse family in this story.
Sophie and the Rising Sun by Augusta Trobaugh
This is a sweet story about a white southern woman in Georgia that falls in love with a Japanese man just before the bombing of Pearl Harbor. It is one of my favorites.
Coffee & Kung Fu by Karen Brichoux
This Chick Lit story is about a woman who is a big fan of Jackie Chan movies and is having career problems. In the end she takes up with a guy who is either Chinese or half, the author doesn’t really say but you can tell at least one side of his family is Chinese.
As the Earth Turns Silver by Allison Wong (Out of print and not easy to find.)
An Australian woman with two small children falls in love with a Chinese shopkeeper during World War I but must keep it secret due to prejudice.
Cloud Mountain by Aimee Liu
This historic fiction is about an English tutor who falls in love with her Chinese student even though she is engaged to another man. The story is about their marriage and struggle with prejudice during the turn of the twentieth century.
East Wind; West Wind by Pearl Buck
Pearl Buck is an American icon that had a great love for the Chinese people and wrote many books about them. This one is about a Chinese woman who is about to get married. She tells the story of her brother and his American wife and their struggles with differing cultures.
A House Divided by Pearl Buck
Another great story by Pearl Buck; this one is about a young Chinese student who travels to America to go to school and meets a local girl.
Letter From Peking by Pearl Buck
There are two romances between Chinese men and white women in this story. The first are the young man's parents and then later on when he is older he meets a white girl and falls in love.
Mandala by Pearl Buck
An Indian prince becomes involved with a white woman.
Almost Japanese by Sarah Sheard
The Russian Concubine by Kate Furnivall
This is a powerful tale of a Chinese man and his Russian friend who fall in love and struggle to overcome a time of war and depression.
The Girl From Junchow by Kate Furnivall
This is the sequel to The Russian Concubine and equally touching as we continue the couple’s journey through China and Russia during time of starvation and war.
Take Me Home by Brian Leung
This is a great story about mining during the 1880’s in Wyoming and the racial conflict between the Chinese and western men.
The Lover by Marguerite Duras
This was made into a movie starring Tony Leung. It’s about a young French girl who has a spicy affair with an older Chinese man.
The North China Lover by Marguerite Duras
This is a continuation of the above story.
Hiroshima Mon Amour by Marguerite Duras
This is also a movie. A French actress goes to Japan with a film crew to film a documentary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima. While there she meets a Japanese man at a bar and has an affair.
Anna and the King of Siam by Margaret Landon
This book inspired Anna and the King and The King and I movies.
Singapore Flings by Veronique Sanson
A middle age woman moves to Singapore after her husband divorces her and has a series of flings some of which are Asian men.
Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford
The main character is a Chinese man who grew up during the Japanese conflict, falls in love with a Japanese girl but cannot marry her. I put this story in my list even though the main characters are not an Asian man and Caucasian woman because later in the story the man’s son marries a white woman.
Jamie Ford's dad is Chinese and his mother is white.
Cloud of Sparrows by Takashi Matsuoka
This first one has very little of the interaction between Lord Genji and Emily but the next one makes up for it.
Autumn Bridge by Takashi Matsuoka
This is the sequel to Cloud of Sparrows. Both are well written and I enjoyed reading them.
Over the Shoulder by Leonard Chang
This is a crime thriller about a Korean man who also has a relationship with a white woman. I'm not usually a mystery fan but enjoyed this book. I'll look forward to reading more of Leonard's work.
Hey, Good Looking by Fern Michaels
It's about a small town in Louisiana with three feisty Caucasian aunts in their 70's and their niece who is in her 30's. One of the aunts lived in Japan when she was younger and had a Japanese lover. This book doesn't have much about the relationship but there is a surprise ending I won't tell you about or it will ruin the story.
Bird and Fish by Adrienne Leslie
Wendy Dale has just found out she has cancer when she meets Hyun Jae Won who owns a chain of paint stores. They become friends and as the story progresses their relationship grows.
Sea and Sky by Adrienne Leslie
This is the sequel to Bird and Fish and in this book Wendy and Jae are reunited after he's gone back to Korea.
I enjoyed both of these books.
Tokunaga's Love in Translation by Wendy Nelson
Celeste Duncan is half Japanese but has blond hair and blue eyes. Since she looks white I'll go ahead and add this story. Celeste goes to Japan to try and find her roots and while there meets Tokunaga.
If You Follow Me by Malena Watrous
An American white woman loses her father, goes to Japan to teach English and learns their ways of disposing of waste is quite different than she is used to.
I haven't yet read this one but the reviews have all been positive.
Mrs. Spring Fragrance by Sui Sin Far
This is a series of stories by a Chinese man in early America.
Beauty Plus Pity by Kevin Chong
A dark comedy about a young man who wants to be a model, loses his father and finds out about a half sister he didn't know about. He also has a child with a white woman.
Once Removed by Mako Yoshikawa
Two step sisters, one half Japanese and one white reunite after 17 years. Their parents have divorced, Rei is dealing with skin cancer and Claudia confesses her affair with a married Indian man.
Baby Jesus Pawn Shop Lucia Orth
A story about a white women and a Filipino man during Ferdinand Marco's regime.
Native Speaker by Chang Rae Lee
A Korean American man and his white wife are separated after the death of their son.
The Evil B. B. Chow and Other Stories by Steve Almond
There are two stories in this book about white women and Asian men. I read a review in a blog and don't have details as to which country although it sounds like he's Chinese American.
The White Pearl by Kate Furnivall
Tiger's Tail by Gus Lee
This is listed as a mystery.
This is a list of thrillers written by Barry Eisler. The books are about a half Japanese half white hit man.
Rain Fall
Hard Rain
Rain Storm
Killing Rain
The Last Assassin
Requiem for an Assassin
Fantasy
White Tiger by Kylie Chan
Red Phoenix by Kylie Chan
Blue Dragon by Kylie Chan
These fantasies are written by an Australian woman and as of this writing these first three are all that is available here in the US but there are three more coming soon and a commenter says there are three more books in the works.
Here are the next three available in Australia:
Earth To Hell by Kylie Chan
Hell To Heaven by Kylie Chan
Heaven To Wudang by Kylie Chan
I'll add the next in this series as they become available.
Erotica-
Dark Designs by Madelynne Ellis
This book is about a threesome with a Caucasian woman and two Japanese men.
Chrysanthemum, Rose, and the Samurai by Akahige Namban
An American missionary is shipwrecked in Japan and has a relationship with a Japanese man.
Women of the Mountain, Warriors of the Town by Akahige Namban
This is a sequel to the previous title.
The New Concubine by Akahige Namban
This one makes a trilogy and goes along with the previous two.
The Blonde Samurai by Jina Bacarr
The Blonde Geisha by Jina Bacarr
On A Bed Of Rice A compilation of short stories by many authors.
This book has something for everyone including same sex and inter-racial.
Under a Silver Moon by Barbara Sheridan
A romance between a Japanese man and white woman.
Come To Me by Barbara Sheridan
Another Japanese man and white woman romance.
Unfinished Business by Barbara Sheridan
This one appears to be a threesome between a Japanese guy, white guy and white woman. Feel free to correct me if you've read this one.
Samurai Captive by Barbara Sheridan
Another Japanese man and white woman novel. This one looks to be historical. I might have this one in the wrong category but most of Sheridan's work is of the erotic nature so I put this one here too.
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Non-Fiction-
Patpong Sisters: An American Woman’s View of the Bangkok Sex World by Cleo Odzer
This book is a research project by an anthropology student who analyzes the prostitution profession of young women in Thailand and has a few romances of her own.
Blonde Lotus by Cecilie Gamst Berg
This is a true story about a Norwegian woman who lives in China and has many romances with Chinese men. She’s an interesting woman, has YouTube videos and is on facebook.
Son of the Revolution by Judith Shapiro and Liang Heng
This book is a memoir written by Liang Heng and his Caucasian wife about his life growing up in China.
China Boy by Gus Lee
Gus’ mom passes away when he is young and his father remarries a Caucasian woman.
Mao's Last Dancer by Li Cunxin
A movie was made on this biography of Li’s life growing up in China, becoming a dancer and moving to the United States where he falls in love with a Caucasian woman. That relationship doesn’t work out but later he falls in love with another white woman and they have been married for years and have children.
Transnational Ties: Australian Lives edited by Desley Deacon, Penny Russell and Angela Woollacott and published by ANU E Press
It’s a compilation of Australian people and one of the stories is about a Chinese Australian man married to a Caucasian woman.
Where the Body Meets Memory: An Odyssey of Race, Sexuality and Identity by David Mura
It’s a memoir about David’s life. He’s married to a Caucasian woman.
Mae Franking's My Chinese Marriage: An Annotated Edition by Mae Franking
A biography of a white woman married to a Chinese man. This one may be difficult to find as it appears to be out of print.
A Pragmatist and His Free Spirit by Susan Chan Egan & Chih-p'ing Chou
A true story about a Chinese man and a white woman that fall in love.
Foreign Babes in Beijing by Rachel Dewoskin
Is a story based on the author’s life in a Chinese soap opera with the same title.
Kissing Outside The Lines: A True Story of Love and Race and Happily Ever After by Diane Farr
Is a story about Jamie's marriage to a Korean American man and other interracial relationships between a few other couples.
Incorrigible by Velma Demerson
This is a heart breaking story about a Caucasian Canadian woman that falls in love with a Chinese man in 1939 isn't allowed to marry because it's against the law. She has a child and is institutionalized for a while but still remains true to her man.
On Golden Mountain: The One Hundred Year Odyssey Of My Chinese American Family by Lisa See
This is a memoir of Lisa See's family. Her great grand father Fong See founded a California business, married a Caucasian woman and fathered many children.
The Chinese in America by Iris Chang
This is a story about the history of the Chinese immigrants that came to America to build the railroads, work in the coal mines and factories. There are dozens of stories of Chinese men marrying white women.
Chinese in the Post-Civil War South by Lucy Cohen
A history of the Chinese in the southern United States many who took Caucasian wives.
Balancing Acts by Manny Tong
Man-Fong Tong left his Chinese village at 15 to become an acrobat, toured Europe in the 30's and 40's, met and married a Hungarian woman who was also an acrobat. He was even on the Ed Sullivan show.
Grace: An American Woman In China by Huie Kin
Grace Divine Lui, a Tennessee native moved to China in 1926 where she met Lui Fu-Chi, an engineering student. Neither family approved of the union but they married anyway and raised three children together. Her husband died in 1955 and she supported herself by teaching English. This book covers the hardship of life during the war and the many changes of China.
Reminiscences by Huie Kin
This book is out of print and not easy to find but it's the story of Huie Kin who immigrated to America in 1868. He married a Dutch American woman even though her family didn't approve and had many children.
White Tiger: An Autobiography of Yang Xianyi by Yang Xianyi
Born in 1915 he moved to England where he went to college at Oxford and met his wife Gladys.
America Is In The Heart by Carlos Bulosan
This is a memoir of a Filipino man and his life in the Philippines and America.
Riding The East Wind by Otohiko Kaga
A Japanese man and white American woman married during the attack of Pearl Harbor, fight prejudice and hardship while raising their son who was born in Japan.
Bridge To The Sun by Gwen Terasaki
A Japanese diplomat and a Tennessee white girl are married in 1931. The following ten years they travel to Japan, China, Cuba and America, have a daughter and then the war begins causing their lives to be forever changed.
Noli Me Tangere (Touch Me Not) by Jose Rizal
Some of the reviews call it a semi-autobiographical story and some refer to it as a novel based on the Philippines during it's days as a Spanish colony. I haven't read this one so I'm not sure of the accuracy of the information inside. It's considered a classic and worth checking out.
Young Adult-
North of Beautiful by Justina Chen Headley
This is a wonderful story about a teenage artist with a port wine birth mark on her face. She struggles to be accepted when she meets a handsome Chinese American boy who shows her she is beautiful even without make up.
Girls in Pants (Sisterhood of Traveling Pants, Book 3)
by Ann Brashares
This has also been made into a movie. It’s a cute story about four best friends that share a pair of jeans that magically fit them all. One of the friends, Tibby has an Asian boyfriend, Brian. In the first two books they are just close friends but the last two books heats up the relationship into a romance.
There are two movies out on these books. If you want the movie with Tibby and Brian you need the second movie. They combined books 1 & 2 in the first movie and books 3 & 4 are together in the second movie.
Forever in Blue: The Fourth Summer of the Sisterhood (Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, Book 4)
By Ann Brashares
Lili St.Crow's Strange Angels series is about Asian guys and a white girl and there is a bit of tension to see which boy she will end up with. From what a young reader has told me one is her best friend but they may become more than friends. I haven’t read this series.
Chenxi and the Foreigner
By Sally Rippin
Set in China a year before the Tiananmen Square tragedy. Anna is in China with her father when she meets Chenxi an art student.
Tomorrow, When the War Began by John Marsden
I've read nothing but rave reviews, and there are many, about these books. A group of Australian teenagers return from a camping trip to discover that enemy forces have invaded their country. They use guerilla warfare to help fight the enemy and during the melee romances ensue; one between a Vietnamese Australian boy and a white girl.
Here is a list of the books in that series:
Dead of Night
Third Day, The Frost
Darkness, My Friend
Burning For Revenge
The Night is for Hunting
The Other Side of Dawn
This led to a follow up of another trilogy called the Ellie Chronicles:
While I live
Incurable
Circle of Flight
So Totally Emily Ebers by Lisa Yee
This is a series of stories. Emily has just moved to California from New Jersey and meets new friends one of which is Stanford, a Chinese American boy.
Stanford Wong Flunks Big Time by Lisa Yee
Another book in the this series only this time Stanford is the main character.
Feel free to check back anytime, as I will be adding to this list as I find more books. Please let me know any I may have missed or might not know about in the comments below. Also any corrections to mistakes I may have made are always welcome.
Interracial Relationships Do's and Don'ts
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There are a lot out there. I find new ones all the time. Thanks for reading.
Wow - you really got a shelf load there - I didn't think there would be that many inter-racial books, let alone white woman asian guy books !
I will make it my business to look a few of these up next time I am buying a yard or two of books to bring back to China with me.
There are a lot and they keep coming out with new ones.
Thanks for this comprehensive list (and for mentioning my novel)....
My brother married a woman that is Chinese (paternal) and Jamaican (maternal). The story goes that Angie's big love was a young, Japanese man that the family greatly approved of, but the relationship did not work out and he left. Angie and my bro met while at LSU. They have 2 sons and live in Davis, CA, where my brother is a professor at UC, Davis. Culturally, it seems some older families still prefer marriages between the same cultures. I know my brother was furious when he was questioned by someone in U.S. customs regarding Angie's "green card" status and the marriage. They've been married for years now and have two great sons.
Thanks for reading, Leonard. I haven't had a chance to read your book yet but it is on my list.
Amy, that is not quite the same thing. Asian men marrying white women is less common than white men marrying Asian women. It is growing though and we will see more and more.
Hey Pamela, I was reading through some websites about the Strange Angels book series and came across a review by, oddly enough and asian girl who took offense to some of the writing. Apparently one of the main characters (Graves) is half-asian (and yes that can makes a significant difference). Here is an excerpt by the reviewer, including the quote from the book
'I’d be lying if I said the reference to Graves being lucky that he hadn’t drawn the “really slit-eyed card a lot of half-breeds have to play” didn’t make me frown'
So basically, the female lead is attracted to Graves because he's not "too" asian. Funny how you can subtley sneak racism into anywhere. Awesome message for all the young girls out there who are fans of the series.
Ed, that is unfortunate. Like I said, I haven't read the series so I don't know the quality of the writing. Luckily there are many other great books out there to overshadow any negative ones we might encounter.
Some white women find Asian eyes very attractive.
I had no idea there was such a large selection either although I have read a couple of them. Thanks for an interesting hub.
Pam, sometimes they just fall off the shelf and into my hands.
Hi Pamela N Red, I see you have been Peking through the bookshelves again. All kidding aside, you have compiled a lot of information here.
lol Cute pun, mckbirdbks. I thought it might be useful to some.
Thank you for making my dreams come true with this list!! haha I have been searching and searching bookstores and libraries and its SO rare to find this exact type of love story! Its my all time favorite. Plus I am currently writing a historical fiction book about a Korean Slave and a Caucasian woman. Her father bought him away from the cruelty but the damage has been done. So yeah! I need all the ideas and research I can get. This is just wonderful! THANK YOU! ^__^
Sarah, I'm glad you found my article. Let me know when you get published and I'll add your book to my list. Happy reading.
Nice collection here Pamela. Thank you ma'am!
Thanks for reading, Micky.
I was the first white man to date a black woman openly in the county in which I was raised. There's always a "penalty" from the "pure races" - for any deviation of true freedom. God bless!
Micky, stepping out of the norm makes some uncomfortable. I have no idea why.
Wow is all I can think of when I see the list. I knew of some books that you mentioned, but the fact that there are so many...most I haven't even heard off! (Post script, there's Han Suyin's 'Till Morning Comes, Lisa See's family biography, On Gold Mountain I think it's called, and Adrienne Leslie's Sea and Sky and Bird and Fish...also on eharlequin it mentions that "Tall Dark and Irresistible", the hero is half Korean half white) As of now I'm trying to write a collection of fictional short stories detailing Korean Men and White Women relationships through time and nations. (One story I planned takes place in Tang China in 8th century.)
Sveta, thank you so much. I'll check those out.
I recently watched an old movie called The Inn of the Sixth Happiness. In the movie the main character, Ingrid Bergman, has a relationship with a half Chinese man. It's based on a true story called The Little Woman. Sometimes movies take liberties and add things to make the story more interesting so there might not be a romance in the book.
Just wanted to say thank you for this list, its so hard to find stories fiction or not of this pairing
I myself am a mixed white woman happily been with my Chinese partner for many a year and we have 2 kids
Got my first book this morning from amazon (cloud mountain) and cant wait to start it tonight
Another book I would love to add to your list is incorrigible by velma demerson a true story of a white Canadian girl who falls in love with a Chinese man and they have a child, I wont say anymore other than the is a lot of hardship and sadness x
Di, thank you for reading and adding another book to our collection. It is sad the discrimination that went on years a go. Thank goodness we have come a long way.
If possible I'd like to add a few more AM/WF romance stories. One is Chenxi and the Foreigner by Sally Rippin (Chinese male/ white female) would be placed in fiction category, and one is possibly Wendy Nelson Tokunaga's Love in Translation (Technically a Eurasian Female/Japanese male, but by all appearances she's blonde haired and blue eyed, not sure if that counts.) Thanks for adding some books I mentioned, but you incorrectly said in Han Suyin's 'Till Morning Comes that they met during Korean War. Erm actually they met during World War II. I hope its okay, but I posted this page in my blog: http://sveta-randomblog.blogspot.com/
Sveta, thanks so much for adding more. I am going to go ahead and add the Wendy Nelson book since she looks white.
Sorry I got the Han Suyin book wrong. I haven't read it yet, it seems to be hard to find since it's out of print. I'll make that correction.
Thank you for adding a link to your blog. I'll go check it out.
I've updated and added a few more books to this article for those interested.
Hi, can I ask you to add one to this list? This is written by an Australian woman who herself is married to a Chinese man, and the couple in the series is australian woman / chinese man. It's a supernatural romance involving chinese mythology and Taoism.
So far there are 6 volumes of what looks like it will be a total of 9 books.
Thanks, Victoria. I love a good paranormal romance I'll check these out and certainly add them.
This is an Eurasian hub, I'd say.
Pelt545, Eurasians are people of European and Asian descent. This article is about books with Asian men and white women relationships.
Well, a few more AM/WF books :D I think one is called Impulsive by Helen Kay Dimon, another is titled Riding the East Wind by O. Kaga, Native Speaker by Chang Rae Lee, Hiroshima mon amour by Marguerite Duras, (All but Native Speaker are Japanese male/white female... Native Speaker is Korean man/white woman.) Also, out of curiosity, in A House Divided by Pearl, do the AM/WF have a happy ending or not really?
Ah, forgot to mention one more book: Bridge to the sun by Gwen Terasaki
I thought Hiroshima Mon Amour was the French version of The Lover so I didn't add it.
I haven't read A House Divided yet so I'm not sure if there is a happy ending or not. I need to order that one.
Thanks so much, Sveta, for these new additions. I've added a few more in the past weeks so you might see some new ones.
No idea why is it that lately I'm finding Japanese male and white female novels, but here's another one, but it won't be out until February 28th, 2012 (Really REALLY want to read it...how will I be patient I wonder?) It's called Bridge of Scarlet Leaves by Kristina McMorris
Sveta, if you are like me they just seem to jump off the shelf and into your hands. :o)
I'll add this one to my wish list. I just ordered a few more books from Amazon, they love me.
Oh, and I told you wrong about Hiroshima Mon Amour. I thought that one was only a movie. I added it above.
I'm not 100 Percent certain, but just in case could you check out Kate Furnivall's latest novel, The White Pearl? Perhaps it might be another AM/WF when it comes out :D Thanks in advance.
Sveta, that looks like a good one. From the review I read it looks like she will have a romance with the Japanese pilot they capture but we'll have to wait and see.
Believe it or not there's another Pearl Buck story that sort of features interracial marriage; the letter to Peking. White woman with a mixed Asian man.
I think Peal Buck had a thing for Asian men but was marries so she didn't date any, at least not that anyone knows about. Thanks, Sveta, I'll look for that one too.
Hello Pamela, I've seen you on 8 Asians. Very impressive list, I'll definitely have to check them out. :)
Thanks for stopping by, Krantzstone. Many of these are great reads.
This is for young adults: So Totally Emily Ebers and Stanford Wong Flunks Big Time by Lisa Yee. Its an AM/WF hehe, very highly recommended.
Also, there's Fire and Ice by Anne Stuart. I haven't read it but I think it might Japanese Male/White Female.
Thanks, Sveta. I loved Anne Stuart's Ice Blue so I'll have to get Fire and Ice. She has a few other books with "ice" in the title but they don't appear to be AM/WF books.
I've been looking for more good books to read so I'll have to make an order to Amazon. :o)
Aidenwood, there are many books out there but it's not always easy to find them so I compiled a list to make it easier. Thanks for reading.
Your wallet is about to kill me but I discovered even more AM/WF novels; two more are by Pearl Buck (I'm beginning to suspect you may be right. It's called The Living Reed, there's a subplot about a brother or so being together with a Russian woman. Another is called Mandala which has Indian as in South Asian Male and white female.) There's also a book called Almost Japanese by Sarah Sheard that might possibly have Japanese Male and White female relationship. Tiger's Tail by Gus Lee, Yellow by Don Lee (unfortunately only one story kind of has a happy ending between AM/WF. The rest have bad endings :() There are three more books but for the life of me I can't recall their authors or titles, although I'll give the summaries anyways.
I suspect all three are by male authors. Two are written by the same male author, Australian I believe, and another possibly by a Chinese male. Here are the summaries:
One story I recall is a Chinese man falling in love with a woman and there's sort of a telling of one of the Chinese classical novels. All I recall is that another woman is involved and that the white girl gets sick and he has to find the ending to the unfinished classic to learn what will happen next. The same author also wrote another novel that features AM/WF couple something involving the father.
The last one, for the life of me I can't remember author or title but I recall the summary somewhat. A Chinese guy during 1980s comes over to America to study and gains a girlfriend but finds himself unhappy. I think he goes back to China and is involved with Tiananmen Square incident. If I recall right, he's supposed to be the tank man; there might be brother involvement but I could be wrong.
If you or anyone else might know the last three books, please let me know. Sorry I couldn't be more help.
Before I forget, there might be a possibility that two books by David Yoo might be AM/WF: Stop Me if you've heard this one before, and Girls for breakfast. If they are, please let me know :)
I've read Yellow by Don Lee but like you said the interactions with white women were so dysfunctional I didn't put it on the list but some of my readers might be interested anyway so I'll go ahead and add it. Thanks for the new list of books. I'll write them in.
You don't have to add Yellow in. I remember trying to read it, but it made me feel sad because the portrayal of white women wasn't accurate. (When I dated my Korean ex, my family was very nice to him and treated him like a human being.) It would have been nice if more AM/WF in that book were happier rather than depressing.
I think Don Lee has had bad experiences with white women and it is reflected in his writing. It's a good book, don't get me wrong, he's a good writer it just doesn't show Caucasian women in a good light.
Any chance I can share my story blog in here? :D I write AM/WF although at the moment it would be Korean men and white women stories haha.
Sveta, I couldn't find Mandala. Do you know the author's name?
Feel free to post your link. You have been a great help finding new books, it's the least I can do. :o)
Mandala is by Pearl Buck. I'll try to update my blog regularly and I'm glad to be of help.
Okay, I didn't catch that. I'll add it in. Thanks.
Thanks Pamela..that's nice post
Thanks for reading, htodd.
I could be wrong, but I suspect that White Pearl will not be AM/WF
Sveta, I'll find out because I just got it in the mail from Amazon yesterday. It looks like a good story, I haven't started it yet I've had a lot of writing to do lately but I'll let you know what I find out.
Sorry to bother again, but I don't think Living Reed by Pearl Buck has AM/WF. I suspect that I might have misread it or misunderstood it. Sorry again :(
Okay, I'll remove that one.
Sveta, I'm not finished with White Pearl but it definitely is a AM/WF novel. I won't give details to ruin the story but there is a Caucasian woman and Japanese man romance in the story. It's set in Malaysia during the war.
Sadly, I think AMazon removed Rice on White because its no longer aviable. Hopefully this means it'll pop up someother way later and isn't gone for good I would really like to read it.
Nichol, books go out of print but sometimes you can find a used copy. Who was the author?
Rice on White Dang Won the one aviable on Kindle only.
I saw Noli Me Tangere (Touch Me Not) by Jose Rizal listed above. It is a classic of Philippine revolutionary literature; however, I don't remember any AM/WF story there, although the hero's love interest is a mestiza (half-Filipina, half-Spanish). On a side note, it seems the author Jose Rizal had a long string of real-life romances with European women, and eventually married an Irish girl (Josephine Bracken) before he was executed by the Spanish colonial government.
Nichol, I haven't heard of that one. It's a shame it's no longer available.
Hector, I haven't read that one. I got that information on a review site. Perhaps they were thinking of his personal life and not his story. That's a shame he was executed. The Philippine people have suffered a lot over the years.
There are several series missing from your list.
Tomorrow, When the War began is actually a series of novels where the lead character is a Australian girl with a Asian romantic interests. Here is the list of titles:
Tomorrow When the War Began
Dead of Night
Third Day, The Frost
Darkness, My Friend
Burning For Revenge
The Night is for Hunting
The Other Side of Dawn
This led to a follow up of another trilogy called the Ellie Chronicles:
While I live
Incurable
Circle of Flight
There's another set of thrillers written by Barry Eisler who is a Asian American hitman with a Israeli romantic interest:
Rain Fall
Hard Rain
Rain Storm
Killing Rain
The Last Assassin
Requiem for an Assassin
Condorjoe, thanks for these additions. I'll check into them.
This article is soon becoming a novel in itself. Thanks to all of you that are continuing to add books.
anglnwu Level 7 Commenter 13 months ago
This is a really amazing list. As an Asian woman married to a White guy (the opposite), it's good to know there are many books about inter-racial relationship. Will be looking for some of the non-fiction titles--they sound interesting. Rated up!