April showers bring May flowers, and May brings a new set of reading prompts for those in need of some reading inspiration. This month is Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage month and Mother’s Day is also this month, so our prompts will focus there.

As always, the books listed are merely suggestions, and you are not limited to only the books I have listed. Also, I haven’t read all of the suggested books. Some of them I pulled from other reader’s lists because the synopsis sounded interesting. Do your due diligence to check trigger warnings, etc before jumping in. Happy reading!

This month is Asian American & Pacific Islander heritage month, so let’s read a book (or two) written by an AAPI author. Here are a few suggestions:

And a few others:

• Mika in Real Life by Emiko Jean
• Age of Vice by Deepti Kapoor
• Vera Wong’s Unsolicited Advice for Murderers by Jesse Q. Sutanto
• All This Could be Different by Sarah Thankam Mathews
• Real Americans by Rachel Khong
• Natural Beauty by Ling Ling Huang

Since mother’s day is this month, let’s read a book that focuses on a mother/child relationship. Here are a few suggestions. Some are dysfunctional while others are close-knit. Pick your poison.

And a few others:

• One Italian Summer by Rebecca Serle
• Is She Really Going Out With Him? by Sophie Cousens
• Mother-Daughter Murder Night by Nina Simon
• Like Mother, Like Mother by Susan Rieger
• Sins of the Mother by Tara Hyland
• Sandwich by Catherine Newman

For more reading prompts and to see my progress on these and other challenges check out this page.

If you’re playing along, don’t forget to tag your posts on Instagram or Threads using the #JRIA25 hashtag.

Happy reading!