API Authors
Listen to audiobooks by authors of Asian and/or Pacific Islander descent.
The Covenant of Water
By: Abraham Verghese
Narrated by: Abraham Verghese
Length: 31 hours 16 minutes
Abridged: No
From the New York Timesābestselling author of Cutting for Stone comes a stunning and magisterial epic of love, faith, and medicine, set in Kerala, South India, following three generations of a family seeking the answers to a strange secret
The Covenant of Water is the long-awaited new novel by Abraham Verghese, the author of the major... Read more
Babel
By: R. F. Kuang
Narrated by: Chris Lew Kum Hoi & Billie Fulford-Brown
Length: 21 hours 45 minutes
Abridged: No
From award-winning author R. F. Kuang comesĀ Babel, a thematic response toĀ The Secret HistoryĀ and a tonal retort toĀ Jonathan Strange & Mr. NorrellĀ that grapples with student revolutions, colonial resistance, and the use of language and translation as the dominating tool of the British empire. Traduttore, traditore: An act of translation is... Read more
View audiobookCrying in H Mart
By: Michelle Zauner
Narrated by: Michelle Zauner
Length: 7 hours 22 minutes
Abridged: No
From the indie rockstar of Japanese Breakfast fame, and author of the viral 2018 New Yorker essay that shares the title of this book, an unflinching, powerful memoir about growing up Korean American, losing her mother, and forging her own identity.
In this exquisite story of family, food, grief, and endurance, Michelle Zauner proves herself far... Read more
The Fox Wife
By: Yangsze Choo
Narrated by: Yangsze Choo
Length: 14 hours 36 minutes
Abridged: No
This program is read by the author.
"Choo narrates the book herself with a grace of voice and manner that is rare in authors. Further, she delivers Chinese names and phrases with the intonation of a native speaker, lending another level of authenticity to this odd and wonderful tale."āThe Washington Post
"Yangsze Choo again takes on narration... Read more
Knife
By: Salman Rushdie
Narrated by: Salman Rushdie
Length: 6 hours 22 minutes
Abridged: No
NATIONAL BESTSELLER ā¢ From internationally renowned writer and Booker Prize winner Salman Rushdie, a searing, deeply personal account of enduringāand survivingāan attempt on his life thirty years after the fatwa that was ordered against him
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On the morning of August 12, 2022, Salman Rushdie was standing onstage at the Chautauqua Institution,... Read more
Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers
By: Jesse Q. Sutanto
Narrated by: Eunice Wong
Length: 10 hours 41 minutes
Abridged: No
A USA Today bestseller
A lonely shopkeeper takes it upon herself to solve a murder in the most peculiar way in this captivating mystery by Jesse Q. Sutanto, bestselling author of Dial A for Aunties.
Vera Wong is a lonely little old ladyāah, lady of a certain ageāwho lives above her forgotten tea shop in the middle of San Franciscoās Chinatown.... Read more
The Three-Body Problem
By: Cixin Liu
Narrated by: Luke Daniels
Length: 13 hours 25 minutes
Abridged: No
The inspiration for the Netflix series 3 Body Problem!
WINNER OF THE HUGO AWARD FOR BEST NOVEL
Over 1 million copies sold in North America
āA mind-bending epic.āāThe New York Times ā¢ āWar of the Worlds for the 21st century.āāThe Wall Street Journal ā¢ āFascinating.āāTIME ā¢ āExtraordinary.āāThe New Yorker ā¢ āWildly imaginative.āāBarack Obama ā¢... Read more
How High We Go in the Dark
By: Sequoia Nagamatsu
Narrated by: Julia Whelan, Brian Nishii, Keisuke Hoashi, Mac...
Length: 9 hours 20 minutes
Abridged: No
NATIONAL BESTSELLER ā¢ NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW EDITORS' CHOICE ā¢ ROXANE GAY'S AUDACIOUS BOOK CLUB PICK ā¢ FINALIST FOR THE URSULA K. LE GUIN PRIZE""Moving and thought-provoking . . . offering psychological insights in lyrical prose while seriously exploring speculative conceits.""Ā āĀ New York Times Book Review""Haunting and luminous . . .... Read more
View audiobookThe Poppy War
By: R. F. Kuang
Narrated by: Emily Woo Zeller
Length: 19 hours 27 minutes
Abridged: No
An AudioFile Magazine Best Audiobook of 2018!A Library Journal,Ā Paste Magazine, and ENTROPYĀ Best Books of 2018 pick!Washington Post ""5 Best Science Fiction and Fantasy Novel of 2018"" pick!A Bustle ""30 Best Fiction Books of 2018"" pick!āI have no doubt this will end up being the best fantasy debut of the year [...] I have absolutely no doubt... Read more
View audiobookDaughter of the Moon Goddess
By: Sue Lynn Tan
Narrated by: Natalie Naudus
Length: 15 hours
Abridged: No
The acclaimed national and international bestsellerāEpic, romantic, and enthralling from start to finish.āāStephanie Garber, #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Caraval seriesāAn all-consuming work of literary fantasy that is breathtaking both for its beauty and its suspense.""āBookPage, starred reviewA captivating and romantic debut... Read more
View audiobookPachinko (National Book Award Finalist)
By: Min Jin Lee
Narrated by: Allison Hiroto
Length: 18 hours 15 minutes
Abridged: No
A New York Times Top Ten Book of the Year and National Book Award finalist, Pachinko is an "extraordinary epic" of four generations of a poor Korean immigrant family as they fight to control their destiny in 20th-century Japan (San Francisco Chronicle).
NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF 2017 * A USA TODAY TOP TEN OF 2017 * JULY PICK FOR THE PBS... Read more
Know My Name
By: Chanel Miller
Narrated by: Chanel Miller
Length: 15 hours 24 minutes
Abridged: No
Universally acclaimed, rapturously reviewed, winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award for autobiography, and an instant New York Times bestseller, Chanel Miller's breathtaking memoir "gives readers the privilege of knowing her not just as Emily Doe, but as Chanel Miller the writer, the artist, the survivor, the fighter." (The Wrap).
"I... Read more
Happiness Falls (Good Morning America Book Club)
By: Angie Kim
Narrated by: Shannon Tyo, Sean Patrick Hopkins, Thomas Pruyn...
Length: 13 hours 3 minutes
Abridged: No
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER ā¢ GOOD MORNING AMERICA BOOK CLUB PICKĀ ā¢Ā When a father goes missing, his familyās desperate search leads them to question everything they know about him and one anotherĀ in this thrillingĀ page-turner,Ā a deeply moving portrait of a family in crisisĀ from the award-winning author of Miracle Creek.
OPRAH DAILYāS #1 NOVEL OF... Read more
Heart of the Sun Warrior
By: Sue Lynn Tan
Narrated by: Natalie Naudus
Length: 13 hours 51 minutes
Abridged: No
The stunning sequel to Daughter of the Moon Goddess delves deeper into beloved Chinese mythology, concluding the epic story of Xingyināthe daughter of Changāe and the mortal archer, Houyiāas she battles a grave new threat to the realm, in this powerful tale of love, sacrifice, and hope.Ā After winning her motherās freedom from the Celestial... Read more
View audiobookFlux
By: Jinwoo Chong
Narrated by: David Lee Huynh
Length: 9 hours 8 minutes
Abridged: No
A blazingly original and stylish debut novel about a young man whose reality unravels when he suspects his mysterious employers have inadvertently discovered time travelāand are using it to cover up a string of violent crimes . . .
Four days before Christmas, eight-year-old Bo loses his mother in a tragic accident, twenty-eight-year-old Brandon... Read more
The Cartographers
By: Peng Shepherd
Narrated by: Emily Woo Zeller, Nancy Wu, Karen Chilton, Ron ...
Length: 14 hours 41 minutes
Abridged: No
From the critically acclaimed author ofĀ The Book of M, a highly imaginative thriller about a young woman who discovers that a strange map in her deceased fatherās belongings holds an incredible, deadly secretāone that will lead her on an extraordinary adventure and to the truth about her familyās dark history.Ā What is the purpose of a map?Ā Nell... Read more
View audiobookThe Annual Migration of Clouds
By: Premee Mohamed
Narrated by: Eva Tavares
Length: 4 hours 49 minutes
Abridged: No
āThis packs a punch.ā ā Publishers Weekly āOne of the most unique and engaging voices in genre fiction.ā ā Booklist āIn this rich and nuanced universe, Mohamed offers an emotionally fierce and human story that takes the time and space to personalize apocalypse.ā ā STARRED review, Quill & Quire A novella set in postāclimate disaster... Read more
View audiobookOn Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
By: Ocean Vuong
Narrated by: Ocean Vuong
Length: 7 hours 18 minutes
Abridged: No
A New York Times bestseller ā¢ Nominated for the National Book Award for Fiction ā¢ Ocean Vuongās debut novel is a shattering portrait of a family, a first love, and the redemptive power of storytelling
āA lyrical work of self-discovery thatās shockingly intimate and insistently universalā¦Not so much briefly gorgeous as permanently stunning.āĀ āRon... Read more
Another Appalachia
By: Neema Avashia
Narrated by: Jeed Saddy
Length: 5 hours 46 minutes
Abridged: No
When Neema Avashia tells people where she's from, their response is nearly always a disbelieving "There are Indian people in West Virginia?" A queer Asian American teacher and writer, Avashia fits few Appalachian stereotypes. But the lessons she learned in childhood about race and class, gender and sexuality continue to inform the way she moves... Read more
View audiobookWhat My Bones Know
By: Stephanie Foo
Narrated by: Stephanie Foo
Length: 10 hours 5 minutes
Abridged: No
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER ā¢ A searing memoir of reckoning and healing by acclaimed journalist Stephanie Foo, investigating the little-understood science behind complex PTSD and how it has shaped her life
āAchingly exquisite . . . providing real hope for those who long to heal.āāLori Gottlieb, New York Times bestselling author of Maybe You Should... Read more
Age of Revolutions
By: Fareed Zakaria
Narrated by: Fareed Zakaria
Length: 13 hours 2 minutes
Abridged: No
The internationally bestselling author explores the revolutionsāpast and presentāthat define the chaotic, polarized, and unstable age in which we live.
Populist rage, ideological fracture, economic and technological shocks, geopolitical dangers, and an international system studded with catastrophic riskāthe early decades of the 21st century may... Read more
Memory Piece
By: Lisa Ko
Narrated by: Eunice Wong
Length: 9 hours 38 minutes
Abridged: No
NAMED A VOGUE BEST BOOK OF 2024
NAMED A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF THE YEAR BY BOOKRIOT, THE MILLIONS, LITHUB AND MORE!
"A moving, strikingly evocative exploration of New York's art, tech, and activism scenes across the decades."āVogue
The award-winning author of The Leavers offers a visionary novel of friendship, art, and ambition that asks: What is... Read more
The Emperor and the Endless Palace
By: Justinian Huang
Narrated by: Dylan J. Locke, Will Dao & Telly Leung
Length: 9 hours 52 minutes
Abridged: No
"A sweeping triumph in queer romance." āBooklist
āWhat if I told you that the feeling we call love is actually the feeling of metaphysical recognition, when your soul remembers someone from a previous life?ā
In the year 4 BCE, an ambitious courtier is called upon to seduce the young emperorābut quickly discovers they are both ruled by blood, sex... Read more
Real Americans
By: Rachel Khong
Narrated by: Louisa Zhu, Eric Yang & Eunice Wong
Length: 14 hours 40 minutes
Abridged: No
A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK ā¢Ā From the award-winning author of Goodbye, Vitamin: How far would you go to shape your own destiny?Ā An exhilarating novel of American identity that spans three generations in one family and asks: What makes us who we are? And how inevitable are our futures?
"Mesmerizing"āBrit Bennett ā¢ "A page turner.āāHa Jin ā¢ āGorgeous,... Read more
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