API Authors
Listen to audiobooks by authors of Asian and/or Pacific Islander descent.
Seoulmates
By: Susan Lee
Narrated by: Hannah Choi & Raymond Lee
Length: 8 hours 24 minutes
Abridged: No
"The perfect childhood friends-to-lovers story—full stop." —Christina Lauren, New York Times bestselling authors of The Unhoneymooners and The Soulmate Equation
Her ex-boyfriend wants her back. Her former best friend is in town. When did Hannah’s life become a K-drama?
Hannah Cho had the next year all planned out—the perfect summer with her... 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 audiobookDandelion
By: Jamie Chai Yun Liew
Narrated by: Jennifer Hui
Length: 8 hours 27 minutes
Abridged: No
When Lily was eleven years old, her mother, Swee Hua, walked away from the family, never to be seen or heard from again. Now a new mother herself, Lily becomes obsessed with finding out what happened to Swee Hua. She recalls the spring of 1987, growing up in a small British Columbia mining town where there were only a handful of Asian... Read more
View audiobookThis Is One Way to Dance
By: Sejal Shah
Narrated by: Priya Ayyar
Length: 4 hours 52 minutes
Abridged: No
A powerful meditation on identity and belonging, Sejal Shah explores the tension of being both invisible and hyper-visible in a country that struggles with race. The daughter of immigrants from Indian and Kenya, Shah wrestles with her experiences growing up in—and returning to—western New York, an area of stark racial and socioeconomic... Read more
View audiobookTake Back Your Power
By: Deborah Liu
Narrated by: Deborah Liu
Length: 5 hours 38 minutes
Abridged: No
Read by the author.You can't make the world fair, but you can take back your power. As a woman in Silicon Valley who worked her way to the top of the corporate ladder--she's a former VP at Facebook and the current president and CEO of Ancestry--Deborah Liu knows firsthand the challenges and obstacles in the workplace that keep the deck stacked... Read more
View audiobookMika in Real Life
By: Emiko Jean
Narrated by: Sura Siu & Andi Arndt
Length: 10 hours 58 minutes
Abridged: No
A GOOD MORNING AMERICA and READ WITH MARIE CLAIRE BOOK CLUB PICK!Named a best book by Glamour, Marie Claire, TIME, Good Housekeeping, Cosmopolitan, and more!From New York Times bestselling Emiko Jean, a whip-smart, laugh-out-loud funny, and utterly heartwarming novel about motherhood, daughterhood, and love—how we find it, keep it, and how it... Read more
View audiobookLife Ceremony
By: Sayaka Murata
Narrated by: Natalie Naudus, Eunice Wong, Pun Bandhu, variou...
Length: 5 hours 54 minutes
Abridged: No
The long-awaited first short story-collection by the author of the cult sensation Convenience Store Woman, tales of weird love, heartfelt friendships, and the unsettling nature of human existenceWith Life Ceremony, the incomparable Sayaka Murata is back with her first collection of short stories ever to be translated into English. In Japan,... Read more
View audiobookBeating Heart Baby
By: Lio Min
Narrated by: Alejandro Antonio Ruiz & Jensen Silvio
Length: 10 hours 5 minutes
Abridged: No
Lio Min’s Beating Heart Baby is a “dizzying, sexy, and utterly heartfelt” (Mary H. K. Choi) love letter to internet friendships, anime, and indie rock
When artistic and sensitive Santi arrives at his new high school, everyone in the wildly talented marching band welcomes him with open arms. Everyone except for the prickly, proud musical prodigy... Read more
Spirit Hunters #3: Something Wicked
By: Ellen Oh
Narrated by: Amielynn Abellera
Length: 5 hours 25 minutes
Abridged: No
The riveting conclusion to the acclaimed Spirit Hunters series!We Need Diverse Books cofounder Ellen Oh delivers the final book in her middle grade series Spirit Hunters, a gripping mystery and thrilling adventure, starring a Korean-American heroine and a diverse cast of characters.Harper is dealing with too many new changes in her house. Her... Read more
View audiobookThings We Do in the Dark
By: Jennifer Hillier
Narrated by: Carla Vega
Length: 12 hours 21 minutes
Abridged: No
This audiobook includes a bonus conversation between the author and actor Brandi Cyrus.
Winner of Best Audiobook at the 2023 ITW (International Thriller Writers) Thriller Awards.
Things We Do in the Dark is a brilliant new thriller from Jennifer Hillier, the award-winning author of the breakout novels Little Secrets and Jar of Hearts. Paris... Read more
Death Doesn't Forget
By: Ed Lin
Narrated by: Ewan Chung
Length: 8 hours 14 minutes
Abridged: No
Taipei is rocked by the back-to-back murders of a recent lottery winner and a police captain just as the city is preparing to host the big Austronesian Cultural Festival, which has brought in indigenous performers from all around the Pacific Rim to the island nation of Taiwan. Jing-nan, the proprietor of Unknown Pleasures, a popular food stand... Read more
View audiobookCircling Back to You
By: Julie Tieu
Narrated by: Natalie Naudus & Reuben Uy
Length: 8 hours 43 minutes
Abridged: No
Julie Tieu, an exciting new and diverse voice in contemporary romance, returns with a hilarious and sexy new novel about colleagues who decide to take their relationship outside the office.Cadence Lim has transformed from behind-the-scenes number cruncher to an integral part of the sales team at Prism Realty. But despite moving up the corporate... Read more
View audiobookSelf-Portrait with Ghost
By: Meng Jin
Narrated by: Cindy Kay
Length: 7 hours 14 minutes
Abridged: No
“A knockout short story collection...Each one of these 10 dizzyingly immersive stories offers up a heady and visceral portrait of what ails us, from isolation and self-doubt, to unrequited love and regret over what might have been, to what it means to be (and to be considered) an American."" -- San Francisco ChronicleMeng Jin’s critically... Read more
View audiobookThe Earthspinner
By: Anuradha Roy
Narrated by: Maya Saroya
Length: 6 hours 54 minutes
Abridged: No
From the critically acclaimed, Booker Prize-nominated author of Sleeping on Jupiter and All the Lives We Never Lived, an incisive and moving novel about the struggle for creative achievement in a world consumed by growing fanaticism and political upheaval.One night, Elango has a dream that consumes him, driving him to give it shape. The potter... Read more
View audiobookTake No Names
By: Daniel Nieh
Narrated by: Ewan Chung
Length: 8 hours 3 minutes
Abridged: No
A riveting thriller about a fugitive in search of a quick payday in Mexico City who finds himself in the crosshairs of a dangerous international scheme.Victor Li is a man without a past. To his new employer, Mark, he’s just an anonymous hired hand to help with the dirty work. Together, they break into storage units that contain the possessions... Read more
View audiobookTrinity, Trinity, Trinity
By: Erika Kobayashi
Narrated by: Emily Woo Zeller
Length: 5 hours 34 minutes
Abridged: No
A literary thriller about the effects of nuclear power on the mind, body, and recorded history of three generations of Japanese womenNine years after the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant disaster, Japan is preparing for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. An unnamed narrator wakes up in a cold, sterile room, unable to recall her past. Across the... Read more
View audiobookIn the Beautiful Country
By: Jane Kuo
Narrated by: Sura Siu
Length: 2 hours 43 minutes
Abridged: No
For fans of Jasmine Warga and Thanhhà Lại, this is a stunning novel in verse about a young Taiwanese immigrant to America who is confronted by the stark difference between dreams and reality.Anna can’t wait to move to the beautiful country—the Chinese name for America. Although she’s only ever known life in Taiwan, she can’t help but brag about... Read more
View audiobookEm
By: Kim Thúy
Narrated by: Kim Thúy
Length: 2 hours 58 minutes
Abridged: No
Em is a virtuosic novel of profound power and sensitivity and an enduring affirmation of the greatest act of resistance: love.In the midst of war, an ordinary miracle: an abandoned baby tenderly cared for by a young boy living on the streets of Saigon. The boy is Louis, the child of a long-gone American soldier. Louis calls the baby em Hồng, em... Read more
View audiobookRadical Radiance
By: Angela Jia Kim
Narrated by: Angela Jia Kim
Length: 7 hours 5 minutes
Abridged: No
This program is read by the author.
A magical 12-week self-love program that helps readers to radiate inner and outer glow to manifest beauty, abundance and joy, from the founder and CEO of Savor Beauty + Spa.
We can all think of someone who radiates beauty, vibrancy, and confidence that emanates from a lit-from-within quality. But what exactly... Read more
Dante’s Indiana
By: Randy Boyagoda
Narrated by: Randy Boyagoda
Length: 7 hours 31 minutes
Abridged: No
Following Original Prin, a NYTBR Editor’s Choice and Globe and Mail Best Book, Dante’s Indiana is an extraordinary journey through the divine comedies and tragedies of our time.Middle-aged, married, but living on his own, Prin has lost his way. Desperate for money and purpose, he moves to small-town Indiana to work for an evangelical... Read more
View audiobookKapaemahu
By: Hinaleimoana Wong-Kalu, Dean Hamer & Joe Wilson
Narrated by: Hinaleimoana Wong-Kalu
Length: 23 minutes
Abridged: No
An Indigenous legend about how four extraordinary individuals of dual male and female spirit, or Mahu, brought healing arts from Tahiti to Hawaii, based on the Academy Award–contending short film.
In the 15th century, four Mahu sail from Tahiti to Hawaii and share their gifts of science and healing with the people of Waikiki. The islanders return... Read more
This Place Is Still Beautiful
By: XiXi Tian
Narrated by: Katharine Chin & Cindy Kay
Length: 10 hours 15 minutes
Abridged: No
With five starred reviews, this is an acclaimed novel about sisterhood, family, and the pernicious legacy of racism. Perfect for fans of Tahereh Mafi, Jandy Nelson, and Emily X.R. Pan, with crossover appeal for readers of Brit Bennett’s The Vanishing Half.The Flanagan sisters are as different as they come. Seventeen-year-old Annalie is bubbly,... Read more
View audiobookPrivate Label
By: Kelly Yang
Narrated by: Natalie Naudus & David Lee Huynh
Length: 8 hours 30 minutes
Abridged: No
The Devil Wears Prada meets Far from the Tree in New York Times bestselling author Kelly Yang’s powerful love story about two teens searching for their place in the world.Serene dreams of making couture dresses even more stunning than her mom’s, but for now she’s an intern at her mom’s fashion label. When her mom receives a sudden diagnosis of... Read more
View audiobookTokyo Dreaming
By: Emiko Jean
Narrated by: Ali Ahn
Length: 9 hours 11 minutes
Abridged: No
Return to Tokyo for a royal wedding in Emiko Jean's Tokyo Dreaming, the sequel to the Reese Witherspoon YA Book Club Pick and New York Times bestseller Tokyo Ever After.
When Japanese-American Izumi Tanaka learned her father was the Crown Prince of Japan, she became a princess overnight. Now, she’s overcome conniving cousins, salacious press, and... Read more
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