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Eyes That Speak to the Stars

By: Joanna Ho

Narrated by: Justin Chien

Length: 5 minutes

Abridged: No

New York Times bestselling team Joanna Ho and Dung Ho present Eyes That Speak to the Stars, companion to the acclaimed Eyes That Kiss in the Corners.“A brilliant treatise to love of self and heritage.” —School Library Journal (starred review)“A beautifully validating book that builds on the necessary work of its predecessor.” —Kirkus“Affirmative... Read more

Dream, Annie, Dream

By: Waka T. Brown

Narrated by: Sophie Oda

Length: 8 hours 6 minutes

Abridged: No

In this empowering deconstruction of the so-called American Dream, a twelve-year-old Japanese American girl grapples with, and ultimately rises above, the racism and trials of middle school she experiences while chasing her dreams.As the daughter of immigrants who came to America for a better life, Annie Inoue was raised to dream big. And at the... Read more

Thank You, Mr. Nixon

By: Gish Jen

Narrated by: Justin Chien, Catherine Ho, Annie Q & Eunice Wong

Length: 8 hours 42 minutes

Abridged: No

The acclaimed, award-winning author of The Resisters takes measure of the fifty years since the opening of China and its unexpected effects on the lives of ordinary people. It is a unique book that only Jen could write—a story collection accruing the power of a novel as it proceeds—a work that Cynthia Ozick has called “an art beyond art. It is... Read more

My Baby First Birthday

By: Jenny Zhang

Narrated by: Jenny Zhang

Length: 2 hours 32 minutes

Abridged: No

Radiant and tender, My Baby First Birthday is a collection that examines innocence, asking us who gets to be loved and who has to deplete themselves just to survive. It's about existence and nonexistence, about being born—without consent. Jenny Zhang writes about accepting pain, about the way we fetishize womanhood and motherhood, and reduce... Read more

Loveboat Reunion

By: Abigail Hing Wen

Narrated by: Emily Woo Zeller

Length: 11 hours 32 minutes

Abridged: No

This companion novel to Abigail Hing Wen’s New York Times bestselling debut, Loveboat, Taipei, takes readers back to Taipei through the eyes of fan favorites Sophie and Xavier—on an unforgettable journey of glittering revelry and self-discovery that’s perfect for fans of Jenny Han and Mary H. K. Choi. Stream Love in Taipei, the movie adaptation... Read more

Hunger

By: Lan Samantha Chang

Narrated by: Eunice Wong

Length: 6 hours 23 minutes

Abridged: No

Not since Maxine Hong Kingston and Amy Tan has a fiction writer explored with such powerful intensity the experience of being Asian American. The characters who inhabit this extraordinary fictional debut are caught between the burden of their past history and the fragility of their unchartered future. Hunger illuminates how first-generation... Read more

Love in the Library

By: Maggie Tokuda-Hall

Narrated by: Sura Siu

Length: 14 minutes

Abridged: No

To fall in love is already a gift. But to fall in love in a place like Minidoka, a place built to make people feel like they weren’t human—that was miraculous. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, Tama is sent to live in a War Relocation Center in the desert. All Japanese Americans from the West Coast—elderly people, children, babies—now live in... Read more

Fiona and Jane

By: Jean Chen Ho

Narrated by: Natalie Naudus

Length: 7 hours 17 minutes

Abridged: No

A TIME, NPR, VOGUE, OPRAH DAILY, AND VULTURE BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR (SO FAR)

One of TIME’s 100 Must-Read Books of 2022

“Ho's debut work is the perfect modern example of great American fiction. . . . You will love it.” —Jake Tapper

“Intimate, cinematic. . . . The world Ho creates between the two women feels like one friend reading the other’s story,... Read more

Huntress

By: Malinda Lo

Narrated by: Emily Woo Zeller

Length: 10 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: No

A different kind of hero's quest.

Nature is out of balance in the human kingdom. The sun hasn’t shone in years, crops are failing, and families are starving. Worst yet, strange and hostile creatures have begun to appear. The people’s survival hangs in the balance.

To solve the crisis, the oracle stones are cast, and the destinies of two... Read more

Her Big City Neighbor

By: Jackie Lau

Narrated by: Emily Woo Zeller

Length: 7 hours 1 minute

Abridged: No

A grumpy/sunshine rom-com!



When small-town engineer Amy Sharpe inherits a house in Toronto, she decides it's the perfect opportunity to start over and go back to school. Away from the family that takes her for granted, away from the ex who expected so much and gave little in return.



The new Amy enjoys wandering around the city and frequenting... Read more

Our Violent Ends

By: Chloe Gong

Narrated by: Cindy Kay

Length: 17 hours 24 minutes

Abridged: No

The year is 1927, and Shanghai teeters on the edge of revolution. After sacrificing her relationship with Roma to protect him from the blood feud, Juliette has been a girl on the warpath. One wrong move, and her cousin will step in to usurp her place as the Scarlet Gang's heir. The only way to save the boy she loves from the wrath of the... Read more

A Daughter of the Samurai

By: Etsu Inagaki Sugimoto

Narrated by: June Angela

Length: 10 hours 42 minutes

Abridged: No

The youngest daughter of a high-ranking samurai, Etsu was destined to become a priestess and was molded for that path by some of the best teachers. But her fate changed when she was married off to a businessman and sent across the world to America. Finding herself miles away from the life she had imagined, she had to learn all about a new... Read more

Kalyana

By: Rajni Mala Khelawan

Narrated by: Saara Chaudry

Length: 9 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: No

Growing up in the Fiji Islands in the late 1960s, Kalyana Mani Seth is an impressionable, plump young girl suited to the meaning of her name: blissful, blessed, the auspicious one. Her mother educates Kalyana about her Indian heritage, vividly telling tales of mischievous Krishna and powerful Mother Kali, and recounting her grandparents’... Read more

Love, Chai, and Other Four-Letter Words

By: Annika Sharma

Narrated by: Zehra Jane Naqvi

Length: 10 hours 50 minutes

Abridged: No

Kiran Mathur knows firsthand how dangerous love can be. After all, her sister's marriage in India nearly destroyed Kiran's family. So she's decided to redeem romance herself?by not falling for anyone who might disappoint her parents. That is, that was her plan right up until she met her new neighbor, Nash Hawthorne. Nash is a dedicated... Read more

When Strivings Cease

By: Ruth Chou Simons

Narrated by: Ruth Chou Simons

Length: 5 hours 46 minutes

Abridged: No

Grace Secures What Striving CannotIn this hustling, image-forward age of opportunity, we feel more anxious than ever. Despite all the affirming memes and self-reflections that dominate social media feeds, approval and worth often seem assigned to what we do rather than who we are. And we end up constantly feeling like we’re behind, lacking, and... Read more

The Loneliest Americans

By: Jay Caspian Kang

Narrated by: Intae Kim

Length: 7 hours 33 minutes

Abridged: No

A “provocative and sweeping” (Time) blend of family history and original reportage that explores—and reimagines—Asian American identity in a Black and white world

“[Kang’s] exploration of class and identity among Asian Americans will be talked about for years to come.”—Jennifer Szalai, The New York Times Book Review (Editors’ Choice)

ONE OF THE... Read more

Sweet Like Jasmine

By: Bonnie Gray

Narrated by: Bonnie Gray

Length: 8 hours 42 minutes

Abridged: No

Christian Book Award - Finalist 2022 (print)!!​

This is the story of God whispering, “What no one wants, I cherish.”

The daughter of a mail-order bride and a busboy from San Francisco’s Chinatown, Bonnie Gray grew up never truly feeling beautiful or beloved. As an adult, she built her life to look pleasant and ordinary, with a wonderful husband,... Read more

Our Voices, Our Histories

By: Shirley Hune & Gail M. Nomura

Narrated by: Raechel Wong

Length: 20 hours 49 minutes

Abridged: No

An innovative anthology showcasing Asian American and Pacific Islander women's histories



Our Voices, Our Histories brings together thirty-five Asian American and Pacific Islander authors in a single volume to explore the historical experiences, perspectives, and actions of Asian American and Pacific Islander women in the United States and... Read more

The Last Cherry Blossom

By: Kathleen Burkinshaw

Narrated by: Yuuki Luna

Length: 4 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: No

Yuriko was happy growing up in Hiroshima when it was just her and Papa. But her aunt, Kimiko, and her cousin, Genji, are living with them now, and the family is only getting bigger with talk of a double marriage! And while things are changing at home, the world beyond their doors is even more unpredictable: World War II is coming to an end, and... Read more

Amira & Hamza: The War to Save the Worlds

By: Samira Ahmed

Narrated by: Soneela Nankani

Length: 8 hours 12 minutes

Abridged: No

From bestselling author Samira Ahmed comes a thrilling fantasy adventure intertwining Islamic legend and history, perfect for fans of Aru Shah and the Land of Stories.
 
On the day of a rare super blue blood moon eclipse, twelve-year-old Amira and her little brother, Hamza, can’t stop their bickering while attending a special exhibit on medieval... Read more

The Earthspinner

By: Anuradha Roy

Narrated by: Maya Saroya

Length: 6 hours 39 minutes

Abridged: No

'A writer of great subtlety and intelligence, who understands that emotional power comes from the steady accretion of detail' Kamila Shamsie, Guardian

'She writes elegantly and intelligently whatever the subject matter' Francesca Angelini, The Times

'A compulsively readable novel' Manil Suri, New York Times

'A horse was in flames. It roamed beneath... Read more

The Passenger

By: Chaney Kwak

Narrated by: Keong Sim

Length: 3 hours 33 minutes

Abridged: No

In March 2019, the Viking Sky cruise ship was struck by a bomb cyclone in the North Atlantic. Rocked by fifty-foot swells and forty-knot gales, the ship lost power and began to drift straight toward the notoriously dangerous Hustadvika coast in Norway. This is the suspenseful, harrowing, funny, touching story by one passenger who contemplated... Read more

Seeing Ghosts

By: Kat Chow

Narrated by: Kat Chow

Length: 9 hours 53 minutes

Abridged: No

This "graceful, captivating" (New York Times Book Review) story from a singular new talent paints a portrait of grief and the search for meaning as told through the prism of three generations of her Chinese American family—perfect for readers of Helen Macdonald and Elizabeth Alexander.

Kat Chow has always been unusually fixated on death. She... Read more

Heaven

By: Mieko Kawakami

Narrated by: Scott Keiji Takeda

Length: 6 hours 21 minutes

Abridged: No

From the bestselling author of Breasts and Eggs and international literary sensation Mieko Kawakami comes a sharp and illuminating novel about the impact of violence and the power of solidarity in our contemporary societies.Hailed as a bold foray into new literary territory, Kawakami’s novel is told in the voice of a fourteen-year-old student... Read more