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Shine

By: Jessica Jung

Narrated by: Joy Osmanski

Length: 9 hours 48 minutes

Abridged: No

An instant New York Times bestseller

Crazy Rich Asians meets Gossip Girl by way of Jenny Han in this knockout debut about a Korean American teen who is thrust into the competitive, technicolor world of K-pop, from Jessica Jung, K-pop legend and former lead singer of one of the most influential K-pop girl groups of all time, Girls’... Read more

Offerings

By: Michael ByungJu Kim

Narrated by: David Shih

Length: 6 hours 55 minutes

Abridged: No

With the rapidly cascading Asian Financial Crisis threatening to go global and Korea in imminent meltdown, investment banker Dae Joon finds himself back in his native Seoul as part of an international team brought in to rescue the country from sovereign default. For Dae Joon—also known by his American name of Shane, after the cowboy movie his... Read more

The Last Story of Mina Lee

By: Nancy Jooyoun Kim

Narrated by: Greta Jung

Length: 10 hours 43 minutes

Abridged: No

A REESE’S BOOK CLUB PICK

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

Riveting and unconventional, The Last Story of Mina Lee traces the far-reaching consequences of secrets in the lives of a Korean immigrant mother and her daughter

Margot Lee's mother is ignoring her calls. Margot can’t understand why, until she makes a surprise trip home to Koreatown, LA,... Read more

Breasts and Eggs

By: Mieko Kawakami

Narrated by: Emily Woo Zeller & Jeena Yi

Length: 15 hours 21 minutes

Abridged: No

The story of three women by a writer hailed by Haruki Murakami as Japan’s most important contemporary novelist. Challenging every preconception about storytelling and prose style, mixing wry humor and riveting emotional depth, Kawakami is today one of Japan’s most important and bestselling writers. She exploded onto the cultural scene first as a... Read more

We Are Not Free

By: Traci Chee

Narrated by: Scott Keiji Takeda, Dan Woren, Ryan Potter, Ali...

Length: 10 hours 26 minutes

Abridged: No

* NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST * PRINTZ HONOR BOOK * WALTER HONOR BOOK * ASIAN/PACIFIC AMERICAN AWARD FOR LITERATURE HONOR BOOK *From New York Times best-selling and acclaimed author Traci Chee comes We Are Not Free, the collective account of a tight-knit group of young Nisei, second-generation Japanese American citizens, whose lives are... Read more

Like Spilled Water

By: Jennie Liu

Narrated by: Catherine Ho

Length: 6 hours 3 minutes

Abridged: No

Na has grown up in the shadow of her younger brother, Bao-bao, herparents’ cherished son. When they were younger, Na’s parents went towork in the city, bringing Bao-bao along and devoting all their savings tohis education, while Na was left behind in the countryside.But when Bao-bao dies suddenly, Na realizes how little she knew him. Didhe... Read more

Fifty Words for Rain: A GMA Book Club Pick

By: Asha Lemmie

Narrated by: Robin Eller, Siho Ellsmore, Katharine Lee McEwa...

Length: 13 hours 13 minutes

Abridged: No

A Good Morning America Book Club Pick and New York Times Bestseller!
 
From debut author Asha Lemmie, “a lovely, heartrending story about love and loss, prejudice and pain, and the sometimes dangerous, always durable ties that link a family together.” —Kristin Hannah, #1 New York Times–bestselling author of The Nightingale

Kyoto, Japan, 1948. “Do... Read more

x + y

By: Eugenia Cheng

Narrated by: Moira Quirk

Length: 7 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: No

A brilliant mathematician examines the complexity of gender and society and forges a path out of inequality.
Why are men in charge? After years in the male-dominated field of mathematics and in the female-dominated field of art, Eugenia Cheng has heard the question many times. In x + y, Cheng argues that her mathematical specialty -- category... Read more

Kiyo's Story

By: Kiyo Sato

Narrated by: Cindy Kay

Length: 12 hours 24 minutes

Abridged: No

Kiyo's father arrived in California determined to plant his roots in the land of opportunity after leaving Japan. He, his wife, and their nine American-born children labored in the fields together, building a successful farm. Yet at the outbreak of World War II, Kiyo's family was ordered to Poston Internment Camp. This memoir tells the story of... Read more

Loathe at First Sight

By: Suzanne Park

Narrated by: Greta Jung

Length: 9 hours 46 minutes

Abridged: No

“Bursts with humor, heart, and great energy. I loved it! Park is a hilarious new voice in women’s fiction.”—Helen Hoang, author of The Kiss Quotient “[A] punchy adult debut set in the world of video game design. Park makes tough topics go down easy by couching them in wry humor and lighthearted romance, and her fierce, snarky heroine is... Read more

A House Is a Body

By: Shruti Swamy

Narrated by: Soneela Nankani

Length: 6 hours 30 minutes

Abridged: No

"This collection will change the way all stories—short and long—are told, written, and consumed." —KIESE LAYMON, author of Heavy



In two-time O. Henry-prize winner Swamy's debut collection of stories, dreams collide with reality, modernity collides with antiquity, myth with true identity, and women grapple with desire, with ego, with motherhood... Read more

The Empress of Salt and Fortune

By: Nghi Vo

Narrated by: Cindy Kay

Length: 2 hours 25 minutes

Abridged: No

With the heart of an Atwood tale and the visuals of a classic Asian period drama, Nghi Vo's The Empress of Salt and Fortune is a tightly and lushly written narrative about empire, storytelling, and the anger of women.



A young royal from the far north, is sent south for a political marriage in an empire reminiscent of imperial China. Her brothers... Read more

A Good Family

By: A.H. Kim

Narrated by: Abby Craden, Joy Osmanski & Sarah Mollo-Christe...

Length: 9 hours 42 minutes

Abridged: No

“A story of money, family, who you can trust, and the extremes to which one will go for blood. I couldn’t put it down.” —Lisa Ling, host of CNN’s This Is Life

Keep your family close and your enemies closer.

Beth is the darling of God Halsa, a pharmaceutical giant, and she’s got the outrageous salary and lifestyle to prove it. Until she lands in... Read more

Sex and Vanity: A GMA Book Club Pick

By: Kevin Kwan

Narrated by: Lydia Look

Length: 9 hours 36 minutes

Abridged: No

NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER • A Good Morning America Book Club Pick

"Kevin Kwan's new book is his most decadent yet." --Entertainment Weekly

The iconic author of the bestselling phenomenon Crazy Rich Asians returns with the glittering tale of a young woman who finds herself torn between two men: the WASPY fiancé of her family's dreams and George... Read more

Block Seventeen

By: Kimiko Guthrie

Narrated by: Natalie Naudus

Length: 9 hours 57 minutes

Abridged: No

Akiko “Jane” Thompson, a half-Japanese, half-Caucasian woman in her midthirties, is attempting to forge a quietly happy life in the Bay Area with her fiancé, Shiro. But after a bizarre car accident, things begin to unravel. An intruder ransacks their apartment but takes nothing, leaving behind only cryptic traces of his or her presence. Shiro,... Read more

Prairie Lotus

By: Linda Sue Park

Narrated by: Emily Woo Zeller

Length: 5 hours 17 minutes

Abridged: No

Prairie Lotus is a powerful, touching, multilayered book about a girl determined to fit in and realize her dreams: getting an education, becoming a dressmaker in her father's shop, and making at least one friend.

Acclaimed, award-winning author Linda Sue Park has placed a young half-Asian girl, Hanna, in a small town in America's heartland, in... Read more

Beyond the Gender Binary

By: Alok Vaid-Menon

Narrated by: Alok Vaid-Menon

Length: 1 hour 7 minutes

Abridged: No

Winner of the 2021 In The Margins Award
 
"When reading this book, all I feel is kindness."-- Sam Smith, Grammy and Oscar award-winning singer and songwriter
 
"Thank God we have Alok. And I'm learning a thing or two myself."--Billy Porter, Emmy award-winning actor, singer, and Broadway theater performer

"Beyond the Gender Binary will give readers... Read more

The Groom Will Keep His Name

By: Matt Ortile

Narrated by: Matt Ortile

Length: 9 hours 26 minutes

Abridged: No

A riotous collection of "witty and captivating" essays by a gay Filipino immigrant in America who is learning that everything is about sex (Bitch Magazine) -- and sex is about power.
When Matt Ortile moved from Manila to Las Vegas, the locals couldn't pronounce his name. Harassed as a kid for his brown skin, accent, and femininity, he believed he... Read more

Parenting Without Borders

By: Christine Gross-Loh

Narrated by: Cindy Kay

Length: 9 hours 53 minutes

Abridged: No

An eye-opening guide to the world's best parenting strategies



Research reveals that American kids lag behind in academic achievement, happiness, and wellness. Christine Gross-Loh exposes culturally determined norms we have about "good parenting," and asks, Are there parenting strategies other countries are getting right that we are not? This book... Read more

Recipe for Persuasion

By: Sonali Dev

Narrated by: Soneela Nankani

Length: 13 hours 39 minutes

Abridged: No

From the author of Pride, Prejudice, and Other Flavors comes another , clever, deeply layered, and heartwarming romantic comedy that follows in the Jane Austen tradition—this time, with a twist on Persuasion.Chef Ashna Raje desperately needs a new strategy. How else can she save her beloved restaurant and prove to her estranged, overachieving... Read more

Quotients

By: Tracy O'Neill

Narrated by: Shaun Grindell

Length: 8 hours 15 minutes

Abridged: No

Two people search for connection in a world of fractured identities and aliases, global finance, big data, intelligence bureaucracies, algorithmic logic, and terror.



Jeremy Jordan and Alexandra Chen hope to make a quiet home together but struggle to find a space safe from their personal secrets. For Jeremy, this means leaving behind his former... Read more

Free Food for Millionaires

By: Min Jin Lee

Narrated by: Jennifer Sun Bell

Length: 25 hours 13 minutes

Abridged: No

From the New York Times bestselling author of Pachinko, a "mesmerizing" novel about the Korean-American daughter of first-generation immigrants striving to join Manhattan's inner circle (USA Today).

Casey Han is a strong-willed, Queens-bred daughter of Korean immigrants immersed in a glamorous Manhattan lifestyle she can't afford. When a chance... Read more

Sigh, Gone

By: Phuc Tran

Narrated by: Phuc Tran

Length: 10 hours 47 minutes

Abridged: No

"Tran's story is an American immigration story, and so much more. His delivery is crisp and engaging, and maintains just the slightest element of whimsy...If you're a fan of memoirs and a fan of literature, this is a must- listen." -- AudioFile Magazine

This program is read by the author.

For anyone who has ever felt like they don't belong,... Read more

Girl Gone Viral

By: Alisha Rai

Narrated by: Summer Morton & Brian Pallino

Length: 9 hours 55 minutes

Abridged: No

In Alisha Rai’s second novel in her Modern Love series, a reclusive investor goes viral, shoving her into the world's spotlight—and into the arms of the bodyguard she’s been pining for…
OMG! Wouldn’t it be adorable if he’s her soulmate???I don’t see any wedding rings Breaking: #CafeBae and #CuteCafeGirl went to the bathroom AT THE SAME TIME!!!One... Read more