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The Bride Test by Helen Hoang
The Bride Test
Helen Hoang
The Bride Test by Helen Hoang

The Bride Test

By: Helen Hoang

Narrated by: Emily Woo Zeller

Length: 10 hours

Abridged: No

Khai Diep has no feelings. Well, he feels irritation when people move his things or contentment when ledgers balance down to the penny—but not important emotions, like love. His family knows better—that his autism means he just processes emotions differently. When he steadfastly avoids relationships, his mother takes matters into her own hands... Read more

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The Emperor and the Endless Palace by Justinian Huang
The Emperor and the Endless Palace
Justinian Huang
The Emperor and the Endless Palace by Justinian Huang

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." –Booklist

“What 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?”

In the year 4 BCE, an ambitious courtier is called upon to seduce the young emperorbut quickly discovers they are both ruled by blood, sex... Read more

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Joan Is Okay by Weike Wang
Joan Is Okay
Weike Wang
Joan Is Okay by Weike Wang

Joan Is Okay

By: Weike Wang

Narrated by: Catherine Ho

Length: 6 hours 36 minutes

Abridged: No

NEW YORK TIMES EDITORS’ CHOICE • A witty, moving, piercingly insightful new novel about a marvelously complicated woman who can’t be anyone but herself, from the award-winning author of Chemistry

LONGLISTED FOR THE ANDREW CARNEGIE MEDAL • “A deeply felt portrait . . . With gimlet-eyed observation laced with darkly biting wit, Weike Wang... Read more

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Frankly in Love by David Yoon
Frankly in Love
David Yoon
Frankly in Love by David Yoon

Frankly in Love

By: David Yoon

Narrated by: Raymond J. Lee

Length: 10 hours 10 minutes

Abridged: No

An Instant New York Times Bestseller and #1 Indie Bestseller!

A William C. Morris YA Debut Award Finalist

 
An Asian Pacific American Librarians Association Honor Book

Two friends. One fake dating scheme. What could possibly go wrong?


Frank Li has two names. There's Frank Li, his American name. Then there's Sung-Min Li, his Korean name. No one uses... Read more

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House of Sticks by Ly Tran
House of Sticks
Ly Tran
House of Sticks by Ly Tran

House of Sticks

By: Ly Tran

Narrated by: Ly Tran

Length: 11 hours 15 minutes

Abridged: No

New York City Book Awards Hornblower Award Winner

One of Vogue and NPR’s Best Books of the Year

This beautifully written “masterclass in memoir” (Elle) recounts a young girls journey from war-torn Vietnam to Queens, New York, “showcas[ing] the tremendous power we have to alter the fates of others, step into their lives and shift the odds in... Read more

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Of Curses and Kisses by Sandhya Menon
Of Curses and Kisses
Sandhya Menon
Of Curses and Kisses by Sandhya Menon

Of Curses and Kisses

By: Sandhya Menon

Narrated by: Shiromi Arserio & Jason Carpenter

Length: 10 hours 49 minutes

Abridged: No

“Fans of Menon’s frothy, contemporary rom-coms will be excited for this venture into new territory.” —Booklist
“[A] dreamy, sassy confection of a romance…Funny, extravagant, and satisfying.” —Shelf Awareness

From the New York Times bestselling author of When Dimple Met Rishi comes the first novel in a brand-new series set at an elite boarding... Read more

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The Tree Doctor by Marie Mutsuki Mockett
The Tree Doctor
Marie Mutsuki Mockett
The Tree Doctor by Marie Mutsuki Mockett

The Tree Doctor

By: Marie Mutsuki Mockett

Narrated by: June Angela

Length: 8 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: No

When the unnamed narrator of Marie Mutsuki Mockett’s stirring second novel returns to Carmel, California, to care for her mother, she finds herself stranded at the outset of the disease. With her husband and children back in Hong Kong, and her Japanese mother steadily declining in a care facility two hours away, she becomes preoccupied with her... Read more

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The Fetishist by Katherine Min
The Fetishist
Katherine Min
The Fetishist by Katherine Min

The Fetishist

By: Katherine Min

Narrated by: Eunice Wong & Kayla Min Andrews

Length: 8 hours 46 minutes

Abridged: No

An Indie Next Pick

In this hilariously savage, poignant novel by acclaimed author Katherine Min, a grieving daughter’s revenge on the man who caused her mother’s death sets off a series of unexpected reckonings.


On a cold, gloomy night, twenty-three-year-old Kyoko stands in the rain with a knife in her hoodie’s pocket. Her target is Daniel, who... Read more

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Where We Go When All We Were Is Gone by Sequoia Nagamatsu
Where We Go When All We Were Is Gone
Sequoia Nagamatsu
Where We Go When All We Were Is Gone by Sequoia Nagamatsu

Where We Go When All We Were Is Gone

By: Sequoia Nagamatsu

Narrated by: Brian Nishii & June Angela

Length: 4 hours 6 minutes

Abridged: No

"You should be here; he's simply magnificent." These are the final words a biologist hears before his Margaret Mead-like wife dies at the hands of Godzilla. The words haunt him as he studies the kaiju (Japan's giant monsters) on an island reserve, attempting to understand the beauty his wife saw. "The Return to Monsterland" opens Where We Go... Read more

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Afterparties by Anthony Veasna So
Afterparties
Anthony Veasna So
Afterparties by Anthony Veasna So

Afterparties

By: Anthony Veasna So

Narrated by: Jason Sean

Length: 6 hours 56 minutes

Abridged: No

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERWINNER OF THE NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE’S JOHN LEONARD PRIZE FOR BEST FIRST BOOK WINNER OF THE FERRO-GRUMLEY AWARD FOR LGBTQ FICTIONNamed a Best Book of the Year by: New York Times * NPR * Washington Post * LA Times * Kirkus Reviews * New York Public Library * Chicago Public Library * Harper’s Bazaar * TIME *... Read more

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Tokyo Ever After by Emiko Jean
Tokyo Ever After
Emiko Jean
Tokyo Ever After by Emiko Jean

Tokyo Ever After

By: Emiko Jean

Narrated by: Ali Ahn

Length: 9 hours 33 minutes

Abridged: No

"Narrator Ali Ahn gives this young adult rom-com fun doses of personality and sass...Ahn's accents and Japanese pronunciations ring true as she clearly differentiates characters of different ages and nationalities." -- AudioFile Magazine

A REESE WITHERSPOON x HELLO SUNSHINE BOOK CLUB YA PICK!

The Princess Diaries
meets Crazy Rich Asians in Emiko...
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Gold Diggers by Sanjena Sathian
Gold Diggers
Sanjena Sathian
Gold Diggers by Sanjena Sathian

Gold Diggers

By: Sanjena Sathian

Narrated by: Rama Vallury

Length: 10 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: No

One of The Washington Post's 10 Best Books of 2021 * One of NPR's Best Books of 2021 * New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice * Long-listed for the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize

“Dizzyingly original, fiercely funny, deeply wise.” —Celeste Ng, #1 bestselling author of Little Fires Everywhere

Sanjena Sathian’s Gold Diggers is a work of...
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First Comes Like by Alisha Rai
First Comes Like
Alisha Rai
First Comes Like by Alisha Rai

First Comes Like

By: Alisha Rai

Narrated by: Saira Ayers & Neil Shah

Length: 11 hours 10 minutes

Abridged: No

The author of The Right Swipe and Girl Gone Viral returns with a story about finding love in all the wrong inboxes...Beauty expert and influencer Jia Ahmed has her eye on the prize: conquering the internet today, the entire makeup industry tomorrow, and finally, finally proving herself to her big opinionated family. She has little time for love,... Read more

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Land Of Big Numbers by Te-Ping Chen
Land Of Big Numbers
Te-Ping Chen
Land Of Big Numbers by Te-Ping Chen

Land Of Big Numbers

By: Te-Ping Chen

Narrated by: Eddy Lee, Fiona Rene, Matt Yang King, Christine...

Length: 6 hours 35 minutes

Abridged: No

A Best Book of the Year: Barack Obama · NPR · The Washington Post · The Philadelphia Inquirer · Esquire · Kirkus Reviews · Chicago Public Library · Electric Literature Malala Yousafzai’s Fearless Book Club Pick for Literati 
""Dazzling...Riveting."" New York Times Book Review
“Gripping and illuminating . . . At the heart of Te-Ping Chen’s... Read more

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I'll Be the One by Lyla Lee
I'll Be the One
Lyla Lee
I'll Be the One by Lyla Lee

I'll Be the One

By: Lyla Lee

Narrated by: Greta Jung

Length: 8 hours 50 minutes

Abridged: No

Diverse book recommended by The Today Show * A Kirkus Reviews Best Book of the Year * Bank Street Best Book of the Year * YALSA Best Fiction for Young Adults * ALA’s Rainbow Book List Top 10 for Teen ReadersThe world of K-Pop has never met a star like this. Debut author Lyla Lee delivers a deliciously fun, thoughtful rom-com celebrating... Read more

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The Right Swipe by Alisha Rai
The Right Swipe
Alisha Rai
The Right Swipe by Alisha Rai

The Right Swipe

By: Alisha Rai

Narrated by: Summer Morton & Brian Pallino

Length: 10 hours 13 minutes

Abridged: No

Alisha Rai returns with the first book in her sizzling new Modern Love series, in which two rival dating app creators find themselves at odds in the boardroom but in sync in the bedroom.Rhiannon Hunter may have revolutionized romance in the digital world, but in real life she only swipes right on her career—and the occasional hookup. The cynical... Read more

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The Widows of Malabar Hill by Sujata Massey
The Widows of Malabar Hill
Sujata Massey
The Widows of Malabar Hill by Sujata Massey

The Widows of Malabar Hill

By: Sujata Massey

Narrated by: Soneela Nankani

Length: 14 hours 34 minutes

Abridged: No

Introducing an extraordinary female lawyer-sleuth in a new historical series set in 1920s Bombay! Bombay, 1921: Perveen Mistry, the daughter of a respected Zoroastrian family, has just joined her father's law firm, becoming one of the first female lawyers in India. Armed with a law degree from Oxford, Perveen also has a tragic personal history... Read more

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Chemistry by Weike Wang
Chemistry
Weike Wang
Chemistry by Weike Wang

Chemistry

By: Weike Wang

Narrated by: Julia Whelan

Length: 4 hours 52 minutes

Abridged: No

Named by The Washington Post as a Notable Work of Fiction in 2017 and by Entertainment Weekly as a Best Debut Novel of 2017
Named a Best Book of 2017 by NPR, Ann Patchett on PBS NewsHour, Minnesota Public Radio, Maris Kreizman, and The Morning News

National Book Foundation “5 Under 35” Honoree

Longlisted for the Aspen Words Literary Prize

A luminous...
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Women! In! Peril! by Jessie Ren Marshall
Women! In! Peril!
Jessie Ren Marshall
Women! In! Peril! by Jessie Ren Marshall

Women! In! Peril!

By: Jessie Ren Marshall

Narrated by: Rachel Noe Nishizawa

Length: 7 hours 59 minutes

Abridged: No

Full of wry humor, sharp social commentary, and an irrepressible sense of hope, a ferociously feminist debut short story collection from award-winning playwright Jessie Ren Marshall.

In this brash and unputdownable collection, we meet a sex bot trying to outlast her return policy, a skeptical lesbian grappling with her wife’s mysterious... Read more

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Here After by Amy Lin
Here After
Amy Lin
Here After by Amy Lin

Here After

By: Amy Lin

Narrated by: Amy Lin

Length: 3 hours 35 minutes

Abridged: No

An ELLE Best (and Most Anticipated) Nonfiction Book of 2024 (“This book is a little wonder—a clear, utterly courageous act of love.”)A SheReads Most Anticipated Book of 2024Starred reviews from Kirkus Reviews and Booklist
Here After is a poetic, raw depiction of an unlikely love followed by a dizzying loss. A stunning, taut memoir from debut... Read more

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Women of Good Fortune by Sophie Wan
Women of Good Fortune
Sophie Wan
Women of Good Fortune by Sophie Wan

Women of Good Fortune

By: Sophie Wan

Narrated by: Catherine Ho

Length: 10 hours 53 minutes

Abridged: No

A reluctant bride and her two best friends plot to steal all the gift money from her glitzy high-society wedding in this dazzling, heartfelt, funny novel for fans of Crazy Rich Asians

“A glittering debut. Delightful.” —Carley Fortune, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Every Summer After

Bride-to-be Lulu is about to marry Shanghai’s most... Read more

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The Apology by Jimin Han
The Apology
Jimin Han
The Apology by Jimin Han

The Apology

By: Jimin Han

Narrated by: Kathleen Kim

Length: 9 hours 47 minutes

Abridged: No

This “sweeping intergenerational saga" tells the story of a pampered and defiant South Korean matriarch thrust into the afterlife from which she seeks a second chance to make amends (Kirstin Chen)—and fights off a tragic curse that could devastate generations to come. In South Korea, a 105-year-old woman receives a letter. Ten days later, she... Read more

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The Surviving Sky by Kritika H. Rao
The Surviving Sky
Kritika H. Rao
The Surviving Sky by Kritika H. Rao

The Surviving Sky

By: Kritika H. Rao

Narrated by: Sharmila Devar & Pranshu Mishra

Length: 18 hours 23 minutes

Abridged: No

High above a jungle-planet float the last refuges of humanity—plant-made civilizations held together by tradition, technology, and arcane science. Here, architects are revered deeply, with humanity’s survival reliant on a privileged few.

If not for their abilities, the cities would plunge into the devastating earthrage storms below.

Charismatic... Read more

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Hurt You by Marie Myung-Ok Lee
Hurt You
Marie Myung-Ok Lee
Hurt You by Marie Myung-Ok Lee

Hurt You

By: Marie Myung-Ok Lee

Narrated by: Jolene Kim

Length: 9 hours 40 minutes

Abridged: No

With echoes of Marieke Nijkamp and Jason Reynolds, acclaimed author Marie Myung-Ok Lee’s stunning YA homage to Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men tells the tragic story of a Korean American teen who fights to protect herself and her neurodivergent older brother from a hostile community.Moving beyond the quasi-fraternal bond of the unforgettable George... Read more

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