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Making a Scene

By: Constance Wu

Narrated by: Constance Wu

Length: 7 hours 53 minutes

Abridged: No

“Illuminating.” —The Washington Post * “Candid and relatable.” —Time *“Riveting and personal.” —Mindy Kaling * “Captivatingly immediate.” —The Skimm *

A “poignant, frank, and intimate” (The New York Times) memoir by actress Constance Wu about family, love, sex, shame, trauma, and how she found her voice.

Growing up in the friendly suburbs of... Read more

The Monsoon Diaries

By: Calvin D. Sun

Narrated by: Calvin D. Sun, MD & Lisa Ling

Length: 4 hours 53 minutes

Abridged: No

Read by the author.The Monsoon Diaries is the firsthand account of Dr. Calvin Sun, an emergency room doctor who worked tirelessly on the front lines in multiple hospitals during the COVID-19 pandemic.Drawing upon the lessons he learned from his adventures traveling to more than 190 countries in ten years, as well as from the grief he experienced... Read more

A Life of Service

By: Christina Soontornvat

Narrated by: Cindy Kay

Length: 21 minutes

Abridged: No

"Given Tammy Duckworth’s personal heroism as an Army veteran, her stunning recovery from injuries sustained in the line of duty, and her subsequent career as an influential US senator, it’s easy to see why Joe Biden earmarked her as a possible running mate during his Democratic presidential campaign. Senator Duckworth has logged a long list of... Read more

Shapes, Lines, and Light

By: Katie Yamasaki

Narrated by: Katie Yamasaki

Length: 23 minutes

Abridged: No

Minoru Yamasaki described the feeling he sought to create in his buildings as “serenity, surprise, and delight.” Here, his granddaughter Katie Yamasaki charts his life and work: his childhood in Seattle’s Japanese immigrant community, paying his way through college working in Alaska’s notorious salmon canneries, his success in architectural... Read more

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

Peach Blossom Paradise

By: Ge Fei

Narrated by: Cindy Kay

Length: 13 hours 44 minutes

Abridged: No

An enthralling story of revolution, idealism, and a savage struggle for utopia by one of China's greatest living novelistsIn 1898 reformist intellectuals in China persuaded the young emperor that it was time to transform his sclerotic empire into a prosperous modern state. The Hundred Days’ Reform that followed was a moment of unprecedented... Read more

Dandelion

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

Take 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

This 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

Mika 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

Life 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

Beating 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

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

Things 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

Circling 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

Take 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

Self-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

Trinity, 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

In 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

Em

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

Radical 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

Kapaemahu

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