America Is Not the Heart
By: Elaine Castillo
3.98
Format: 408 pages, Hardcover
Three generations of women from one immigrant family trying to reconcile the home they left behind …
Want to Read $ 13.99"There are mercies, and there are mercies."-Elaine Castillo, America Is Not the Heart
"A name had a lifespan like anything else."-Elaine Castillo, America Is Not the Heart
"You know what it's like to have a fate; you also know what it's like to escape one."-Elaine Castillo, America Is Not the Heart
"You don’t ever really stop having a song. It’s easier to stop having a person than to stop having a song."-Elaine Castillo, America Is Not the Heart
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1. America Is in the Heart: A Personal History
By: Carlos Bulosan , Carey McWilliams
3.91
Format: 352 pages, Paperback
First published in 1946, this autobiography of the well known Filipino poet describes his boyhood i… read more
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- historical
2. Cool Gray City of Love: 49 Views of San Francisco
By: Gary Kamiya
4.25
Format: 385 pages, Hardcover
Cool, Gray City of Love brings together an exuberant combination of personal insight, deeply resear… read more
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"More than any city I know, San Francisco is made up of discrete neighborhoods, each with its own unique aura. The main reason for this is its terrain. Its convoluted landscape defines San Francisco's…"-Gary Kamiya, Cool Gray City of Love: 49 Views of San Francisco
"For cities are museums of time, and to live in them is to be haunted by the places they once were. The waterways that existed before the skyscrapers and freeways are a vanished world that beacons to …"-Gary Kamiya, Cool Gray City of Love: 49 Views of San Francisco
"San Francisco, by contrast, is all about the collision between man and the universe. It is on auto-derive. Anarchic, blown-out, naked, it shuffles its own crazy deck. To walk the streets is to be con…"-Gary Kamiya, Cool Gray City of Love: 49 Views of San Francisco
3. Gun Dealers' Daughter
By: Gina Apostol
3.84
Format: 294 pages, Hardcover
A young woman pieces together her troubled past in this story of rebellion and romance set in the M… read more
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- literary fiction
- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- contemporary
- novels
4. Dogeaters
By: Jessica Hagedorn
3.50
Format: None pages, Paperback
In Dogeaters, Jessica Hagedorn has transformed her best-selling novel about the Philippines during … read more
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- historical fiction
- novels
- fiction
- contemporary
5. The Common Reader
By: Virginia Woolf
3.66
Format: 296 pages, Paperback
Woolf's first and most popular volume of essays. This collection has more than twenty-five selectio… read more
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6. Desert of the Heart
By: Jane Rule
3.98
Format: None pages, Paperback
Two women meet and fall in love in Reno, Nevada. This classic of lesbian eroticism is Jane Rule's f… read more
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- historical fiction
- queer
- fiction
- lgbt
7. No-No Boy
By: John Okada
4.33
Format: 242 pages,
John Okada was born in Seattle, Washington in 1923. He attended the University of Washington and Co… read more
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8. Monstress
By: Lysley Tenorio
4.01
Format: None pages, Paperback
A luminous collection of heartbreaking, vivid, startling, and gloriously unique stories set amongst… read more
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9. In the Country
By: Mia Alvar
3.87
Format: 309 pages, Hardcover
These nine globe-trotting, unforgettable stories from Mia Alvar, a remarkable new literary talent, … read more
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10. When the Elephants Dance
By: Tess Uriza Holthe
3.75
Format: 352 pages,
In the waning days of World War II, as the Japanese and U.S. forces battle to possess the Philippin… read more
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11. Dear Cyborgs
By: Eugene Lim
3.67
Format: 208 pages, Paperback
A fractal fable about the possibility and power of protest as told by three superheroes on their lu… read more
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12. Memory Piece
By: Lisa Ko
3.22
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
In the early 1980s, Giselle Chin, Jackie Ong, and Ellen Ng are three teenagers drawn together by th… read more
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- literary fiction
- lgbt
- historical
- fiction
- contemporary
- historical fiction
- queer
"The physicality of making things, the performance, temporarily displaced how stuck she felt, in this particular body, family, town, time."-Lisa Ko, Memory Piece
13. Hijab Butch Blues
By: Lamya H.
4.48
Format: 284 pages, Hardcover
A queer hijabi Muslim immigrant survives her coming-of-age by drawing strength and hope from storie… read more
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- queer
- lgbt
"Sort of?"-Lamya H., Hijab Butch Blues
"Queer indispensability?"-Lamya H., Hijab Butch Blues
"I feel tired. Or reckless. Or maybe brave."-Lamya H., Hijab Butch Blues
"I want to figure her out, this girl, and I want to know everything about her."-Lamya H., Hijab Butch Blues
14. Patron Saints of Nothing
By: Randy Ribay
4.23
Format: 323 pages, Hardcover
A coming-of-age story about grief, guilt, and the risks a Filipino-American teenager takes to uncov… read more
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- fiction
- contemporary
"We failed him in life. We should not fail him in death."-Randy Ribay, Patron Saints of Nothing
"English is a language that lives in the middle of the mouth, but Tagalog is more of an open throat song that dances between the tip of the tongue and the teeth. My mouth feels too heavy, too thick, t…"-Randy Ribay, Patron Saints of Nothing
"But there are good things I can hold on to and there are other things I have the power to change. My family, myself, this world--al of us are flawed. But flawed doesn't mean hopeless. It doesn't mean…"-Randy Ribay, Patron Saints of Nothing
"Maybe he was reaching out to me through those words, and I let him slip away. I stayed silent. If I had written to him more often, been more honest, would it have helped him work through some of his …"-Randy Ribay, Patron Saints of Nothing
15. America Is Not the Heart
By: Elaine Castillo
3.98
Format: 408 pages, Hardcover
Three generations of women from one immigrant family trying to reconcile the home they left behind … read more
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- adult fiction
- literary fiction
- lgbt
- historical
- fiction
- contemporary
- historical fiction
- novels
- adult
- queer
"There are mercies, and there are mercies."-Elaine Castillo, America Is Not the Heart
"A name had a lifespan like anything else."-Elaine Castillo, America Is Not the Heart
"You know what it's like to have a fate; you also know what it's like to escape one."-Elaine Castillo, America Is Not the Heart
"You don’t ever really stop having a song. It’s easier to stop having a person than to stop having a song."-Elaine Castillo, America Is Not the Heart
16. Chasing Pacquiao
By: Rod Pulido
3.68
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
Experience the extreme joys, sorrows, and triumphs of a queer Filipino-American teenager struggling… read more
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- contemporary
- queer
- fiction
- lgbt
17. The Body Papers
By: Grace Talusan
4.29
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
Winner of The Restless Books Prize for New Immigrant Writing, Grace Talusan’s memoir The Body Paper… read more
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18. The Son of Good Fortune
By: Lysley Tenorio
3.77
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
Excel spends his days trying to seem like an unremarkable American teenager. But Excel knows that h… read more
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- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
- novels
- adult
19. Lullaby Beach
By: Stella Duffy
3.77
Format: None pages, Kindle Edition
No more days, no more times, no more tides. No more secrets. A compelling novel about family sec… read more
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- literary fiction
- lgbt
- fiction
- contemporary
- historical fiction
20. My Heart of Rice: A Poetic Filipino American Experience
By: Ashley C. Lanuza
4.02
Format: 180 pages, Kindle Edition
Through vivid and rhythmic poetry, My Heart of Rice moves to empower anyone who may have a difficul… read more
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21. My Heart Underwater
By: Laurel Flores Fantauzzo
3.92
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
After Corazon's mother catches her kissing her older female teacher, Corazon is sent to the Philipp… read more
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- contemporary
- fiction
- lgbt
"There can be times,"-Laurel Flores Fantauzzo, My Heart Underwater
"You had a spirit in you also,"-Laurel Flores Fantauzzo, My Heart Underwater
"I feel my heart underwater here. It’s strong and steady now, not drowning. I’m held. I’m afloat. I’m home."-Laurel Flores Fantauzzo, My Heart Underwater
"I’m afraid my crushes are dangerous for me. Maybe my heart will lead me the wrong way, always. Back into something that’ll always end bad. Into the wrong waters, where I’ll drown."-Laurel Flores Fantauzzo, My Heart Underwater
