Skinship
By: Yoon Choi
4.16
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
A long-married couple is forced to confront their friend's painful past when a church revival comes…
Want to Read $ 7.99"In Korean, that word is jeong. It is one of the most meaningful word in my language. It is even more meaningful than sarang, which is the “love,"-Yoon Choi, Skinship
"In Korean, that word is jeong. It is one of the most meaningful word in my language. It is even more meaningful than sarang, which is the “love,"-Yoon Choi, Skinship
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1. As It Is in Heaven
By: Niall Williams
3.98
Format: 310 pages, Hardcover
A man content to let life pass him by, schoolteacher Stephen Griffin is about to experience a mirac… read more
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- literary fiction
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"Neither did she realise yet that grief is a kind of glue, too, that the essence of humanity is this empathy, and that we fall together in that moment of tenderest perception when we see and feel each…"-Niall Williams, As It Is in Heaven
2. Wednesday's Child: Stories
By: Yiyun Li
3.75
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
A new collection—about loss, alienation, aging, and the strangeness of contemporary life—by the awa… read more
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- literary fiction
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- contemporary
- asian literature
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- audiobook
3. Bliss Montage
By: Ling Ma
3.91
Format: 228 pages, Hardcover
A new creation by the author of Severance, the stories in Bliss Montage crash through our carefully… read more
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- literary fiction
- short story collection
- short stories
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- contemporary
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"To live is to exist within time. To remember is to negate time."-Ling Ma, Bliss Montage
"It doesn't take much to come into your own; all it takes is someone's gaze."-Ling Ma, Bliss Montage
"Maybe you don't know that you're wounded until you receive the salve. The salve that makes everything come back."-Ling Ma, Bliss Montage
"It was a time when the future could have been anything, been anywhere. It was so open that it could actually crush her."-Ling Ma, Bliss Montage
4. Disorientation
By: Elaine Hsieh Chou
3.84
Format: 403 pages, Hardcover
A Taiwanese American woman’s coming-of-consciousness ignites eye-opening revelations and chaos on a… read more
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- literary fiction
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- contemporary
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- audiobook
"Never apologize, Ingrid. Especially not when it concerns a man."-Elaine Hsieh Chou, Disorientation
"She'd be split apart, never certain if the submissive and docile figure in the mirror was a reflection of who she really was, or the ghostly effect of someone telling her her entire life: this is who…"-Elaine Hsieh Chou, Disorientation
"For once in her life, she wanted to be selfishly and deliciously lazy. To embody the most abhorred word of her generation: unproductive. She, yes she, wanted to be the person who walks away as a car …"-Elaine Hsieh Chou, Disorientation
"Though it was a little shabby and could do with more frequent dusting, sudents flocked to the café for the worn-in armchairs and couches, free wi-fi and cheap coffee. Ingrid particularly liked the to…"-Elaine Hsieh Chou, Disorientation
5. Calling for a Blanket Dance
By: Oscar Hokeah
4.25
Format: 258 pages, Hardcover
A moving and deeply engaging debut novel about a young Native American man struggling to find stren… read more
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- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
- adult
- audiobook
"We danced, the way Kiowas danced, when called by our people, by our ancestors, to help each other heal."-Oscar Hokeah, Calling for a Blanket Dance
"Driving out of Lawton, I laid my hand onto Ever's quilt and traced my fingertips around the edges of the bird pattern. I couldn't help but wonder, tla, couldn't help but worry: Would my grandson ever…"-Oscar Hokeah, Calling for a Blanket Dance
6. Wandering Stars
By: Tommy Orange
3.89
Format: 315 pages, Hardcover
The eagerly awaited follow-up to Pulitzer Prize-finalist Tommy Orange’s breakout best seller There … read more
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- literary fiction
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- audiobook
"And in the year 1924 Indian citizenship will have been granted, even though they will mean to dissolve tribes by giving citizenship, dissolve being another word for disappearance, a kind of chemical …"-Tommy Orange, Wandering Stars
7. Real Americans
By: Rachel Khong
4.04
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
From the award-winning author of Goodbye, Vitamin: How far would you go to shape your own destiny?… read more
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- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
- adult
- audiobook
"She wasn't normal and so I wasn't either. I resented that part the most."-Rachel Khong, Real Americans
"It was a habit, with my parents: omitting information, not wanting to worry them unnecessarily. Though they’d raised me so American, I could never manage the sorts of American relationships my friend…"-Rachel Khong, Real Americans
"With each other they spoke loudly: Their voices periodically rose to excited shouts, and they laughed raucously. In English they were milder mannered, polite. My mother had always spoken English to m…"-Rachel Khong, Real Americans
8. Martyr!
By: Kaveh Akbar
4.24
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
Kaveh Akbar’s Martyr! is a paean to how we spend our lives seeking meaning—in faith, art, ourselves… read more
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9. Gods of Want: Stories
By: K-Ming Chang
3.68
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
Startling stories that center the bodies, memories, myths, and relationships of Asian American wome… read more
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- literary fiction
- anthologies
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- adult
"She claimed she could read palms, but when I gave her mine, she kissed my palms instead of reading them. She said my hands were designed to catch the rain like coins, even though it never rained. Her…"-K-Ming Chang, Gods of Want: Stories
10. Stay True
By: Hua Hsu
4.03
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
From the New Yorker staff writer Hua Hsu, a gripping memoir on friendship, grief, the search for se… read more
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- asian literature
- audiobook
"My parents are great, I said. Unbelievably non-stereotypical."-Hua Hsu, Stay True
"The first generation thinks about survival; the ones that follow tell the stories."-Hua Hsu, Stay True
"You were describing people we had not yet met, maybe people we ourselves would become."-Hua Hsu, Stay True
"It was a sign of personal growth, I thought to myself, that I could be friends with someone who liked Pearl Jam this much."-Hua Hsu, Stay True
11. The Best American Short Stories 2023
By: Min Jin Lee
3.77
Format: 331 pages, Kindle Edition
A collection of the year’s best short stories, selected by National Book Award finalist Min Jin Lee… read more
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- literary fiction
- short story collection
- anthologies
- short stories
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- audiobook
12. Afterparties
By: Anthony Veasna So
3.95
Format: 272 pages, ebook
Seamlessly transitioning between the absurd and the tenderhearted, balancing acerbic humor with sha… read more
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- literary fiction
- short stories
- fiction
- contemporary
- asian literature
- adult
- audiobook
"Fuck everyone else, I want to say, for burdening the two of us with all their baggage. Let's go back to minding our own business, anything but this. Who cares about our family? What have they ever do…"-Anthony Veasna So, Afterparties
"Seeing a sloppy wet penis enter a sloppy wet vagina, from above, going in and out with the practiced tempo of professionals, strikes me as yet another drama for the ages I am meant only to witness, r…"-Anthony Veasna So, Afterparties
"The dream unfolds: Somaly and I are sitting at a dinner table. She wears a white sampot covered in jewels perfectly matching her necklace. She’s almost akin to an apsara in a painting—aggressively el…"-Anthony Veasna So, Afterparties
"We drove through a few more neighborhoods after that, searching for the lost truck, listening to a CD of old Khmer songs, the same CD that had been stuck in the stereo since the Honda had belonged to…"-Anthony Veasna So, Afterparties
13. Your Utopia
By: Bora Chung
3.65
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
By the internationally acclaimed author of Cursed Bunny, in another thrilling translation from the … read more
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- asia
- anthologies
- short stories
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- adult
- audiobook
14. Flowers of Mold
By: Ha Seong-nan
3.54
Format: 212 pages, Paperback
Praised for her meticulous descriptions and ability to transform the mundanity of everyday life int… read more
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15. Green Frog: Stories
By: Gina Chung
4.14
Format: 240 pages, Paperback
A short story collection that explores Korean American womanhood, bodies, animals, and transformati… read more
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- anthologies
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16. Hao: Stories
By: Ye Chun
4.09
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
An extraordinary debut collection of short stories by a three-time Pushcart Prize winner following … read more
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- short story collection
- asia
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17. The Manicurist's Daughter
By: Susan Lieu
3.96
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
An emotionally raw memoir about the crumbling of the American Dream and a daughter of refugees who … read more
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- asian literature
- adult
- audiobook
18. Rules for Rule Breaking
By: Talia Tucker
3.68
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
Booksmart meets Never Have I Ever in this debut YA rom-com about two Korean American teens forced i… read more
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- audiobook
- fiction
- contemporary
19. Skinship
By: Yoon Choi
4.16
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
A long-married couple is forced to confront their friend's painful past when a church revival comes… read more
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- literary fiction
- short story collection
- asia
- anthologies
- short stories
- fiction
- contemporary
- asian literature
- adult
- audiobook
"In Korean, that word is jeong. It is one of the most meaningful word in my language. It is even more meaningful than sarang, which is the “love,"-Yoon Choi, Skinship
20. Biting the Hand: Growing Up Asian in Black and White America
By: Julia Lee
4.34
Format: 248 pages, Hardcover
Julia Lee is angry. And she has questions. What does it mean to be Asian in America? What does it … read more
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- asian literature
- audiobook
21. Eyeliner: A Cultural History
By: Zahra Hankir
3.80
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
From the acclaimed editor of Our Women on the Ground comes a dazzling exploration of the intersecti… read more
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- audiobook
22. Company
By: Shannon Sanders
3.92
Format: 246 pages, Hardcover
A richly detailed, brilliantly woven debut collection about the lives and lore of one Black family … read more
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- short stories
- fiction
- contemporary
- adult
- audiobook
23. My Brilliant Life
By: Kim Ae-ran
3.99
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
“My Brilliant Life is a moving, earnest, and deeply-felt exploration of a unique family in all its … read more
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- asia
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- contemporary
- asian literature
- audiobook
24. Slow Noodles: A Cambodian Memoir of Love, Loss, and Family Recipes
By: Chantha Nguon
4.35
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
A haunting and beautiful memoir from a Cambodian refugee who lost her country and her family during… read more
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- asia
- audiobook
"When you must flee and can carry only one thing, what will it be? What single seed from your old life will be the most useful in helping you sow a new one?"-Chantha Nguon, Slow Noodles: A Cambodian Memoir of Love, Loss, and Family Recipes
"A refugee must learn to be anything people want her to be at any given moment. But behind the masks, I am only myself - a mosaic of flavors from near and far."-Chantha Nguon, Slow Noodles: A Cambodian Memoir of Love, Loss, and Family Recipes
"But if there's one thing I learned from my mother, it's that losing everything is not the end of the story. She taught me that lost civilizations can be rebuilt from zero, even if the task will requi…"-Chantha Nguon, Slow Noodles: A Cambodian Memoir of Love, Loss, and Family Recipes
"But the past never goes away. The fear and pain are still there, buried in our brains like mines. It is better to defuse them than to leave them entombed, quietly, waiting for a single misstep. That …"-Chantha Nguon, Slow Noodles: A Cambodian Memoir of Love, Loss, and Family Recipes
25. Habitations
By: Sheila Sundar
3.82
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
A young academic moves from India to the United States, where she navigates first love, a green car… read more
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- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
26. The Magical Language of Others
By: E.J. Koh
3.87
Format: 209 pages, Hardcover
The Magical Language of Others is a powerful and aching love story in letters, from mother to daugh… read more
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- asia
- contemporary
- asian literature
- adult
- audiobook
27. Ma and Me
By: Putsata Reang
4.43
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
The memoir of a refugee caught between her identity as a gay woman and the love and life debt she o… read more
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- asia
- adult
- audiobook
28. Which Side Are You On
By: Ryan Lee Wong
3.60
Format: 175 pages, Hardcover
How can we live with integrity and pleasure in this world of police brutality and racism? An Asian … read more
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- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
- adult
- audiobook
29. Nuclear Family
By: Joseph Han
3.23
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Set in the months leading up to the 2018 nuclear missile false alarm, a Korean American family livi… read more
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- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
- asian literature
- audiobook
30. Private Revolutions: Four Women Face China's New Social Order
By: Yuan Yang
4.08
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
A sweeping yet intimate portrait of modern China told through the lives of four ordinary women stri… read more
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- asia
- audiobook
31. The Story Game
By: Shze-Hui Tjoa
4.45
Format: 272 pages, Paperback
A transcendent, profoundly imaginative memoir that explores the complexities of sisterhood, the cos… read more
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