When the Hibiscus Falls
By: M. Evelina Galang
4.01
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
Seventeen stories traverse borderlines, mythic and real, in the lives of Filipino and Filipino Amer…
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1. A Grandmother Begins the Story
By: Michelle Porter
3.84
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
Award-winning author Michelle Porter makes her fiction debut with an enchanting and original story … read more
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- literary fiction
- fiction
- audiobook
"Different ways to tell a story. Some tellers make a noise to announce the coming of the story for get someone else to call everyone's attention. Some wait for people to gather around, for the quiet t…"-Michelle Porter, A Grandmother Begins the Story
"People get themselves ready to die. They start going through their memories and bringing out their stories one by one as if there was a photo album in their head and they've got to get through it bef…"-Michelle Porter, A Grandmother Begins the Story
2. 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
- fiction
- 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
3. Some People Need Killing: A Memoir of Murder in My Country
By: Patricia Evangelista
4.18
Format: 428 pages, Hardcover
A fearless, powerfully written on-the-ground account of a nation careening into violent autocracy—t… read more
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- asia
- audiobook
4. Tomb Sweeping
By: Alexandra Chang
3.37
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
A playful and deeply affective short story collection about the histories, technologies, and genera… read more
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- literary fiction
- short stories
- fiction
- audiobook
5. Glory Be (Glory Broussard Mystery, #1)
By: Danielle Arceneaux
3.81
Format: 271 pages, Kindle Edition
The first in a crime series set in the Louisiana bayou, introducing the uncensored amateur sleuth G… read more
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- fiction
- audiobook
6. Horse Barbie: A Memoir of Reclamation
By: Geena Rocero
4.22
Format: 336 pages, Paperback
“A moving chronicle of trans resilience and joy” (Vogue) from one of Out100’s Most Impactful and In… read more
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- audiobook
"Geena, you speak about transgender rights and FIlipino food with equal expertise."-Geena Rocero, Horse Barbie: A Memoir of Reclamation
"That's the thing about trans joy: It can never be fully extinguished. People can try to narrow the possibilities for our lives, even end them, but our spirits will always expand to fill whatever spac…"-Geena Rocero, Horse Barbie: A Memoir of Reclamation
"I didn't need to come out ot her. I never said those declarative words - and I didn't even know them at the time. Vocabulary like trans would come much later in my life. All I needed was to hear the …"-Geena Rocero, Horse Barbie: A Memoir of Reclamation
"Despite the ubiquity of government-organized trans pageants in the Philippines, trans people themselves are not politically recognized. We are culturally visible but legally erased. To this day, tran…"-Geena Rocero, Horse Barbie: A Memoir of Reclamation
7. Temple Folk
By: Aaliyah Bilal
3.74
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
A groundbreaking debut collection portraying the lived experiences of Black Muslims grappling with … read more
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- literary fiction
- short stories
- fiction
- audiobook
8. Witness: Stories
By: Jamel Brinkley
3.81
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
From a National Book Award finalist, Witness is an elegant, insistent narrative of actions taken an… read more
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- short stories
- fiction
- audiobook
"According to the terms of her personal lexicon, a woman was a lady only if she was fascinating and ungovernable, and my mother considered herself nothing if not a lady."-Jamel Brinkley, Witness: Stories
9. 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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- short stories
- fiction
10. Deep as the Sky, Red as the Sea
By: Rita Chang-Eppig
3.49
Format: 281 pages, Hardcover
For readers of Outlawed, Piranesi, and The Night Tiger, a riveting, roaring adventure novel about a… read more
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- fiction
- audiobook
11. Murder and Mamon (Tita Rosie's Kitchen Mystery, #4)
By: Mia P. Manansala
3.70
Format: 304 pages, Paperback
When murder mars the grand opening for Lila Macapagal’s aunties’ new laundromat, she will have to a… read more
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- fiction
- audiobook
"This town could use a force for good." Jae smiled down at me. "At least it has us."-Mia P. Manansala, Murder and Mamon (Tita Rosie's Kitchen Mystery, #4)
"I took a huge bite of a silvana, savoring the contrasting crunchy, chewy, and creamy textures, letting the sweet richness of the buttercream melt in my mouth to give me courage."-Mia P. Manansala, Murder and Mamon (Tita Rosie's Kitchen Mystery, #4)
"Nabila hesitated, but then Longganisa sat on Nabila's foot and looked up at her as if to say, You sure you don't want to be our friend? Even if you weren't a dog person (do those exist?), there was n…"-Mia P. Manansala, Murder and Mamon (Tita Rosie's Kitchen Mystery, #4)
"An old client brought me a bottle of Vinho Verde, so I thought I'd try making a green sangria. Perfect for spring, isn't it?" The pitcher was full of honeydew, green apple, green grapes, lime, basil,…"-Mia P. Manansala, Murder and Mamon (Tita Rosie's Kitchen Mystery, #4)
12. Behind You Is the Sea
By: Susan Muaddi Darraj
4.14
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
An exciting debut novel that gives voice to the diverse residents of a Palestinian American communi… read more
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- literary fiction
- short stories
- fiction
- audiobook
13. Holiday Country
By: İnci Atrek
3.25
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
A seductive and lyrical debut following a young woman’s dangerous summer romance during an idyllic … read more
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- literary fiction
- fiction
- audiobook
14. Zodiac: A Graphic Memoir
By: Ai Weiwei
3.74
Format: 176 pages, Paperback
In this beautifully illustrated and deeply philosophical graphic memoir, legendary artist Ai Weiwei… read more
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15. A History of Burning
By: Janika Oza
4.14
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
An epic, sweeping historical debut novel spanning continents and a century, and how one act of surv… read more
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- literary fiction
- fiction
- audiobook
"What was love but one long act of forgiveness, of choosing to return, over and over again."-Janika Oza, A History of Burning
16. Everything I Learned, I Learned in a Chinese Restaurant
By: Curtis Chin
3.80
Format: 291 pages, Hardcover
This memoir tells the story of Curtis Chin’s time growing up as a gay Chinese American kid in 1980’… read more
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- audiobook
17. The Missing Morningstar: And Other Stories
By: Stacie Shannon Denetsosie
4.36
Format: 144 pages, Paperback
"Propulsive and complex, this is a gorgeously written debut." —KIRKUS REVIEWS (starred review) In T… read more
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- short stories
- fiction
18. The Ugly History of Beautiful Things: Essays on Desire and Consumption
By: Katy Kelleher
3.57
Format: 271 pages, Kindle Edition
Paris Review contributor Katy Kelleher explores our obsession with gorgeous things, unveiling the f… read more
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- short stories
- audiobook
19. The Haunting of Hajji Hotak and Other Stories
By: Jamil Jan Kochai
3.99
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
A luminous meditation on sons and fathers, ghosts of war, and living history that moves between mod… read more
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- short stories
- fiction
- audiobook
"Why must we always ruin what is beautiful with what is true?"-Jamil Jan Kochai, The Haunting of Hajji Hotak and Other Stories
"Agha's one of those OG Pashtuns who'd argue with Allah over the nature of existence."-Jamil Jan Kochai, The Haunting of Hajji Hotak and Other Stories
20. Wannabe: Reckonings with the Pop Culture That Shapes Me
By: Aisha Harris
3.82
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
"Aisha Harris is one of our smartest, most entertaining modern cultural critics. The nine pieces of… read more
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- short stories
- audiobook
21. Swimming Back to Trout River
By: Linda Rui Feng
3.87
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
FINALIST FOR THE CENTER FOR FICTION FIRST NOVEL PRIZE How many times in life can we start over with… read more
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- fiction
- audiobook
22. 888 Love and the Divine Burden of Numbers
By: Abraham Chang
3.41
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
Young Wang has received plenty of wisdom from his beloved uncle: don’t take life too seriously, get… read more
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- literary fiction
- fiction
- audiobook
23. When Trying to Return Home: Stories
By: Jennifer Maritza McCauley
3.55
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
A dazzling debut collection spanning a century of Black American and Afro-Latino life in Puerto Ric… read more
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- short stories
- fiction
- audiobook
24. Hello, Friends!: Stories of Dating, Destiny, and Day Jobs
By: Dulce Sloan
3.93
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
WELCOME TO A COMEDIC TRIP THROUGH THE LIFE OF ONE OF THE COUNTRY’S MOST EXCITING COMEDIANS. MEET DU… read more
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"Duce. Don't you do that. You will get in trouble and it'll prove them right in their own mind. Say something that's gonna hurt their feelings instead."-Dulce Sloan, Hello, Friends!: Stories of Dating, Destiny, and Day Jobs
"So instead of hitting light switches, I switched lanes and that's when I joined the chorus. My mom taught me an important lesson that day: Don't let racist magnet school theater directors crush your …"-Dulce Sloan, Hello, Friends!: Stories of Dating, Destiny, and Day Jobs
25. When the Hibiscus Falls
By: M. Evelina Galang
4.01
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
Seventeen stories traverse borderlines, mythic and real, in the lives of Filipino and Filipino Amer… read more
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- audiobook
26. Devil Is Fine
By: John Vercher
4.05
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
Still reeling from a sudden tragedy, our biracial narrator receives a letter from an attorney: he h… read more
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- fiction
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"No way I'd let myself feel again like I felt that morning. Of course, I wouldn't. I didn't have to tell her any of that. When it's that easy to lie to yourself, lying to someone else is light work. […"-John Vercher, Devil Is Fine
"Among the many things unknown before becoming a parent is how to handle when the child becomes the teacher. They proffer up parental pearls dispensed to them, and while thinking they'd fallen on deaf…"-John Vercher, Devil Is Fine
27. But What Will People Say?: Navigating Mental Health, Identity, Love, and Family Between Cultures
By: Sahaj Kaur Kohli
4.58
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
A deeply personal, paradigm-shifting book from therapist, writer, and founder of @browngirltherapy … read more
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- audiobook
28. The Cookie Crumbles
By: Tracy Badua
3.97
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
The Great British Bake Off meets Knives Out in this fun and propulsive middle grade novel following… read more
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- audiobook
29. Lulu Sinagtala and the City of Noble Warriors (Lulu Sinagtala and the Tagalog Gods, 1)
By: Gail D. Villanueva
3.65
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
In this fast-paced, thrilling middle grade fantasy rooted in Tagalog mythology, a young Filipino gi… read more
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- fiction
- audiobook
30. Forgiving Imelda Marcos
By: Nathan Go
3.63
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
Nathan Go’s taut meditation on forgiveness and regret is told in the indelible voice of a Filipino … read more
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- fiction
