If You Leave Me
By: Crystal Hana Kim
3.69
Format: 417 pages, Hardcover
An emotionally riveting debut novel about war, family, and forbidden love—the unforgettable saga of…
Want to Read $ 9.49"I realized we were lurching toward a new world—one where women would disappear with foreigners, where Americans would never leave us alone, where they didn't simply provide us with money but with their ways of living as well."-Crystal Hana Kim, If You Leave Me
"I realized we were lurching toward a new world—one where women would disappear with foreigners, where Americans would never leave us alone, where they didn't simply provide us with money but with their ways of living as well."-Crystal Hana Kim, If You Leave Me
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1. The Calligrapher's Daughter
By: Eugenia Kim
3.81
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
A sweeping debut novel, inspired by the life of the author’s mother, about a young woman who dares … read more
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- literary fiction
- historical
- asia
- war
- fiction
- historical fiction
- asian literature
- audiobook
"It was pointless to worry about problems I didn't yet have."-Eugenia Kim, The Calligrapher's Daughter
2. I Am Hutterite: The Fascinating True Story of a Young Woman's Journey to Reclaim Her Heritage
By: Mary-Ann Kirkby
4.05
Format: 240 pages,
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3. Secrets of a Happy Marriage
By: Cathy Kelly
4.18
Format: 407 pages,
Any family knows that a special birthday party is the perfect chance to come together, but for the … read more
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- romance
- fiction
4. Dragon Springs Road
By: Janie Chang
4.44
Format: None pages, Paperback
From the author of Three Soulscomes a vividly imagined and haunting new novel set in early 20th cen… read more
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- historical
- asia
- fiction
- historical fiction
- adult
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6. How to Make Herself Agreeable to Everyone
By: Cameron Russell
3.79
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
A fierce and innovative memoir that explores who holds the power in an image-obsessed culture, from… read more
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- audiobook
7. Whiskey Tender: A Memoir
By: Deborah Jackson Taffa
4.14
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
An Oprah Daily "Best New Book" and "Riveting Nonfiction and Memoir You Need to Read" * A New York T… read more
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- historical
- audiobook
"My Laguna grandmother, Esther, is the one who taught me that a deep intimacy with a homeland requires three things: sensory experiences of particular geographies, a storied history of the trails, and…"-Deborah Jackson Taffa, Whiskey Tender: A Memoir
8. Mater 2-10
By: Hwang Sok-yong
3.67
Format: 486 pages, Paperback
International Booker–nominated virtuoso Hwang Sok-yong is back with another powerful story — an epi… read more
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- literary fiction
- historical
- asia
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- historical fiction
- asian literature
9. Beasts of a Little Land
By: Juhea Kim
4.01
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
In 1917, deep in the snowy mountains of occupied Korea, an impoverished local hunter on the brink o… read more
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- literary fiction
- historical
- war
- fiction
- historical fiction
- asian literature
- adult
- audiobook
"If you really love someone you say goodbye without ever leaving."-Juhea Kim, Beasts of a Little Land
"The sky was white and the earth was black, like at the beginning of time before the first sunrise."-Juhea Kim, Beasts of a Little Land
"Jade felt that they each would have only half a life, a single wing, which would not be truly complete unless they stood together side by side."-Juhea Kim, Beasts of a Little Land
"But he thought that his father and mother were up there somewhere, that he didn't come into this world alone, and so was reminded why he must keep surviving as best he can..."-Juhea Kim, Beasts of a Little Land
10. Here & There
By: Claire Wilder
4.11
Format: 460 pages, Kindle Edition
My life was perfectly fine before I jumped into the ocean fully clothed. Great job, perfect apartme… read more
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- romance
11. The Mermaid from Jeju
By: Sumi Hahn
3.89
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
In the tradition of Yangsze Choo's Night Tiger and Min Jin Lee's Pachinko comes a magical saga that… read more
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- literary fiction
- historical
- asia
- war
- fiction
- historical fiction
- asian literature
- adult
- audiobook
"Tendrils of vine and fern fell from both sides of the gully, like green waterfalls spilling from rocks. Sunlight beamed through the trees, illuminating every tiny insect and mote in the air..."-Sumi Hahn, The Mermaid from Jeju
"The half moon disappeared behind a cloud, casting the scene into darkness. The silence between the boy and girl expanded. It filled with memories of promises made, words that the world had broken"."-Sumi Hahn, The Mermaid from Jeju
12. The Plotters
By: Kim Un-Su
3.58
Format: 310 pages, Paperback
From the novelist dubbed "the Korean Henning Mankell" (The Guardian) comes a fantastical crime nove… read more
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- asia
- fiction
- asian literature
- adult
- audiobook
"Black tea is steeped in imperialism. That's what gives it its flavor. Anything this flavorful has to be hiding an incredible amount of carnage."-Kim Un-Su, The Plotters
"That's life. Not much to it. Just one big stinking, filthy squalid mess. But once you get a taste of it - ah! Then it's not so bad. Sometimes it's even delicious."-Kim Un-Su, The Plotters
"He believed that people should emulate whales. He said that people had grown as small and crafty as rats , and that the days of taking slow, huge, beautiful strides had vanished, The age of giants wa…"-Kim Un-Su, The Plotters
"But just as a vaccine company facing bankruptcy will ultimately survive not by making the world's greatest vaccine but, rather, the world's worst virus, so, too, did bodyguard and security firms need…"-Kim Un-Su, The Plotters
13. The Apology
By: Jimin Han
3.47
Format: 291 pages, Hardcover
This sweeping intergenerational saga tells the story of a pampered and defiant South Korean matriar… read more
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- literary fiction
- historical
- asia
- fiction
- historical fiction
- adult
- audiobook
14. From Here
By: Luma Mufleh
4.51
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
In her coming-of-age memoir, refugee advocate Luma Mufleh writes of her tumultuous journey to recon… read more
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- adult
- audiobook
15. Cinema Love
By: Jiaming Tang
3.86
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
A staggering, tender epic about gay men in rural China and the women who marry them. For over th… read more
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- literary fiction
- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- adult
16. Seeing Ghosts: A Memoir
By: Kat Chow
3.93
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
For readers of Helen Macdonald and Elizabeth Alexander, an intimate and haunting portrait of grief … read more
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- asian literature
- adult
- audiobook
"Our time with our mother was a past life—some version of ourselves from which we’d become estranged."-Kat Chow, Seeing Ghosts: A Memoir
"But, Mommy, grief is a container of contradictions. I want to expel something, though I do not know what. I want to rid myself of this heaviness, just as much as I want to keep your ghosts."-Kat Chow, Seeing Ghosts: A Memoir
"I often tell myself, I am young, my body is strong, and I delay making appointment after appointment, physical after physical, until I think about my mother, and I schedule something for the next wee…"-Kat Chow, Seeing Ghosts: A Memoir
"My father often talks of survival - do whatever is necessary to succeed - but where in this idea does satisfaction factor? Mommy, I am asking about your happiness - and yet, I am only able to reach a…"-Kat Chow, Seeing Ghosts: A Memoir
17. 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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- asian literature
- literary fiction
- fiction
- audiobook
18. On Fragile Waves
By: E. Lily Yu
4.11
Format: 273 pages, Hardcover
Firuzeh and her brother Nour are children of fire, born in an Afghanistan fractured by war. When th… read more
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- literary fiction
- adult
- fiction
- historical fiction
"Anyone can suffer. But joy--that's hard. Ask about joy."-E. Lily Yu, On Fragile Waves
"There was perhaps no other school in the greater Melbourne area, perhaps no other school in Australia, that had so many children of war. Some shy, some loud, some laughing, some quiet—and every one o…"-E. Lily Yu, On Fragile Waves
19. If You Leave Me
By: Crystal Hana Kim
3.69
Format: 417 pages, Hardcover
An emotionally riveting debut novel about war, family, and forbidden love—the unforgettable saga of… read more
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- romance
- literary fiction
- historical
- asia
- war
- fiction
- historical fiction
- asian literature
- adult
- audiobook
"I realized we were lurching toward a new world—one where women would disappear with foreigners, where Americans would never leave us alone, where they didn't simply provide us with money but with the…"-Crystal Hana Kim, If You Leave Me
20. Twice the Trouble
By: Ash Clifton
3.59
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
A private investigator follows a trail of blood and bodies to find his latest target–or die trying–… read more
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21. Sacrificial Animals
By: Kailee Pedersen
3.46
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Inspired by Kailee Pedersen's own journey being adopted from Nanning, China in 1996 and growing up … read more
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- adult
- fiction
- audiobook
"Young and having barely grown his first pair of antlers he is innocent of this fatal desire to engrave himself into the body of another. Reworking and remaking the fabric of his destiny, skin against…"-Kailee Pedersen, Sacrificial Animals
"At dinner parties he might say, I'm from Nebraska, and you? Wih the smug self-indulgence of a man who is from somewhere but no longer inhabits it, has no longer any need of that place called Stag's C…"-Kailee Pedersen, Sacrificial Animals
"At dinner parties he might say, I'm from Nebraska, and you? With the smug self-indulgence of a man who is from somewhere but no longer inhabits it, has no longer any need of that place called Stag's …"-Kailee Pedersen, Sacrificial Animals
