My Life: Growing Up Asian in America
By: CAPE (Coalition of Asian Pacifics in Entertainment)
4.25
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
A collection of thirty heartfelt, witty, and hopeful thought pieces on the experience of growing up…
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1. Wordslut: A Feminist Guide to Taking Back the English Language
By: Amanda Montell
4.29
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
The word "bitch" conjures many images for many people but is most often meant to describe an unplea… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
"Language pedantry is snobbery and snobbery is prejudice,"-Amanda Montell, Wordslut: A Feminist Guide to Taking Back the English Language
"One of the burdens of being a woman is the imperative to be nice."-Amanda Montell, Wordslut: A Feminist Guide to Taking Back the English Language
"Hitler wasn’t any less fascist because he could write a coherent sentence."-Amanda Montell, Wordslut: A Feminist Guide to Taking Back the English Language
"Anytime language reform happens, it has to happen in the context of social change,"-Amanda Montell, Wordslut: A Feminist Guide to Taking Back the English Language
2. Platonic: How the Science of Attachment Can Help You Make—and Keep—Friends
By: Marisa G. Franco
4.06
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
A lively, data-driven guide to finding your people from psychologist Dr. Marisa G. Franco about the… read more
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- nonfiction
- audiobook
3. A Living Remedy: A Memoir
By: Nicole Chung
4.01
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
A searing memoir of family, class and grief—a daughter’s search to understand the lives her adoptiv… read more
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- race
- biography
- memoir
- nonfiction
- audiobook
"How do you learn to cherish yourself, your life, when grief has made it unrecognizable? I am starting to feel that we do so not by trying to fill a void that can never be filled but by living as best…"-Nicole Chung, A Living Remedy: A Memoir
4. Lunar New Year Love Story
By: Gene Luen Yang
4.41
Format: 352 pages, Paperback
Graphic novel superstars Gene Luen Yang and LeUyen Pham join forces in this heartwarming rom-com ab… read more
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- contemporary
5. 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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- race
- biography
- memoir
- nonfiction
- 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
6. We Were Dreamers: An Immigrant Superhero Origin Story
By: Simu Liu
4.35
Format: 320 pages, ebook
Marvel's newest recruit shares his own inspiring and unexpected origin story, from China to the bri… read more
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- biography
- memoir
- nonfiction
- asian literature
- audiobook
"Nobody forced us to come here,"-Simu Liu, We Were Dreamers: An Immigrant Superhero Origin Story
"Canada is not unilaterally friendly, nor is “friendly"-Simu Liu, We Were Dreamers: An Immigrant Superhero Origin Story
"Acting, like life, gets a bit stale when you only make safe choices."-Simu Liu, We Were Dreamers: An Immigrant Superhero Origin Story
"Jared had taught me the value of swinging for the fences and being the master of my own destiny."-Simu Liu, We Were Dreamers: An Immigrant Superhero Origin Story
7. Rise: A Pop History of Asian America from the Nineties to Now
By: Jeff Yang
4.39
Format: 496 pages, Hardcover
Cultural critic Jeff Yang, blogger Phil Yu of Angry Asian Man, and Wong Fu Productions’ Philip Wang… read more
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- race
- biography
- history
- nonfiction
- asian literature
- audiobook
"If you go to an “Asian American and Pacific Islander"-Jeff Yang, Rise: A Pop History of Asian America from the Nineties to Now
"The project was already in development before I joined the division. I was at Touchstone Pictures in live action, and I had heard that they were doing Mulan, it was picking up heat, and they were int…"-Jeff Yang, Rise: A Pop History of Asian America from the Nineties to Now
"American culture tends to see Asians as weak and in need of white people to come save us. That’s especially true in pop culture about the Vietnam War. The narrative is all about what Americans went t…"-Jeff Yang, Rise: A Pop History of Asian America from the Nineties to Now
8. The Parrot and the Igloo: Climate and the Science of Denial
By: David Lipsky
3.86
Format: 496 pages, Hardcover
In 1956, the New York Times prophesied that once global warming really kicked in, we could see parr… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
- audiobook
9. Making a Scene
By: Constance Wu
3.67
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
A powerful and poignant new book by Crazy Rich Asians and Fresh Off the Boat star Constance Wu abou… read more
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- biography
- memoir
- nonfiction
- essays
- asian literature
- audiobook
10. The Trayvon Generation
By: Elizabeth Alexander
4.36
Format: 146 pages, Hardcover
From a Pulitzer Prize finalist and New York Times bestselling author and poet comes a galvanizing m… read more
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- race
- history
- nonfiction
- essays
- audiobook
11. The End of Gender: Debunking the Myths about Sex and Identity in Our Society
By: Debra Soh
3.90
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
International sex researcher, neuroscientist, and columnist Debra Soh debunks popular gender myths … read more
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- nonfiction
- audiobook
"Men’s behavior is, to some extent, the result of female sexual preferences. If women didn’t want to mate with masculine men, these traits would have been removed from the gene pool long ago. “Toxic m…"-Debra Soh, The End of Gender: Debunking the Myths about Sex and Identity in Our Society
"Activist organizations have managed to infect much of the information that is available relating to both gender and biological sex. Any research studies that are not in agreement with this agenda are…"-Debra Soh, The End of Gender: Debunking the Myths about Sex and Identity in Our Society
"Therein lies the double standard: If a child is gender-nonconforming, this is interpreted as biological and something that shouldn’t be dissuaded or tampered with. But if a child is gender-conforming…"-Debra Soh, The End of Gender: Debunking the Myths about Sex and Identity in Our Society
12. You Are Here: Connecting Flights
By: Ellen Oh
4.26
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
An incident at a TSA security check point sows chaos and rumors, creating a chain of events that im… read more
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- audiobook
- anthologies
- contemporary
"Being good was slippery. It didn't stay still; it moved around, and not only that, sometimes it meant exactly opposite things. Like, there were times when being good meant speaking up, but other time…"-Ellen Oh, You Are Here: Connecting Flights
13. Naturally Tan
By: Tan France
3.79
Format: 8 pages, Audio CD
In this heartfelt, funny, touching memoir, Tan France, star of Netflix's smash-hit QUEER EYE, tells… read more
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- nonfiction
- biography
- memoir
- audiobook
"My biggest fantasy was to be able to take my revenge, which is a seriously screwed-up mentality for a child to have."-Tan France, Naturally Tan
"But I was good at running really fucking fast - my hundred-meter spring was bananas. Racism sucked, but it encouraged me to run faster than the bullies. That's the only silver lining you'll find in t…"-Tan France, Naturally Tan
"There are two things a brown person cannot do, and those are to scream or run through an airport with a backpack on. We struggle to catch flights, too. But we're not allowed to run, because that woul…"-Tan France, Naturally Tan
"All I can say is speak up; ask questions. Explain your concerns. It's the first step in feeling empowered to push forward with your own agenda. There is no reason to stifle yourself! Because as a wis…"-Tan France, Naturally Tan
14. 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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- asian literature
- audiobook
- anthologies
- contemporary
"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
15. The Future Is Disabled: Prophecies, Love Notes, and Mourning Songs
By: Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha
4.46
Format: 333 pages, Paperback
Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha follows up their incredible book Care Work with The Future Is Disa… read more
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- nonfiction
- essays
- audiobook
"There is no one disabled future. But in mine, there is guaranteed income, housing, access, food, water, and education for all—or money has been abolished. I get paid to write from my bed. The births …"-Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha, The Future Is Disabled: Prophecies, Love Notes, and Mourning Songs
"Sometimes I feel impatient about how much ableism has forced us to emphasize accessibility to get people to pay even a modicum of attention to it. Collective access is revolutionary because disabled …"-Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha, The Future Is Disabled: Prophecies, Love Notes, and Mourning Songs
"A future where disability justice won looks like queer, trans, Black, Indigenous, folks of colour, and women, girls, and nonbinary humans are living in a world where disability is the norm, and where…"-Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha, The Future Is Disabled: Prophecies, Love Notes, and Mourning Songs
16. American Like Me: Reflections on Life Between Cultures
By: America Ferrera
4.33
Format: 338 pages, Kindle Edition
INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER From Academy Award–nominated actress and 2023 SeeHer award recipi… read more
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- race
- biography
- memoir
- anthologies
- nonfiction
- essays
- audiobook
17. Sunshine Nails
By: Mai Nguyen
3.53
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
A tender, humorous, and page-turning debut about a Vietnamese Canadian family in Toronto who will d… read more
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- audiobook
- contemporary
18. 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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- race
- biography
- history
- memoir
- nonfiction
- essays
- asian literature
- audiobook
19. 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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- race
- biography
- memoir
- nonfiction
- audiobook
20. Year of the Tiger: An Activist's Life
By: Alice Wong
4.25
Format: 376 pages, Paperback
From the founder and director of the Disability Visibility Project, and the editor of the acclaimed… read more
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- biography
- memoir
- nonfiction
- essays
- audiobook
21. The Loneliest Americans
By: Jay Caspian Kang
3.71
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
A riveting blend of family history and original reportage by a conversation-starting writer for The… read more
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- race
- biography
- history
- memoir
- nonfiction
- essays
- asian literature
- audiobook
"These cultural generalizations, perhaps correctly, reduce the history of immigration to a binary. When immigrants come into this country, whether they join the labor force, like the Irish, Mexicans, …"-Jay Caspian Kang, The Loneliest Americans
22. A Man of Two Faces: A Memoir, a History, a Memorial
By: Viet Thanh Nguyen
4.35
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
With insight, humor, formal invention, and lyricism, in A Man of Two Faces Viet Thanh Nguyen rewind… read more
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- race
- biography
- history
- memoir
- nonfiction
- asian literature
23. Speak No Evil
By: Uzodinma Iweala
3.86
Format: 7 pages, Audiobook
A revelation shared between two privileged teenagers from very different backgrounds sets off a cha… read more
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- audiobook
- race
- contemporary
"Good, he says, trust your judgement."-Uzodinma Iweala, Speak No Evil
"Ms. Connell sighs because wealth does not equate to good manners."-Uzodinma Iweala, Speak No Evil
"Are you lost if you know where you're going-- just not how to get there?"-Uzodinma Iweala, Speak No Evil
"The days since then have been a timeless fuzz. I feel time pass but nothing actually seems to happen."-Uzodinma Iweala, Speak No Evil
24. King of the Armadillos
By: Wendy Chin-Tanner
3.89
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
A transcendent debut novel about family, love, and belonging, set against the backdrops of 1950s Ne… read more
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- race
- audiobook
25. The Impossible City: A Hong Kong Memoir
By: Karen Cheung
3.89
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
An insider's account of Hong Kong--from its tenacious counterculture and robust underground music s… read more
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- biography
- history
- memoir
- nonfiction
- audiobook
"People often characterize depression as a lack of hope or vitality, but I associate it more with a restlessness, an inability to feel at peace. You’re on the couch watching Netflix in furry pajamas, …"-Karen Cheung, The Impossible City: A Hong Kong Memoir
26. The Skin and Its Girl
By: Sarah Cypher
3.77
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
A young, queer Palestinian American woman pieces together her great aunt’s secrets in this sweeping… read more
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- audiobook
- contemporary
"But I tell you, I recognize myself by death's mark, and for a time I imagined almost every day that it were different, that I could be anything other than impossibly blue."-Sarah Cypher, The Skin and Its Girl
"But what was death to me, when it was my first act in life? Death looked like the house of the body opening, returning to a wider place: that place of confusion and strange beauty."-Sarah Cypher, The Skin and Its Girl
"I had the first inkling that some kinds of splendor were invisible to others. Were not wrong. And the solitude of this knowledge was wide and comfortable, a sort of imaginary palace."-Sarah Cypher, The Skin and Its Girl
"Do you know what it's like to be bewitched? Your mind bends. Your entire life shrinks to the size of a small room. The imagination is a fever. You can't stand it. Nobody can stand it-that's the point…"-Sarah Cypher, The Skin and Its Girl
27. Sigh, Gone: A Misfit's Memoir of Great Books, Punk Rock, and the Fight to Fit In
By: Phuc Tran
4.29
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
For anyone who has ever felt like they don't belong, Sigh, Gone shares an irreverent, funny, and mo… read more
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- race
- biography
- memoir
- nonfiction
- asian literature
- audiobook
"Teenagers and truck drivers: We're all on our way to somewhere else."-Phuc Tran, Sigh, Gone: A Misfit's Memoir of Great Books, Punk Rock, and the Fight to Fit In
"The vessel of my heart couldn't hold both my rage for my father and my love for my mother. Like glass subjected to heat and cold, I cracked."-Phuc Tran, Sigh, Gone: A Misfit's Memoir of Great Books, Punk Rock, and the Fight to Fit In
"Was this the real me? Stripped of the ability to look like a punk- what defined me as one? Not my jacket. Not my clothes. My friends? My enemies? No. What I did determined who I was, not what I looke…"-Phuc Tran, Sigh, Gone: A Misfit's Memoir of Great Books, Punk Rock, and the Fight to Fit In
28. Black Women Will Save the World: An Anthem
By: April Ryan
4.15
Format: 208 pages, ebook
In this long-overdue celebration of Black women's resilience and unheralded strength, the revered, … read more
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- race
- history
- memoir
- nonfiction
- contemporary
- audiobook
"The FBI, the country's national security apparatus, have declared white supremacy to be the country's most dangerous domestic terrorist threat."-April Ryan, Black Women Will Save the World: An Anthem
29. Permission to Come Home: Reclaiming Mental Health as Asian Americans
By: Jenny Wang
4.46
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
Asian Americans are experiencing a racial reckoning regarding their identity, inspiring them to rad… read more
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- asian literature
- race
- nonfiction
- audiobook
"When someone becomes angry with you, it is not your job to make them feel better; it is their job to learn skills to hold space for that anger and make themselves feel better. It is also their respon…"-Jenny Wang, Permission to Come Home: Reclaiming Mental Health as Asian Americans
30. Asian American Histories of the United States (ReVisioning History)
By: Catherine Ceniza Choy
3.99
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
An inclusive and landmark history, emphasizing how essential Asian American experiences are to any … read more
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- race
- history
- nonfiction
- asian literature
- audiobook
31. My Life: Growing Up Asian in America
By: CAPE (Coalition of Asian Pacifics in Entertainment)
4.25
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
A collection of thirty heartfelt, witty, and hopeful thought pieces on the experience of growing up… read more
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- history
- memoir
- anthologies
- nonfiction
- essays
- contemporary
- asian literature
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