Be the Refuge: Raising the Voices of Asian American Buddhists
By: Chenxing Han
4.33
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
A must-read for modern sanghas—Asian American Buddhists in their own words, on their own terms. …
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1. Radical Dharma: Talking Race, Love, and Liberation
By: Angel Kyodo Williams , Lama Rod Owens , Jasmine Syedullah
4.38
Format: 248 pages, Paperback
Igniting a long-overdue dialogue about how the legacy of racial injustice and white supremacy plays… read more
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- buddhism
- philosophy
- religion
- nonfiction
- spirituality
"I do the things that I do because I know that I can die at any second. I experience great suffering when I forget my impermanence. My teachers have taught me to love myself, and that has cause me to …"-Angel Kyodo Williams, Radical Dharma: Talking Race, Love, and Liberation
2. The Sympathizer
By: Viet Thanh Nguyen
3.83
Format: 28 pages, Hardcover
The winner of the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, as well as five other awards, The Sympathizeris … read more
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3. How to Win Friends and Influence People in the Digital Age
By: Dale Carnegie , Brent Cole
4.16
Format: None pages,
AN UP-TO-THE -MINUTE ADAPTATI ON OF DALE CARNEGIE 'S TI MELE SS PRESCRIPTI ONS FOR THE DIGITAL AGE … read more
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- nonfiction
4. Salvador
By: Joan Didion
3.78
Format: None pages, Paperback
"Terror is the given of the place." The place is El Salvador in 1982, at the ghastly height of its … read more
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5. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers
By: Loung Ung
4.34
Format: 238 pages, Paperback
From a childhood survivor of the Cambodian genocide under the regime of Pol Pot, this is a riveting… read more
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- nonfiction
"In my heart I know the truth, but my mind cannot accept the reality of what this all means."-Loung Ung, First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers
"I think how the world is still somehow beautiful even when I feel no joy at being alive within it. "-Loung Ung, First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers
"No one knows how precious you are. You are a diamond in the rough and with a little polishing, you will shine,"-Loung Ung, First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers
"This is what the war has done to me. Now I want to destroy because of it. There is such hate and rage inside me now. The Angkar has taught me to hate so deeply that I now know I have the power to des…"-Loung Ung, First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers
6. Crazy Brave
By: Joy Harjo
4.00
Format: None pages, Hardcover
In this transcendent memoir, grounded in tribal myth and ancestry, music and poetry, Joy Harjo, one… read more
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7. Cobalt Red: How the Blood of the Congo Powers Our Lives
By: Siddharth Kara
4.37
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
The revelatory New York Times and Publishers Weekly bestseller, shortlisted for the Financial Times… read more
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- nonfiction
"Now you understand how people like us work?"-Siddharth Kara, Cobalt Red: How the Blood of the Congo Powers Our Lives
"Nothing looks the same after a trip to the Congo. The world back home no longer makes sense. It is difficult to reconcile how it even inhabits the same planet. Neatly arranged mountains of vegetables…"-Siddharth Kara, Cobalt Red: How the Blood of the Congo Powers Our Lives
"Cobalt mining is the slave farm perfected. The cost of labor has been nullified through the degradation of Africans at the bottom of an economic chain that purports to exonerate all participants of a…"-Siddharth Kara, Cobalt Red: How the Blood of the Congo Powers Our Lives
8. Alone
By: Megan E. Freeman
4.14
Format: 404 pages, Hardcover
When twelve-year-old Maddie hatches a scheme for a secret sleepover with her two best friends, she … read more
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9. Light from Uncommon Stars
By: Ryka Aoki
4.06
Format: 372 pages, Hardcover
A defiantly joyful adventure set in California's San Gabriel Valley, with cursed violins, Faustian … read more
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"Lindsey Stirling?"-Ryka Aoki, Light from Uncommon Stars
"I shall make you feel all the joy, the terror in loving who you are."-Ryka Aoki, Light from Uncommon Stars
"A sandwich that is more than a sandwich. Coffee that is more than coffee."-Ryka Aoki, Light from Uncommon Stars
"When you rush, all you are doing is practicing your mistakes at a faster pace."-Ryka Aoki, Light from Uncommon Stars
10. Polysecure: Attachment, Trauma and Consensual Nonmonogamy
By: Jessica Fern
4.40
Format: 268 pages, Paperback
Attachment theory has entered the mainstream, but most discussions focus on how we can cultivate se… read more
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- nonfiction
"A child with a secure attachment style will likely grow up into an adult who feels worthy of love and seeks to create meaningful, healthy relationships with people who are physically and emotionally …"-Jessica Fern, Polysecure: Attachment, Trauma and Consensual Nonmonogamy
"Commitment can be expressed in many ways. Traditionally it is solidified through marriage, owning property, having kids or wearing certain types of jewelry, but legal, domestic, or ornamental underta…"-Jessica Fern, Polysecure: Attachment, Trauma and Consensual Nonmonogamy
"When someone with a dismissive style starts to work on healing their insecure attachment, they must begin by no longer dismissing and distancing from themselves. This requires that they no longer den…"-Jessica Fern, Polysecure: Attachment, Trauma and Consensual Nonmonogamy
"Approximately 15 to 20 percent of the population has a nervous system wired to be more sensitive. These people are more attuned to the subtleties of their environment and process that information muc…"-Jessica Fern, Polysecure: Attachment, Trauma and Consensual Nonmonogamy
11. If an Egyptian Cannot Speak English
By: Noor Naga
3.92
Format: 186 pages, Paperback
In the aftermath of the Arab Spring, an Egyptian American woman and a man from the village of Shobr… read more
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12. 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
- nonfiction
"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
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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- religion
- nonfiction
"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. American Sutra: A Story of Faith and Freedom in the Second World War
By: Duncan Ryūken Williams
4.20
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
This groundbreaking history tells the little-known story of how, in one of our country’s darkest ho… read more
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- buddhism
- nonfiction
- religion
15. The Hundred Years' War on Palestine: A History of Settler-Colonial Conquest and Resistance, 1917-2017
By: Rashid Khalidi
4.50
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
A landmark history of one hundred years of war waged against the Palestinians from the foremost US … read more
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- religion
- nonfiction
16. Bangkok Wakes to Rain
By: Pitchaya Sudbanthad
3.60
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
A house in Bangkok is the confluence of lives shaped by upheaval, memory, and the lure of home. A m… read more
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"In Thai, to say sorry was to ask for punishment that wouldn't ordinarily be meted out."-Pitchaya Sudbanthad, Bangkok Wakes to Rain
"Pig owes her much more than she could ever pay back. It had felt much less burdensome to feel like she would always be the one to so generously give."-Pitchaya Sudbanthad, Bangkok Wakes to Rain
17. Recitatif
By: Toni Morrison
4.31
Format: 19 pages, Audiobook
A beautiful, arresting short story by Toni Morrison—the only one she ever wrote—about race and the … read more
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"Difficult to “move on"-Toni Morrison, Recitatif
18. Tastes Like War
By: Grace M. Cho
3.92
Format: 289 pages, Paperback
Grace M. Cho grew up as the daughter of a white American merchant marine and the Korean bar hostess… read more
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- nonfiction
19. Unmasking Autism: Discovering the New Faces of Neurodiversity
By: Devon Price
4.44
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
A deep dive into the spectrum of Autistic experience and the phenomenon of masked Autism, giving in… read more
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- nonfiction
"Therapy that is focused on battling “irrational beliefs,"-Devon Price, Unmasking Autism: Discovering the New Faces of Neurodiversity
"Refusing to perform neurotypicality is a revolutionary act of disability justice. It's also a radical act of self-love."-Devon Price, Unmasking Autism: Discovering the New Faces of Neurodiversity
"Much of what we call maturity is a silly pantomime of independence and unfeeling, not a real quality of unbreakable strength."-Devon Price, Unmasking Autism: Discovering the New Faces of Neurodiversity
"We have to keep other people at arm's length, because letting them see our hyperfixations, meltdowns, obsessions, and outbursts could mean losing their respect. But locking ourselves away means we ca…"-Devon Price, Unmasking Autism: Discovering the New Faces of Neurodiversity
20. Zen and the Art of Saving the Planet
By: Thich Nhat Hanh
4.38
Format: 320 pages, ebook
In this masterful work, one of the most revered spiritual leaders in the world today shares his wis… read more
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- buddhism
- philosophy
- religion
- nonfiction
- spirituality
"Sometimes even if we think we want to be heard, we're not always ready for it."-Thich Nhat Hanh, Zen and the Art of Saving the Planet
"We can make the most of the Earth and benefit from its beauty, but in such a way that we respect the Earth, just as a bee respects the flower."-Thich Nhat Hanh, Zen and the Art of Saving the Planet
"You trust that you contain the whole cosmos; you are made of stars. And that is why you respect yourself and offer reverence to yourself. And, when you look at another person, you see that they are a…"-Thich Nhat Hanh, Zen and the Art of Saving the Planet
"This is the attitude of bodhisattvas: to practice meditation not only for yourself, but for the world, to relieve the suffering. And, when others suffer less, you suffer less. When you suffer less, t…"-Thich Nhat Hanh, Zen and the Art of Saving the Planet
21. We Ride Upon Sticks
By: Quan Barry
3.79
Format: 367 pages, Hardcover
Set in the coastal town of Danvers, Massachusetts (which in 1692 was Salem Village, site of the ori… read more
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"We were taking one step for jocks, one giant leap for jock-kind."-Quan Barry, We Ride Upon Sticks
"It all makes you wonder what you would've done had you been kicking around back then. If a teen girl, would you have followed the herd? If the mother of eight dead babies like Ann Putnam Sr., would y…"-Quan Barry, We Ride Upon Sticks
22. When We Were Sisters
By: Fatimah Asghar
3.93
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
An orphan grapples with gender, siblinghood, family, and coming-of-age as a Muslim in America in th… read more
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23. Bad Mexicans: Race, Empire, and Revolution in the Borderlands
By: Kelly Lytle Hernández
4.19
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
Bad Mexicans tells the dramatic story of the magonistas, the migrant rebels who sparked the 1910 Me… read more
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- nonfiction
24. The Night Parade
By: Jami Nakamura Lin
4.28
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
In the groundbreaking tradition of In the Dream House and The Collected Schizophrenias, a gorgeousl… read more
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- asian literature
- nonfiction
25. Be Not Afraid of Love: Lessons on Fear, Intimacy, and Connection
By: Mimi Zhu
4.12
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
“Radical and revolutionary.” —Jonny Sun, New York Times bestselling author of Goodbye, Again A col… read more
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- nonfiction
"Anger, like numbness, is another sacred protector of our survival. It is a loving act to protect yourself, a loving at to resist harm, and a loving act to allow yourself the sacred breath of anger."-Mimi Zhu, Be Not Afraid of Love: Lessons on Fear, Intimacy, and Connection
"I have tried to return to an "untainted" version of myself, one that was oblivious to the visceral natures of pain and loss. I obsess over an imagined place of "purity", where the ghosts of my past d…"-Mimi Zhu, Be Not Afraid of Love: Lessons on Fear, Intimacy, and Connection
"The excuses became an armor that pushed away he pain, but painful feelings do not relent even when faced with brute force. They linger in the ether and visit you, whether you are ready or not to conf…"-Mimi Zhu, Be Not Afraid of Love: Lessons on Fear, Intimacy, and Connection
26. Home Is Not a Country
By: Safia Elhillo
4.20
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
A novel in verse about family, identity, and finding yourself in the most unexpected places. Nim… read more
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27. Homelessness Is a Housing Problem: How Structural Factors Explain U.S. Patterns
By: Gregg Colburn
4.23
Format: 284 pages, Hardcover
Using rich and detailed data, this groundbreaking book explains why homelessness has become a crisi… read more
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- nonfiction
28. 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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- nonfiction
29. Be the Refuge: Raising the Voices of Asian American Buddhists
By: Chenxing Han
4.33
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
A must-read for modern sanghas—Asian American Buddhists in their own words, on their own terms. … read more
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- buddhism
- philosophy
- religion
- nonfiction
- spirituality
- asian literature
30. The Trauma of Caste: A Dalit Feminist Meditation on Survivorship, Healing, and Abolition
By: Thenmozhi Soundararajan
4.45
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
For readers of Caste and Radical Dharma, an urgent call to action to end caste apartheid, grounded … read more
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- nonfiction
"Systems of faith are systems before they are places of faith. They are made by people and share the flaws of their builders."-Thenmozhi Soundararajan, The Trauma of Caste: A Dalit Feminist Meditation on Survivorship, Healing, and Abolition
"People in the West need to know that most of the spiritual, intellectual, and cultural products of South Asia are tainted by Brahmanism. What may have offered you liberation and healing also causes c…"-Thenmozhi Soundararajan, The Trauma of Caste: A Dalit Feminist Meditation on Survivorship, Healing, and Abolition
31. Stealing My Religion: Not Just Any Cultural Appropriation
By: Liz Bucar
3.72
Format: 260 pages, Hardcover
From sneaker ads and the “solidarity hijab” to yoga classes and secular hikes along the Camino de S… read more
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- religion
- nonfiction
