My Heart of Rice: A Poetic Filipino American Experience
By: Ashley C. Lanuza
4.02
Format: 180 pages, Kindle Edition
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1. Idol, Burning
By: Rin Usami
3.23
Format: 144 pages, Hardcover
The novel that lit the Japanese publishing world on fire: From a breathtaking up-and-coming writer,… read more
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"His existence and my witnessing of it were all I asked for."-Rin Usami, Idol, Burning
"Maybe that was how a home broke down over the years, as the sound of doors slamming and chairs roughly scraping the floor built up like dust, and the slow drip of gnashing teeth and resentful grumbli…"-Rin Usami, Idol, Burning
"Idol groups generally assigned each member an official color, which would be used for the light sticks that fans would hold up to show your support at a performance or for other individual merch. My …"-Rin Usami, Idol, Burning
2. Almost American Girl
By: Robin Ha
4.22
Format: 239 pages, Kindle Edition
A teen graphic novel memoir about a Korean-born, non-English-speaking girl who is abruptly transpla… read more
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- biography memoir
- nonfiction
"But now that I am finally leaving, I see everything through rose-colored glasses"-Robin Ha, Almost American Girl
3. Aquicorn Cove
By: Kay O'Neill
4.18
Format: 96 pages, Hardcover
When Lana and her father return to their seaside hometown to help clear the debris of a storm, the … read more
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4. The World Keeps Ending, and the World Goes On
By: Franny Choi
3.99
Format: 144 pages, Hardcover
From acclaimed poet Franny Choi comes a poetry collection for the ends of worlds--past, present, an… read more
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- poetry
"I have last year's ashes in my throat, stories stuffed so full of morals they bleed sugar."-Franny Choi, The World Keeps Ending, and the World Goes On
"How can I explain the things and things and things I did wrong? I was never any good at telling the difference between what wanted me and what wanted me gone"-Franny Choi, The World Keeps Ending, and the World Goes On
5. Homicide and Halo-Halo (Tita Rosie's Kitchen Mystery, #2)
By: Mia P. Manansala
3.67
Format: 279 pages, Paperback
Things are heating up for Lila Macapagal. Not in her love life, which she insists on keeping nonexi… read more
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"People said that dogs tended to resemble their owners, and considering that my little wiener dog was a super cute brown girl with stubby legs, great fashion sense, and a tendency toward plumpness, I …"-Mia P. Manansala, Homicide and Halo-Halo (Tita Rosie's Kitchen Mystery, #2)
"I decided to let Longganisa ride with us, both to cheer us up and to make up for having her shut in my room all night. We completed the short drive in silence, Joy stroking Longganisa's short fur and…"-Mia P. Manansala, Homicide and Halo-Halo (Tita Rosie's Kitchen Mystery, #2)
"I set out a loaf of zucchini-pandan bread, the green coloring from the extract adding an interesting tinge to the crumb. The grassy, floral taste complemented the neutral flavor of the zucchini well,…"-Mia P. Manansala, Homicide and Halo-Halo (Tita Rosie's Kitchen Mystery, #2)
"So you're the former beauty queen Rob mentioned. Not quite what I was expecting, honey." The spell she'd cast over me lifted a bit at that remark---I didn't need her reminding me I wasn't beauty quee…"-Mia P. Manansala, Homicide and Halo-Halo (Tita Rosie's Kitchen Mystery, #2)
6. The Carrying
By: Ada Limon
4.40
Format: 120 pages, Hardcover
From National Book Award and National Book Critics Circle Award finalist Ada Limón comes The Carryi… read more
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- womens
- nonfiction
- poetry
"What if, instead of carrying a child, I am supposed to carry grief?"-Ada Limon, The Carrying
"All I’ve been working on is napping, and maybe being kinder to others, to myself."-Ada Limon, The Carrying
"I know you don’t always understand, but let me point to the first wet drops landing on the stones, the noise like fingers drumming the skin. I can’t help it. I will never get over making everything s…"-Ada Limon, The Carrying
"I saw a mom take her raincoat off and give it to her young daughter when a storm took over the afternoon. My god, I thought, my whole life I’ve been under her raincoat thinking it was somehow a marve…"-Ada Limon, The Carrying
7. Mamo
By: Sas Milledge
4.36
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
Family matters aren’t just hocus-pocus for this young witch!Cartoonist Sas Milledge makes her aston… read more
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8. Patron Saints of Nothing
By: Randy Ribay
4.23
Format: 323 pages, Hardcover
A coming-of-age story about grief, guilt, and the risks a Filipino-American teenager takes to uncov… read more
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"We failed him in life. We should not fail him in death."-Randy Ribay, Patron Saints of Nothing
"English is a language that lives in the middle of the mouth, but Tagalog is more of an open throat song that dances between the tip of the tongue and the teeth. My mouth feels too heavy, too thick, t…"-Randy Ribay, Patron Saints of Nothing
"But there are good things I can hold on to and there are other things I have the power to change. My family, myself, this world--al of us are flawed. But flawed doesn't mean hopeless. It doesn't mean…"-Randy Ribay, Patron Saints of Nothing
"Maybe he was reaching out to me through those words, and I let him slip away. I stayed silent. If I had written to him more often, been more honest, would it have helped him work through some of his …"-Randy Ribay, Patron Saints of Nothing
9. 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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"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)
10. America Is Not the Heart
By: Elaine Castillo
3.98
Format: 408 pages, Hardcover
Three generations of women from one immigrant family trying to reconcile the home they left behind … read more
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"There are mercies, and there are mercies."-Elaine Castillo, America Is Not the Heart
"A name had a lifespan like anything else."-Elaine Castillo, America Is Not the Heart
"You know what it's like to have a fate; you also know what it's like to escape one."-Elaine Castillo, America Is Not the Heart
"You don’t ever really stop having a song. It’s easier to stop having a person than to stop having a song."-Elaine Castillo, America Is Not the Heart
11. Blackmail and Bibingka (Tita Rosie's Kitchen Mystery, #3)
By: Mia P. Manansala
3.73
Format: 270 pages, Paperback
When her long lost cousin comes back to town just in time for the holidays, Lila Macapagal knows th… read more
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"If you've turned up after all these years just to break Tita Rosie's heart again, I'll kill you. I'm serious. And Ate Bernie will help me hide the body," I said, bringing up his ex-girlfriend and my …"-Mia P. Manansala, Blackmail and Bibingka (Tita Rosie's Kitchen Mystery, #3)
"My aunt said a quick grace, then everyone helped themselves to the myriad dishes on the table: chicken afritada, bangus a la pobre, adobong pusit, beef nilaga, lumpiang togue, kang-kong in oyster sau…"-Mia P. Manansala, Blackmail and Bibingka (Tita Rosie's Kitchen Mystery, #3)
"I slid the cookie platter in front of them, which contained the four holiday cookies I'd come up with as well as peach-mango crumble cookies, my special of the day. The buttery, sweet base was topped…"-Mia P. Manansala, Blackmail and Bibingka (Tita Rosie's Kitchen Mystery, #3)
"I pulled one of my individual buko pandan trifles out of the refrigerated tote bag I was carrying. Considering how little time I had to come up with the recipe, I was proud of how they'd turned out: …"-Mia P. Manansala, Blackmail and Bibingka (Tita Rosie's Kitchen Mystery, #3)
12. A Magical Girl Retires
By: Park Seolyeon
3.63
Format: 160 pages, Hardcover
A millennial turned magical girl must combat climate change and credit card debt in this delightful… read more
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"The person I loved and respected the most in the world called me a genius; therefore, I was a genius."-Park Seolyeon, A Magical Girl Retires
"If I could become a magical girl at twenty-nine, then surely it was never too late to become a watchmaker."-Park Seolyeon, A Magical Girl Retires
"Grandfather, I just love watches. When I look at them, I just... It's like they're a whole universe. The universe itself. Even the smallest watch."-Park Seolyeon, A Magical Girl Retires
"She had a point. I mean, when did my own girlhood begin and end, exactly? I couldn't quite circle a lasso around it, but I knew, at least, when it had ended. Three years ago, when Grandfather died."-Park Seolyeon, A Magical Girl Retires
13. Dear America: Notes of an Undocumented Citizen
By: Jose Antonio Vargas
4.30
Format: 256 pages, ebook
Pulitzer-Prize winning journalist Jose Antonio Vargas, called “the most famous undocumented immigra… read more
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- biography memoir
- nonfiction
"Home is not something I should have to earn."-Jose Antonio Vargas, Dear America: Notes of an Undocumented Citizen
"Humanity is not some box I should have to check."-Jose Antonio Vargas, Dear America: Notes of an Undocumented Citizen
"Here in America, the libraries were my church, and I was an acolyte."-Jose Antonio Vargas, Dear America: Notes of an Undocumented Citizen
"Dear America, is this what you really want? Do you even know what is happening in your name?"-Jose Antonio Vargas, Dear America: Notes of an Undocumented Citizen
14. A Professional Lola
By: E.P. Tuazon
4.17
Format: 208 pages, Paperback
A Professional Lola is a collection of short stories that blend literary fiction with the surreal t… read more
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15. The Deep Dark
By: Molly Knox Ostertag
4.42
Format: 480 pages, Paperback
From Molly Knox Ostertag, writer-illustrator, comes a darkly beautiful story of identity, family, l… read more
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16. The Body Papers
By: Grace Talusan
4.29
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
Winner of The Restless Books Prize for New Immigrant Writing, Grace Talusan’s memoir The Body Paper… read more
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- biography memoir
- nonfiction
17. The Symmetry of Fish (Penguin Poets)
By: Su Cho
3.83
Format: 80 pages, Paperback
From National Poetry Series winner Su Cho, chosen by Paige Lewis, a debut poetry collection about i… read more
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- poetry
- nonfiction
18. Somewhere in the Middle: A journey to the Philippines in search of roots, belonging, and identity
By: Deborah Francisco Douglas
3.87
Format: 254 pages, Paperback
Half Filipino but raised in an American household, Deborah Francisco Douglas had always longed to … read more
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- biography memoir
- nonfiction
19. Letters to a Young Brown Girl
By: Barbara Jane Reyes
4.37
Format: 112 pages, Paperback
Barbara Jane Reyes answers the questions of Filipino American girls and young women of color with b… read more
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- poetry
20. My Heart of Rice: A Poetic Filipino American Experience
By: Ashley C. Lanuza
4.02
Format: 180 pages, Kindle Edition
Through vivid and rhythmic poetry, My Heart of Rice moves to empower anyone who may have a difficul… read more
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- womens
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- poetry
21. Halo-Halo: A poetic mix of culture, history, identity, revelation, and revolution
By: Justine Ramos
4.74
Format: 178 pages, Paperback
In this small foreign body / under this heavy, twisted tongue / is the fighting spirit of / three g… read more
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- poetry
