API Authors
Listen to audiobooks by authors of Asian and/or Pacific Islander descent.


The Ministry of Time
By: Kaliane Bradley
Narrated by: George Weightman & Katie Leung
Length: 10 hours 22 minutes
Abridged: No
ONE OF BARACK OBAMAāS FAVORITE BOOKS OF SUMMER 2024 ā¢ A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER ā¢ WINNER OF THE GOODREADS CHOICE AWARD FOR SCIENCE FICTION ā¢ A GOOD MORNING AMERICA BOOK CLUB PICK ā¢ A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: NPR, VANITY FAIR, ESQUIRE, VOX, GOOD HOUSEKEEPING, THE INDEPENDENT, PARADE, KIRKUS REVIEWS, AND MOREā¦
āThis summerās hottest debut.ā... Read more


Babel
By: R. F. Kuang
Narrated by: Chris Lew Kum Hoi & Billie Fulford-Brown
Length: 21 hours 45 minutes
Abridged: No
From award-winning author R. F. Kuang comesĀ Babel, a thematic response toĀ The Secret HistoryĀ and a tonal retort toĀ Jonathan Strange & Mr. NorrellĀ that grapples with student revolutions, colonial resistance, and the use of language and translation as the dominating tool of the British empire. Traduttore, traditore: An act of translation is... Read more
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The Covenant of Water
By: Abraham Verghese
Narrated by: Abraham Verghese
Length: 31 hours 16 minutes
Abridged: No
From the New York Timesābestselling author of Cutting for Stone comes a stunning and magisterial epic of love, faith, and medicine, set in Kerala, South India, following three generations of a family seeking the answers to a strange secret
The Covenant of Water is the long-awaited new novel by Abraham Verghese, the author of the major... Read more


Crying in H Mart
By: Michelle Zauner
Narrated by: Michelle Zauner
Length: 7 hours 22 minutes
Abridged: No
From the indie rockstar of Japanese Breakfast fame, and author of the viral 2018 New Yorker essay that shares the title of this book, an unflinching, powerful memoir about growing up Korean American, losing her mother, and forging her own identity.
In this exquisite story of family, food, grief, and endurance, Michelle Zauner proves herself far... Read more


The Poppy War
By: R. F. Kuang
Narrated by: Emily Woo Zeller
Length: 19 hours 27 minutes
Abridged: No
An AudioFile Magazine Best Audiobook of 2018!A Library Journal,Ā Paste Magazine, and ENTROPYĀ Best Books of 2018 pick!Washington Post ""5 Best Science Fiction and Fantasy Novel of 2018"" pick!A Bustle ""30 Best Fiction Books of 2018"" pick!āI have no doubt this will end up being the best fantasy debut of the year [...] I have absolutely no doubt... Read more
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Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers
By: Jesse Q. Sutanto
Narrated by: Eunice Wong
Length: 10 hours 41 minutes
Abridged: No
A USA Today bestseller
Edgar Award Winner for Best Original Paperback
Audie Award Winner for Mystery
Libby Award Winner for Best Mystery
A lonely shopkeeper takes it upon herself to solve a murder in the most peculiar way in this captivating mystery by Jesse Q. Sutanto, bestselling author of Dial A for Aunties.
Vera Wong is a lonely little old... Read more


On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
By: Ocean Vuong
Narrated by: Ocean Vuong
Length: 7 hours 18 minutes
Abridged: No
A New York Times bestseller ā¢ Nominated for the National Book Award for Fiction ā¢ Ocean Vuongās debut novel is a shattering portrait of a family, a first love, and the redemptive power of storytelling
New York Times Readers Pick: 100 Best Books of the 21st CenturyĀ
āA lyrical work of self-discovery thatās shockingly intimate and insistently... Read more


How High We Go in the Dark
By: Sequoia Nagamatsu
Narrated by: Julia Whelan, Brian Nishii, Keisuke Hoashi, Mac...
Length: 9 hours 20 minutes
Abridged: No
NATIONAL BESTSELLER ā¢ NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW EDITORS' CHOICE ā¢ ROXANE GAY'S AUDACIOUS BOOK CLUB PICK ā¢ FINALIST FOR THE URSULA K. LE GUIN PRIZE""Moving and thought-provoking . . . offering psychological insights in lyrical prose while seriously exploring speculative conceits.""Ā āĀ New York Times Book Review""Haunting and luminous . . .... Read more
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Daughter of the Moon Goddess
By: Sue Lynn Tan
Narrated by: Natalie Naudus
Length: 15 hours
Abridged: No
The acclaimed national and international bestsellerāEpic, romantic, and enthralling from start to finish.āāStephanie Garber, #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Caraval seriesāAn all-consuming work of literary fantasy that is breathtaking both for its beauty and its suspense.""āBookPage, starred reviewA captivating and romantic debut... Read more
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The Bandit Queens
By: Parini Shroff
Narrated by: Soneela Nankani
Length: 13 hours 14 minutes
Abridged: No
NATIONAL BESTSELLER ā¢ GOOD MORNING AMERICA BUZZ PICKĀ ā¢Ā A young Indian woman finds the false rumors that she killed her husband surprisingly usefulāuntil other women in the village start asking for her helpĀ getting rid of their own husbandsāin this razor-sharp debut.
"A radically feel-good story about the murder of no-good husbands by a cast of... Read more


What My Bones Know
By: Stephanie Foo
Narrated by: Stephanie Foo
Length: 10 hours 5 minutes
Abridged: No
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER ā¢ A searing memoir of reckoning and healing by acclaimed journalist Stephanie Foo, investigating the little-understood science behind complex PTSD and how it has shaped her life
āAchingly exquisite . . . providing real hope for those who long to heal.āāLori Gottlieb, New York Times bestselling author of Maybe You Should... Read more


The Three-Body Problem
By: Cixin Liu
Narrated by: Luke Daniels
Length: 13 hours 25 minutes
Abridged: No
The inspiration for the Netflix series 3 Body Problem!
WINNER OF THE HUGO AWARD FOR BEST NOVEL
Over 1 million copies sold in North America
āA mind-bending epic.āāThe New York Times ā¢ āWar of the Worlds for the 21st century.āāThe Wall Street Journal ā¢ āFascinating.āāTIME ā¢ āExtraordinary.āāThe New Yorker ā¢ āWildly imaginative.āāBarack Obama ā¢... Read more


Know My Name
By: Chanel Miller
Narrated by: Chanel Miller
Length: 15 hours 24 minutes
Abridged: No
Universally acclaimed, rapturously reviewed, winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award for autobiography, and an instant New York Times bestseller, Chanel Miller's breathtaking memoir "gives readers the privilege of knowing her not just as Emily Doe, but as Chanel Miller the writer, the artist, the survivor, the fighter." (The Wrap).
"I... Read more


Real Americans
By: Rachel Khong
Narrated by: Louisa Zhu, Eric Yang & Eunice Wong
Length: 14 hours 40 minutes
Abridged: No
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER ā¢ READ WITH JENNAāS MAY BOOK CLUB PICK ā¢ From the award-winning author of Goodbye, Vitamin: How far would you go to shape your own destiny?Ā An exhilarating novel of American identity that spans three generations in one family and asks: What makes us who we are? And how inevitable are our futures?Ā
"Mesmerizing"āBrit... Read more


The Fox Wife
By: Yangsze Choo
Narrated by: Yangsze Choo
Length: 14 hours 36 minutes
Abridged: No
This program is read by the author.
"Choo narrates the book herself with a grace of voice and manner that is rare in authors. Further, she delivers Chinese names and phrases with the intonation of a native speaker, lending another level of authenticity to this odd and wonderful tale."āThe Washington Post
"Yangsze Choo again takes on narration... Read more


The Emperor and the Endless Palace
By: Justinian Huang
Narrated by: Dylan J. Locke, Will Dao & Telly Leung
Length: 9 hours 52 minutes
Abridged: No
"A sweeping triumph in queer romance." āBooklist
āWhat if I told you that the feeling we call love is actually the feeling of metaphysical recognition, when your soul remembers someone from a previous life?ā
In the year 4 BCE, an ambitious courtier is called upon to seduce the young emperorābut quickly discovers they are both ruled by blood, sex... Read more


Dear Girls
By: Ali Wong
Narrated by: Ali Wong & Justin Hakuta
Length: 6 hours 20 minutes
Abridged: No
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER ā¢Ā Heartfelt and hilarious essays from the Emmy and Golden Globe Awardāwinning actress, star of the Netflix original series Beef, and two-time member of Timeās 100 Most Influential People of the Year list
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āA collection of letters to her baby girls that are barn-burning reflections on being a working mom, marriage, sex,... Read more


Hijab Butch Blues
By: Lamya H
Narrated by: Ashraf Shirazi
Length: 7 hours 32 minutes
Abridged: No
A queer hijabi Muslim immigrant survives her coming-of-age by drawing strength and hope from stories in the Quran inĀ this āraw and relatable memoir that challenges societal norms and expectationsā (Linah Mohammad, NPR).
āA masterful, must-read contribution to conversations on power, justice, healing, and devotion from a singular voice I now trust... Read more


Sorry I'm Late, I Didn't Want to Come
By: Jessica Pan
Narrated by: Jessica Pan
Length: 8 hours 52 minutes
Abridged: No
What would happen if a shy introvert lived like a gregarious extrovert for one year? If she knowingly and willingly put herself in perilous social situations that sheād normally avoid at all costs? Writer Jessica Pan intends to find out. With the help of various extrovert mentors, Jessica sets up a series of personal challenges (talk to... Read more
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Gay the Pray Away
By: Natalie Naudus
Narrated by: Natalie Naudus
Length: 7 hours 12 minutes
Abridged: No
Valerie Danners is in a cult. She just doesnāt know it yet. When she finds a queer book at the library and smuggles it home, her conservative Christian homeschooling world begins to crack. And when the cutest girl sheās ever met shows up to Bible class, she starts to question everything.Riley is so confident and kind, and she and Valerie bond... Read more
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Welcome to the Hyunam-dong Bookshop
By: Hwang Bo-reum
Narrated by: Rosa Escoda
Length: 8 hours
Abridged: No
Bloomsbury presents Welcome to the Hyunam-dong Bookshop by Hwang Bo-reum, read by Rosa Escoda.
INSTANT USA TODAY BESTSELLER * NATIONAL INDIE BESTSELLER
INDIE NEXT PICK * Debutiful Most Anticipated Book of 2024 * Powell's Pick of the Month
The Korean smash hit available for the first time in English, a slice-of-life novel for readers of Matt Haig's... Read more


The Cartographers
By: Peng Shepherd
Narrated by: Emily Woo Zeller, Nancy Wu, Karen Chilton, Ron ...
Length: 14 hours 41 minutes
Abridged: No
From the critically acclaimed author ofĀ The Book of M, a highly imaginative thriller about a young woman who discovers that a strange map in her deceased fatherās belongings holds an incredible, deadly secretāone that will lead her on an extraordinary adventure and to the truth about her familyās dark history.Ā What is the purpose of a map?Ā Nell... Read more
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Red String Theory
By: Lauren Kung Jessen
Narrated by: Yu-Li Alice Shen & Andrew Grace
Length: 9 hours 38 minutes
Abridged: No
In this charming rom-com about two star-crossed lovers, a woman whose life is guided by her belief in the red-string of fate finds her perfect matchābut his skepticism about true love puts a knot in their chances.
Just a date . . . or a twist of fate?
When it comes to love and art, Rooney Gao believes in signs. Most of all, she believes in the... Read more


A Tale for the Time Being
By: Ruth Ozeki
Narrated by: Ruth Ozeki
Length: 14 hours 43 minutes
Abridged: No
A brilliant, unforgettable, and long-awaited novel from bestselling author Ruth Ozeki
āAātime being is someone who lives in time, and that means you, and me, and every one of us who is, or was, or ever will be.ā
In Tokyo, sixteen-year-old Nao has decided thereās only one escape from her aching loneliness and her classmatesā bullying. But before... Read more
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