API Authors
Listen to audiobooks by authors of Asian and/or Pacific Islander descent.
Exhalation
By: Ted Chiang
Narrated by: Edoardo Ballerini, Dominic Hoffman, Amy Landon ...
Length: 11 hours 21 minutes
Abridged: No
NATIONAL BESTSELLER ⢠ONE OF THE NEW YORK TIMES BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR ⢠Nine stunningly original, provocative, and poignant storiesâtwo published for the very first timeâall from the mind of the incomparable author of Stories of Your Life and Others
Tackling some of humanityâs oldest questions along with new quandaries only he could imagine,... Read more
Last Night at the Telegraph Club
By: Malinda Lo
Narrated by: Emily Woo Zeller
Length: 12 hours 25 minutes
Abridged: No
Acclaimed author of Ash Malinda Lo returns with her most personal and ambitious novel yet, a gripping story of love and duty set in San Francisco's Chinatown during the 1950s.
"That book. It was about two women, and they fell in love with each other." And then Lily asked the question that had taken root in her, that was even now unfurling its... Read more
Miracle Creek
By: Angie Kim
Narrated by: Jennifer Lim
Length: 14 hours 4 minutes
Abridged: No
This program includes a bonus interview with the author and original music composed and performed by Steve Draughn.
A thrilling debut about how far weâll go to protect our familiesâand our deepest secrets.
My husband asked me to lie. Not a big lie. He probably didnât even consider it a lie, and neither did I, at first...
In rural Virginia, Young... Read more
The Storm We Made
By: Vanessa Chan
Narrated by: Samantha Tan
Length: 10 hours 52 minutes
Abridged: No
NATIONAL BESTSELLER * A GOOD MORNING AMERICA BOOK CLUB PICK * LONGLISTED FOR THE CENTER FOR FICTION 2024 FIRST NOVEL PRIZE
In this âespionage-laden family epicâ (Vanity Fair), an ordinary housewife becomes an unlikely spyâand her dark secrets will test even the most unbreakable ties.
Malaya, 1945. Cecily Alcantaraâs family is in terrible danger:... Read more
Heart of the Sun Warrior
By: Sue Lynn Tan
Narrated by: Natalie Naudus
Length: 13 hours 51 minutes
Abridged: No
The stunning sequel to Daughter of the Moon Goddess delves deeper into beloved Chinese mythology, concluding the epic story of Xingyinâthe daughter of Changâe and the mortal archer, Houyiâas she battles a grave new threat to the realm, in this powerful tale of love, sacrifice, and hope. After winning her motherâs freedom from the Celestial... Read more
View audiobookThe Saint of Bright Doors
By: Vajra Chandrasekera
Narrated by: Sid Sagar
Length: 12 hours 20 minutes
Abridged: No
The Saint of Bright Doors sets the high drama of divine revolutionaries and transcendent cults against the mundane struggles of modern life, resulting in a novel that is revelatory and resonant.
Fetter was raised to kill, honed as a knife to cut down his sainted father. This gave him plenty to talk about in therapy.
He walked among invisible... Read more
Memory Piece
By: Lisa Ko
Narrated by: Eunice Wong
Length: 9 hours 38 minutes
Abridged: No
NAMED A VOGUE BEST BOOK OF 2024
NAMED A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF THE YEAR BY BOOKRIOT, THE MILLIONS, LITHUB AND MORE!
"A moving, strikingly evocative exploration of New York's art, tech, and activism scenes across the decades."âVogue
The award-winning author of The Leavers offers a visionary novel of friendship, art, and ambition that asks: What is... Read more
The Surviving Sky
By: Kritika H. Rao
Narrated by: Pranshu Mishra & Sharmila Devar
Length: 18 hours 23 minutes
Abridged: No
High above a jungle-planet float the last refuges of humanityâplant-made civilizations held together by tradition, technology, and arcane science. Here, architects are revered deeply, with humanityâs survival reliant on a privileged few.
If not for their abilities, the cities would plunge into the devastating earthrage storms below.
Charismatic... Read more
Kaikeyi
By: Vaishnavi Patel
Narrated by: Soneela Nankani
Length: 17 hours 22 minutes
Abridged: No
âWith a graceful, measured eleganceâ (The New York Times), this lyrical novel reimagines the life of the infamous queen from the ancient epic the Ramayana, giving voice to an extraordinary woman determined to leave her mark in a world where gods and men dictate the shape of things to come.I was born on the full moon under an auspicious... Read more
View audiobookHappiness Falls (Good Morning America Book Club)
By: Angie Kim
Narrated by: Shannon Tyo, Sean Patrick Hopkins, Thomas Pruyn...
Length: 13 hours 3 minutes
Abridged: No
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER ⢠GOOD MORNING AMERICA BOOK CLUB PICK â˘Â When a father goes missing, his familyâs desperate search leads them to question everything they know about him and one another in this thrilling page-turner, a deeply moving portrait of a family in crisis from the award-winning author of Miracle Creek.
OPRAH DAILYâS #1 NOVEL OF... Read more
Woman, Eating
By: Claire Kohda
Narrated by: Jane Lui
Length: 8 hours 15 minutes
Abridged: No
An IndieNext Pick! A Best Book of 2022 in Harperâs Bazaar, Daily Mail, Glamour, and Thrillist!Most Anticipated of 2022 in The Millions, Ms. Magazine, LitHubA young, mixed-race vampire must find a way to balance her deep-seated desire to live amongst humans with her incessant hunger in this stunning debut novel from a writer-to-watch.Lydia is... Read more
View audiobookThe Kamogawa Food Detectives
By: Hisashi Kashiwai
Narrated by: Hanako Footman
Length: 4 hours 53 minutes
Abridged: No
The Kamogawa Food Detectives is the first book in the bestselling, mouth-watering Japanese series, for fans of Before the Coffee Gets Cold.
Whatâs the one dish youâd do anything to taste just one more time?
Down a quiet backstreet in Kyoto exists a very special restaurant. Run by Koishi Kamogawa and her father Nagare, the Kamogawa Diner serves up... Read more
White Ivy
By: Susie Yang
Narrated by: Emily Woo Zeller
Length: 12 hours 50 minutes
Abridged: No
âA truly addictive readâ (Glamour) about how a young womanâs crush on a privileged former classmate becomes a story of love, lies, and dark obsession, offering stark insights into the immigrant experience, as it hurtles to its electrifying ending in this âtwisty, unputdownable, psychological thrillerâ (People).
Ivy Lin is a thief and a liarâbut... Read more
Age of Revolutions
By: Fareed Zakaria
Narrated by: Fareed Zakaria
Length: 13 hours 2 minutes
Abridged: No
The internationally bestselling author explores the revolutionsâpast and presentâthat define the chaotic, polarized, and unstable age in which we live.
Populist rage, ideological fracture, economic and technological shocks, geopolitical dangers, and an international system studded with catastrophic riskâthe early decades of the 21st century may... Read more
Here After
By: Amy Lin
Narrated by: Amy Lin
Length: 3 hours 35 minutes
Abridged: No
Starred reviews from Kirkus Reviews, Booklist, and Library Journal
A March 2024 Book of the Month Selection
An Apple Books Best Book of March
A SheReads and ELLE Most Anticipated Book of 2024
An Esquire Best Memoir of 2024
A USA Today Bestseller
Finalist for the 2024 Hilary Weston Writers' Trust Prize for Nonfiction
A Great Group Reads of 2024 from the... Read more
Gearbreakers
By: Zoe Hana Mikuta
Narrated by: Catherine Ho & Cindy Kay
Length: 12 hours 4 minutes
Abridged: No
We went past praying to deities and started to build them instead.The shadow of Godoliaâs tyrannical rule is spreading, aided by their giant mechanized weapons known as Windups. War and oppression are everyday constants for the people of the Badlands, who live under the thumb of their cruel Godolia overlords.Eris Shindanai is a Gearbreaker, a... Read more
View audiobookCounterfeit
By: Kirstin Chen
Narrated by: Catherine Ho
Length: 7 hours 20 minutes
Abridged: No
INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER ⢠A REESE'S BOOK CLUB PICKâA con artist story, a pop-feminist caper, a fashionable romp . . . Counterfeit is an entertaining, luxurious readâbut beneath its glitz and flash, it is also a shrewd deconstruction of the American dream and the myth of the model minority. . . . Chen is up to something innovative and... Read more
View audiobookWhat You Are Looking For Is in the Library
By: Michiko Aoyama
Narrated by: Hanako Footman, Susan Momoko Hingley, Kenichiro...
Length: 7 hours 18 minutes
Abridged: No
For fans of Before the Coffee Gets Cold, a charming, internationally bestselling Japanese novel about how the perfect book recommendation can change a readersâ life.
What are you looking for? So asks Tokyoâs most enigmatic librarian. For Sayuri Komachi is able to sense exactly what each visitor to her library is searching for and provide just the... Read more
Down with the System
By: Serj Tankian
Narrated by: Serj Tankian
Length: 9 hours 57 minutes
Abridged: No
An exhilarating, thoughtful, and beautifully written memoir by musician, songwriter, and lead singer-lyricist of Grammy award-winning metal band, System Of A Down, Serj Tankian.Â
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Serj Tankian will be the first to admit that his band, System Of A Down, was âunlikely a chart-topper as had ever existed in modern music history: a band of... Read more
Crazy Rich Asians
By: Kevin Kwan
Narrated by: Lynn Chen
Length: 13 hours 52 minutes
Abridged: No
A hilarious and heartwarming New York Times bestselling novelâthe basis for the acclaimed major motion picture!
"There's rich, there's filthy rich, and then there's crazy rich ... A Pride and Prejudice-like send-up about an heir bringing his Chinese-American girlfriend home to meet his ancestor-obsessed family.â âPEOPLE
When New Yorker Rachel Chu... Read more
Knife
By: Salman Rushdie
Narrated by: Salman Rushdie
Length: 6 hours 22 minutes
Abridged: No
NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST â˘Â #1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER ⢠From Booker Prize winner Salman Rushdie, a searing, deeply personal account of enduringâand survivingâan attempt on his life thirty years after the fatwa that was ordered against him
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A TIME BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR
On the morning of August 12, 2022, Salman Rushdie was standing onstage at the... Read more
Severance
By: Ling Ma
Narrated by: Nancy Wu
Length: 9 hours 53 minutes
Abridged: No
"Narrator Nancy Wu delivers an outstanding performance of this cheeky satirical novel...Listeners will be entertained by the world building; cast of amusing, eccentric characters; and bizarre charm of the aloof heroine." â AudioFile Magazine, Earphones Award Winner
Maybe itâs the end of the world, but not for Candace Chen, a millennial,... Read more
Brotherless Night
By: V. V. Ganeshananthan
Narrated by: Nirmala Rajasingam
Length: 13 hours 28 minutes
Abridged: No
New York Times Book Review Editorsâ Choice ⢠A courageous young Sri Lankan woman tries to protect her dream of becoming a doctor in this âheartbreaking exploration of a family fractured by civil warâ (Brit Bennett, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Vanishing Half).
âThis book, a careful, vivid exploration of whatâs lost within a... Read more
The Astonishing Color of After
By: Emily X.R. Pan
Narrated by: Stephanie Hsu
Length: 11 hours 51 minutes
Abridged: No
A stunning, heartbreaking debut novel about grief, love, and family, perfect for fans of Jandy Nelson and Celeste Ng.
Leigh Chen Sanders is absolutely certain about one thing: When her mother died by suicide, she turned into a bird.
Leigh, who is half Asian and half white, travels to Taiwan to meet her maternal grandparents for the first time.... Read more
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