API Authors
Listen to audiobooks by authors of Asian and/or Pacific Islander descent.
Kaikeyi
By: Vaishnavi Patel
Narrated by: Soneela Nankani
Length: 17 hours 22 minutes
Abridged: No
“With a graceful, measured elegance” (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 audiobookFathomfolk
By: Eliza Chan
Narrated by: Emily Woo Zeller
Length: 14 hours 51 minutes
Abridged: No
From one of fantasy’s most exciting new voices Eliza Chan comes a modern, myth-inflected story of revolution and magic set against the glittering, semi-submerged city of Tiankawi.
Welcome to Tiankawi – shining pearl of human civilization and a safe haven for those fleeing civil unrest. Or at least, that’s how it first appears.
But in the... Read more
Counterfeit
By: Kirstin Chen
Narrated by: Catherine Ho
Length: 7 hours 20 minutes
Abridged: No
INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A REESE'S BOOK CLUB PICK“A con artist story, a pop-feminist caper, a fashionable romp . . . Counterfeit is an entertaining, luxurious read—but 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 audiobookExhalation
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 stories—two published for the very first time—all from the mind of the incomparable author of Stories of Your Life and Others
Tackling some of humanity’s oldest questions along with new quandaries only he could imagine,... 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 JournalA March Book of the Month SelectionAn Apple Books Best Book of MarchA SheReads and ELLE Most Anticipated Book of 2024An Esquire Best Memoir of 2024
Here After is a poetic, raw depiction of an unlikely love followed by a dizzying loss. A stunning, taut memoir from debut Canadian... Read more
Mott Street
By: Ava Chin
Narrated by: Ava Chin
Length: 11 hours 34 minutes
Abridged: No
“Essential reading for understanding not just Chinese American history but American history—and the American present.” —Celeste Ng, #1 bestselling author of Little Fires Everywhere
* TIME 100 Must-Read Books of 2023 * San Francisco Chronicle's Favorite Nonfiction * Kirkus Best Nonfiction of 2023 * Library Journal Best Memoir and Biography of 2023... 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." –Booklist
“What 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?”
In the year 4 BCE, an ambitious courtier is called upon to seduce the young emperor—but quickly discovers they are both ruled by blood, sex... Read more
The Archive Undying
By: Emma Mieko Candon
Narrated by: Yung-I Chang
Length: 16 hours 28 minutes
Abridged: No
War machines and AI gods run amok in The Archive Undying, national bestseller Emma Mieko Candon's bold entry into the world of mecha fiction.
WHEN AN AI DIES, ITS CITY DIES WITH IT
WHEN A CITY FALLS, IT LEAVES A CORPSE BEHIND
WHEN THAT CORPSE RUNS OFF, ONLY DEVOTION CAN BRING IT BACK
When the robotic god of Khuon Mo went mad, it destroyed... 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."–Vogue
The award-winning author of The Leavers offers a visionary novel of friendship, art, and ambition that asks: What is... Read more
The Henna Artist
By: Alka Joshi
Narrated by: Sneha Mathan
Length: 10 hours 55 minutes
Abridged: No
A NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER
A REESE WITHERSPOON x HELLO SUNSHINE BOOK CLUB PICK
"Captivated me from the first chapter to the final page."—Reese Witherspoon
Vivid and compelling in its portrait of one woman’s struggle for fulfillment in a society pivoting between the traditional and the modern, The Henna Artist opens a door into a world that is at... Read more
Minor Feelings
By: Cathy Park Hong
Narrated by: Cathy Park Hong
Length: 6 hours 52 minutes
Abridged: No
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • PULITZER PRIZE FINALIST • NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD WINNER• ONE OF TIME’S 100 MOST INFLUENTIAL PEOPLE• A ruthlessly honest, emotionally charged, and utterly original exploration of Asian American consciousness
“Brilliant . . . To read this book is to become more human.”—Claudia Rankine, author of Citizen
In... Read more
Flux
By: Jinwoo Chong
Narrated by: David Lee Huynh
Length: 9 hours 8 minutes
Abridged: No
A blazingly original and stylish debut novel about a young man whose reality unravels when he suspects his mysterious employers have inadvertently discovered time travel—and are using it to cover up a string of violent crimes . . .
Four days before Christmas, eight-year-old Bo loses his mother in a tragic accident, twenty-eight-year-old Brandon... Read more
The Stone Home
By: Crystal Hana Kim
Narrated by: Jennifer Sun Bell, Sue Jean Kim, Intae Kim & Gr...
Length: 10 hours 7 minutes
Abridged: No
“It is a privilege to read Crystal Hana Kim’s fiction, which both edifies and enlightens.” —Min Jin LeeA hauntingly poetic family drama and coming-of-age story that reveals a dark corner of South Korean history through the eyes of a small community living in a reformatory center—a stunning work of great emotional power from the critically... Read more
View audiobookHeart 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 Xingyin—the daughter of Chang’e and the mortal archer, Houyi—as she battles a grave new threat to the realm, in this powerful tale of love, sacrifice, and hope. After winning her mother’s freedom from the Celestial... Read more
View audiobookWelcome to the Hyunam-dong Bookshop
By: Hwang Bo-reum
Narrated by: Rosa Escoda
Length: 8 hours
Abridged: No
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 The Midnight Library and Gabrielle Zevin's The Storied Life of AJ Fikry.
Yeongju is burned... Read more
Another Appalachia
By: Neema Avashia
Narrated by: Jeed Saddy
Length: 5 hours 46 minutes
Abridged: No
When Neema Avashia tells people where she's from, their response is nearly always a disbelieving "There are Indian people in West Virginia?" A queer Asian American teacher and writer, Avashia fits few Appalachian stereotypes. But the lessons she learned in childhood about race and class, gender and sexuality continue to inform the way she moves... Read more
View audiobookThe Secret Keeper of Jaipur
By: Alka Joshi
Narrated by: Sneha Mathan, Ariyan Kassam & Deepa Samuel
Length: 11 hours 8 minutes
Abridged: No
A NEW NOVEL BY THE AUTHOR OF THE HENNA ARTIST, A REESE'S BOOK CLUB PICK
Good Morning America’s “27 Books for June"
PopSugar’s Best Summer Reads of 2021
In New York Times bestselling author Alka Joshi’s intriguing new novel, henna artist Lakshmi arranges for her protégé, Malik, to intern at the Jaipur Palace in this tale rich in character,... Read more
Beautiful Country
By: Qian Julie Wang
Narrated by: Qian Julie Wang
Length: 9 hours 38 minutes
Abridged: No
An incandescent memoir from an astonishing new talent, Beautiful Country puts readers in the shoes of an undocumented child living in poverty in the richest country in the world.
"Extraordinary…Consider this remarkable memoir a new classic."—Publishers Weekly, *Starred Review*
In Chinese, the word for America, Mei Guo, translates directly to... Read more
The Surviving Sky
By: Kritika H. Rao
Narrated by: Sharmila Devar & Pranshu Mishra
Length: 18 hours 23 minutes
Abridged: No
High above a jungle-planet float the last refuges of humanity—plant-made civilizations held together by tradition, technology, and arcane science. Here, architects are revered deeply, with humanity’s survival reliant on a privileged few. If not for their abilities, the cities would plunge into the devastating earthrage storms below.Charismatic... Read more
View audiobookThe Annual Migration of Clouds
By: Premee Mohamed
Narrated by: Eva Tavares
Length: 4 hours 49 minutes
Abridged: No
“This packs a punch.” — Publishers Weekly “One of the most unique and engaging voices in genre fiction.” — Booklist “In this rich and nuanced universe, Mohamed offers an emotionally fierce and human story that takes the time and space to personalize apocalypse.” — STARRED review, Quill & Quire A novella set in post–climate disaster... Read more
View audiobookLand of Milk and Honey
By: C Pam Zhang
Narrated by: Eunice Wong
Length: 8 hours 3 minutes
Abridged: No
NATIONAL BESTSELLER
A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK
NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY NPR, HARPER'S BAZAAR, TOWN & COUNTRY, KIRKUS REVIEWS, ESQUIRE, ELECTRIC LITERATURE, SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN AND MORE!
“One of the most pleasurable, inventive reads of the year… fiendishly, deliciously fun."—San Francisco Chronicle
"A profound exploration of human... Read more
The Mountains Sing
By: Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai
Narrated by: Quyen Ngo
Length: 10 hours 44 minutes
Abridged: No
With the epic sweep of Min Jin Lee's Pachinko and Yaa Gyasi's Homegoing and the lyrical beauty of Vaddey Ratner's In the Shadow of the Banyan, The Mountains Sing tells an enveloping, multigenerational tale of the Trần family, set against the backdrop of the Việt Nam War. Trần Diệu Lan, who was born in 1920, was forced to flee her family farm... Read more
View audiobookDear Girls
By: Ali Wong
Narrated by: Ali Wong & Justin Hakuta
Length: 6 hours 20 minutes
Abridged: No
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Heartfelt and hilarious essays from the Emmy and Golden Globe Award–winning actress, star of the Netflix original series Beef, and two-time member of Time’s 100 Most Influential People of the Year list
“A collection of letters to her baby girls that are barn-burning reflections on being a working mom, marriage, sex,... Read more
The Three-Body Problem
By: Cixin Liu
Narrated by: Rosalind Chao
Length: 13 hours 53 minutes
Abridged: No
This program is read by Rosalind Chao, who stars as Ye Wenjie in the Netflix adaptation, 3 Body Problem.
WINNER OF THE HUGO AWARD FOR BEST NOVEL
Over 1 million copies sold in North America
“A mind-bending epic.”—The New York Times • “War of the Worlds for the 21st century.”—The Wall Street Journal • “Fascinating.”—TIME • “Extraordinary.”—The New... Read more
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