Loyalty's Liwanag Filipino Lit Fest DC

La Tercera

By: Gina Apostol
Narrated by: Jensen Olaya
Length: 18 hours 4 minutes

Rosario, a Filipina novelist in New York City, has just learned of her mother's death in the Philippines. Instead of rushing home, she puts off her return by embarking on a remote investigation into her family's history and her mother's supposed inheritance, a place called La Tercera, which may or may not exist. Rosario catalogs generations of... Read more

When the Hibiscus Falls

Stories

By: M. Evelina Galang
Narrated by: M. Evelina Galang
Length: 7 hours 25 minutes

Seventeen stories traverse borderlines, mythic and real, in the lives of Filipino and Filipino American women and their ancestors.

Moving from small Philippine villages of the past to the hurricane-beaten coast of near-future Florida, When the Hibiscus Falls examines the triumphs and sorrows that connect generations of women. Daughters, sisters,... Read more

The First State of Being

By: Erin Entrada Kelly
Narrated by: Ramon de Ocampo
Length: 5 hours 4 minutes

“I absolutely judged this book by its cover. Thankfully, the story lives up to the beauty of the packaging. In 1999 two normal kids have their lives interrupted by a time traveling teenager whose dearest wish is to visit a mall. This seemingly mundane quest and subsequent friendship has a larger influence on the future than any of our main... Read more

Mani Semilla Finds Her Quetzal Voice

By: Anna Lapera
Narrated by: Allison Aguilar
Length: 8 hours 52 minutes

Life sucks when you’re twelve. You’re not a little kid, but you’re also not an adult, and all the grown-ups in your life talk about your body the minute it starts getting a shape. And what sucks even more than being a Chinese-Filipino-American-Guatemalan who can’t speak any ancestral language well? When almost every other girl in school has... Read more

Once Upon a Sunset

By: Tif Marcelo
Narrated by: Joy Osmanski
Length: 9 hours 7 minutes

The author of The Key to Happily Ever After—“a true gem filled with heart, laughs, and a cast of delightful characters” (Nina Bocci, USA TODAY bestselling author)—returns with a heartwarming and charming novel about a woman who travels to the Philippines to reconnect with her long-lost family…and manages to find herself along the way.

Diana... Read more

Zora Books Her Happy Ever After

By: Taj McCoy
Narrated by: Adenrele Ojo
Length: 10 hours 13 minutes

“A Black-centric romance with a touch of mystery and a whole lotta fun. Zora is a bookstore owner (be still my book-nerd heart) who is finally forced to make time for love when two amazingly attractive guys begin vying for her affections. Which shall she choose, and what is the mystery that lurks between these hot men? I tore through the book to... Read more

The Groom Will Keep His Name

And Other Vows I've Made About Race, Resistance, and Romance

By: Matt Ortile
Narrated by: Matt Ortile
Length: 9 hours 26 minutes

A riotous collection of "witty and captivating" essays by a gay Filipino immigrant in America who is learning that everything is about sex (Bitch Magazine) -- and sex is about power.
When Matt Ortile moved from Manila to Las Vegas, the locals couldn't pronounce his name. Harassed as a kid for his brown skin, accent, and femininity, he believed he... Read more

Horse Barbie

A Memoir

By: Geena Rocero
Narrated by: Geena Rocero
Length: 11 hours 17 minutes

“A moving chronicle of trans resilience and joy” (Vogue) from one of Out100’s Most Impactful and Influential LGBTQ+ Storytellers

“Groundbreaking . . . [Rocero] quite literally models what triumph can look like.”—Glamour (Women of the Year)

WINNER OF THEM’S AWARD FOR LITERATURE • A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: Book Riot, Elle, Esquire

As a young femme in... Read more

The Son of Good Fortune

A Novel

By: Lysley Tenorio
Narrated by: Reuben Uy
Length: 8 hours 29 minutes

A Recommended Book From:
USA Today * The Chicago Tribune * Book Riot * Refinery 29 * InStyle * The Minneapolis Star-Tribune * Publishers Weekly * Baltimore Outloud * Omnivoracious * Lambda Literary * Goodreads * Lit Hub * The MillionsFINALIST FOR THE JOYCE CAROL OATES PRIZE
WINNER OF THE NEW AMERICAN VOICES AWARDFrom award-winning author Lysley... Read more

The Mango Tree

A Memoir of Fruit, Florida, and Felony

By: Annabelle Tometich
Narrated by: Annabelle Tometich
Length: 10 hours 56 minutes

This “witty, humorous, and heartfelt“ (Cinelle Barnes) memoir navigates the tangled branches of Annabelle Tometich’s life, from growing up in Florida as the child of and a Filipino mother and a deceased white father to her adult life as a med-school-reject-turned-food-critic.

When journalist Annabelle Tometich picks up the phone one June... Read more