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• Flirting With Disaster

  A Novel

  Kumar, Naina

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  It's been years since Meena separated from her husband. Now a high-powered lawyer on Capitol Hill and ready to move on (at least, she thinks so) with another successful lawyer, Meena has returned to Texas. This time, finally to obtain a divorce. But…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Society of Lies

  Brown, Lauren Ling

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  When her sister Naomi, about to graduate from Princeton, is found dead on campus, Maya, believing it was no accident, discovers Naomi joined the same underground society she did years ago and now every clue is leading her back to the past—and to the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• This Is Salvaged

  Stories

  Vara, Vauhini

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  Exploring the nature of being a child, parent, friend, sibling, neighbor or lover, this utterly original collection of short stories from a Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in Fiction presents an unforgettable cast of characters searching fervently…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The All-American

  A Novel

  Joe Milan Jr.

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  A debut novel grappling with contested American identity, masculinity and deportation, told in one of the most memorable adolescent voices in contemporary literature.

• Ghosts of Waikiki

  Morita, Jennifer K.

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  An out-of-work journalist and the homicide detective who broke her heart must cipher out a murder before the clock runs out.

• Homeseeking

  Chen, Karissa

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  Separated by war and reunited after 60 years, Haiwen and Suchi navigate decades of love, loss and survival across continents, as their shared past clashes with their hopes for a second chance at life.

• The Lucky Ones

  A Memoir

  Chowdhary, Zara

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  A moving memoir by a survivor of anti-Muslim violence in contemporary India that delicately weaves political and family histories in a tribute to India's vibrant multiethnic society and the resilience of its women and minorities, especially in the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Note

  A Novel

  Burke, Alafair

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  A vacation in the Hamptons goes terribly wrong for three friends with a complicated history. It was meant to be a harmless prank. Growing up, May Hanover was a good girl, always. Well-behaved, top of her class, a compulsive rule-follower. Raised by…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Darkmotherland

  Upadhyay, Samrat

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  An epic tale of love and political violence set in earthquake-ravaged Darkmotherland, a dystopian reimagining of Nepal.At its heart are two intertwining narratives: one of Kranti, a revolutionary's daughter who marries into a plutocratic dynasty and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Emperor and the Endless Palace

  Huang, Justinian

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  Across seemingly unrelated timelines woven together only by the twists and turns of fate, two men are reborn, lifetime after lifetime. Within the treacherous walls of an ancient palace and the boundless forests of the Asian wilderness to the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Evergreen

  Hirahara, Naomi

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  A Japanese American nurse's aide navigates the dangers of post-WWII and post-Manzanar life as she attempts to find justice for a broken family in this follow-up to the Mary Higgins Clark Award–winning Clark and Division.

• They Called Us Exceptional

  And Other Lies That Raised Us

  Gupta, Prachi

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  An Indian American daughter reveals how the dangerous model minority myth fractured her family in this searing, brave memoir. By charting her family's slow unraveling and her determination to break the cycle, Gupta shows how traditional notions of…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Fox Wife

  A Novel

  Choo, Yangsze

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  A novel about dead bodies found in the snow, a mother seeking revenge, and old folk tales that may very well be true. New York Times bestselling author Yangsze Choo brilliantly explores a world of mortals and spirits, humans and beasts, and their…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Conversations With Birds

  Kumar, Priyanka

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  "Birds are my almanac. They tune me into the seasons, and into myself." So begins this lively collection of essays by acclaimed filmmaker and novelist Priyanka Kumar.

• My Life: Growing Up Asian in America

  CAPE (Coalition of Asian Pacifics in Entertainment)

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  A collection of thirty heartfelt, witty, and hopeful thought pieces on the experience of growing up Asian American.

• Independence

  A Novel

  Divakaruni, Chitra Banerjee

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  During the partition of British India in 1947, three sisters find themselves separated from each other after their father, a well-respected doctor, is killed during a riot and their neighbors turn.

• Oh My Mother!

  A Memoir in Nine Adventures

  Wang, Connie

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  A mother-daughter adventure around the world in pursuit of self-discovery, a family reckoning and Asian American defiance.

• The Bandit Queens

  A Novel

  Shroff, Parini

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  A young Indian woman falsely rumored to have killed her husband finds a way to make her unfortunate reputation surprisingly useful—but complications arise when other village women seek her help offing their husbands.

• We Carry the Sea in Our Hands

  Kim, Janie

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  Leading a solitary, guarded life after her experience in the American foster care system, scientist and Korean orphan Abby Rodier makes a biological discovery that changes the course of her life, but when a tragic event sends her spiraling out of…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Woman Who Climbed Trees

  A Novel

  Ravindra, Smriti

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  A young bride must leave her life in India behind when she moves to Nepal with her new husband and his family in this incandescent, poignant debut novel which examines the sorrow and deep sense of loss experienced when we abandon our former selves…Read moreRead more of this annotation