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• Hula

  a Novel

  Hakes, Jasmin 'Iolani,

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  The tragic history of Hawai‘i is told through the lives of several generations of Indigenous women.

• The Emperor of Gladness

  a Novel

  Vuong, Ocean, 1988-

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  In the struggling town of East Gladness, Connecticut, nineteen-year-old Hai is saved from despair by Grazina, an elderly widow with dementia, forging an unexpected bond that reshapes their lives and reveals dynamics of love, memory, and resilience…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• River East, River West

  a Novel

  Lescure, Aube Rey,

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  This coming-of-age story set against the backdrop of modern China follows follows two generations searching for belonging and opportunity in a rapidly changing world.

• Land of Milk and Honey

  Zhang, C Pam,

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  Amid a global event affecting international food production a down on her luck chef lands a job at a commune on an Italian mountaintop where the elite dine on rare ingredients and her enigmatic boss and his enticing daughter have a vision for the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• A Great Country

  a Novel

  Gowda, Shilpi Somaya,

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  A novel that explores the ties and fractures of a close-knit Indian-American family in the aftermath of a violent encounter with the police.

• Happy Stories, Mostly

  Pasaribu, Norman Erikson, 1990-

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  This short story collection by queer Indonesian author Pasaribu blends speculative fiction and absurdism, asking what it means to be almost happy-to nearly find joy, to sort-of be accepted, but to never fully grasp one's desire.

• The Understory

  Saneh Sangsuk,

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  A novel of man's relationship with nature, power, and the vitality of storytelling, from beloved Thai author Saneh Sangsuk.

• Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers

  Sutanto, Jesse Q.,

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  The opiniated, funny and flawed sleuth of this book will make you hope that Sutanto plans a series around Vera.

• Exhalation

  Chiang, Ted,

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  Hugo- and Nebula-winner Chiang's stories explore the effects of technology on consciousness, free will, and the human desire for meaning.

• Edge Case

  a Novel

  Chin, YZ,

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  "After another taxing day as the sole female employee at her New York City tech startup, Edwina comes home to find that her husband, Marlin, has packed up a suitcase and left. Did he give up on their increasingly hopeless quest to secure their green…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Night Tiger

  Choo, Yangsze,

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  Myths and folklore are intertwined with every day life in this coming of age story set in 1930s British colonial Malaysia.

• Where We Once Belonged

  Figiel, Sia, 1967-

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  Thirteen-year-old Alofa Filiga struggles to come to terms with womanhood, her search for identity, and the restrictions of life in her Samoan village.

• My Sweet Girl

  Jayatissa, Amanda,

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  The unreliable narrator in this fast-paced mystery is drinking heavily and believes she's being haunted by the ghost from a Sri Lankan folk tale.

• The Bird Catcher and Other Stories

  Hasanat, Fayeza S.,

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  "Set in Bangladesh and the United States, the eight stories in The Bird Catcher address gender expectations, familial love, and questions of identity and belonging." (publisher)

• The Descendants

  a Novel

  Hemmings, Kaui Hart

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  A descendant of royalty and one of the largest landowners in Hawaii, Matthew King struggles to deal with his out-of-control daughters as well as his comatose wife, whom they are about to remove from life support.

• The Kiss Quotient

  Hoang, Helen,

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  A 30-year-old math whiz with Asperger's tries to make her love life as rich as her career by hiring an escort to help her with her lack of sexual experience.

• A Song Everlasting

  Jin, Ha, 1956-

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  Yao Tan, a popular singer, is placed on a government blacklist and can never return to China after performing at a private gig sponsored by a supporter of Taiwan’s secession.

• This Is Paradise

  Stories

  Kahakauwila, Kristiana

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  "This is the real Hawai'i: life is not the paradisical adventure that honeymooners or movie-goers see. Danger lurks on beautiful beaches, violence bubbles under the smooth surf, and characters come face to face with the inevitability of change and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Loneliest Americans

  Kang, Jay Caspian, 1979-

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  A riveting blend of family history and original reportage that explores - and reimagines - Asian American identity in a Black and white world.

• Build Your House Around My Body

  a Novel

  Kupersmith, Violet,

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  The fate of an unhappy woman who disappears in 2011 while living in Saigon is entwined with a teenager who gets lost in an abandoned rubber plantation in 1986 and a woman who captures a two-headed cobra in 2009.