Asian American Memoirs

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    • An Immigrant's Guide to Disappointing Your Parents
    • By: Jimmy O. Yang, Mike Judge - foreword
    • Narrated by: Jimmy O. Yang, Mike Judge
    • Length: 6 hrs and 5 mins
    • Release date: 03-13-18
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 3,389 ratings
    • Jimmy O. Yang is a stand-up comedian, film and TV actor and fan favorite as the character Jian Yang from the popular HBO series Silicon Valley....

    Regular price: $22.48

    • A Hmong Family Memoir
    • By: Kao Kalia Yang
    • Narrated by: Kao Kalia Yang
    • Length: 9 hrs and 23 mins
    • Release date: 06-17-11
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 291 ratings
    • In the 70s and 80s, thousands of Hmong families made the journey from the war-torn jungles of Laos to the overcrowded refugee camps of Thailand and onward to the United States....

    Regular price: $21.04

    • A Memoir
    • By: Nicole Chung
    • Narrated by: Janet Song
    • Length: 6 hrs and 42 mins
    • Release date: 10-02-18
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 472 ratings
    • Nicole Chung tells of her search for the people who gave her up, which coincided with the birth of her own child. All You Can Ever Know is a profound, moving chronicle of surprising connections and the repercussions of unearthing painful family secrets....

    Regular price: $17.19

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    • The Hidden Assault on Our Civil Rights
    • By: Kenji Yoshino
    • Narrated by: Patrick Lawlor
    • Length: 7 hrs and 6 mins
    • Release date: 12-27-15
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 54 ratings
    • Everyone covers. To cover is to downplay a disfavored trait so as to blend into the mainstream. Because all of us possess stigmatized attributes, we all encounter pressure to cover....

    Regular price: $20.00

    • The Daring Escape of American POWs from a Japanese Death Camp
    • By: Stephen L. Moore
    • Narrated by: Tim Campbell
    • Length: 9 hrs and 5 mins
    • Release date: 11-22-16
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 93 ratings
    • As Good as Dead is one of the greatest escape stories of World War II. Endurance, determination, and courage in the face of death make this a gripping and inspiring saga of survival....

    Regular price: $17.19

    • By: Brendan I. Koerner
    • Narrated by: David Sadzin
    • Length: 10 hrs and 58 mins
    • Release date: 08-25-20
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 8 ratings
    • An epic saga of hubris, cruelty, and redemption, Now the Hell Will Start tells the remarkable tale of the greatest manhunt of WWII. Herman Perry, besieged by the hardships of the Indo-Burmese jungle and the racism meted out by his White commanding officers, found solace in opium....

    Regular price: $17.19

    • A Memoir
    • By: Hua Hsu
    • Narrated by: Hua Hsu
    • Length: 5 hrs and 28 mins
    • Release date: 09-27-22
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 557 ratings
    • In the eyes of eighteen-year-old Hua Hsu, the problem with Ken—with his passion for Dave Matthews, Abercrombie & Fitch, and his fraternity—is that he is exactly like everyone else.

    Regular price: $18.00

    • An Asian American Reckoning
    • By: Cathy Park Hong
    • Narrated by: Cathy Park Hong
    • Length: 6 hrs and 52 mins
    • Release date: 02-25-20
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 1,195 ratings
    • Poet and essayist Cathy Park Hong fearlessly and provocatively blends memoir, cultural criticism, and history to expose fresh truths about racialized consciousness in America. Part memoir and part cultural criticism, this collection is vulnerable, humorous, and provocative....

    Regular price: $15.75

    • Big City Dreams Along a Shanghai Road
    • By: Rob Schmitz
    • Narrated by: Paul Boehmer
    • Length: 12 hrs and 17 mins
    • Release date: 12-27-15
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 57 ratings
    • Modern Shanghai: a global city in the midst of a renaissance, where dreamers arrive each day to partake in a mad torrent of capital, ideas, and opportunity....

    Regular price: $15.47

    • Memoirs of a Not-So-Perfect Asian Girl
    • By: Hyeseung Song
    • Narrated by: Hyeseung Song
    • Length: 7 hrs and 17 mins
    • Release date: 07-16-24
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 26 ratings
    • For listeners of Crying in H Mart and Minor Feelings as well as lovers of the film Minari comes a searing coming-of-age memoir about the daughter of ambitious Asian American immigrants and her search for self-worth.

    Regular price: $14.99

    • Chronicles of an All-American Combo
    • By: Jo Koy
    • Narrated by: Jo Koy
    • Length: 8 hrs and 18 mins
    • Release date: 03-23-21
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 1,875 ratings
    • A stunning, hilarious memoir displaying Koy’s “wide-ranging comedic talent and abundant wells of perseverance”, Mixed Plate illuminates the burning drive and unique humor that make Jo Koy one of today’s most successful comedians....

    Regular price: $21.59

    • An Epic Tale of the Chinatown Underworld and the American Dream
    • By: Patrick Radden Keefe
    • Narrated by: Feodor Chin
    • Length: 12 hrs and 58 mins
    • Release date: 07-24-09
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 369 ratings
    • A mesmerizing narrative about the rise and fall of an unlikely international crime boss....

    Regular price: $18.00

    • The Fast Times and Hard Life of an American Gangster in Japan
    • By: Robert Whiting
    • Narrated by: Oliver Wyman
    • Length: 12 hrs and 14 mins
    • Release date: 07-07-20
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 92 ratings
    • A riveting account of the role of Americans in the evolution of the Tokyo underworld in the years since 1945....

    Regular price: $20.25

    • The Forgotten Heroics of Russell W. Volckmann
    • By: Mike Guardia
    • Narrated by: Jason Huggins
    • Length: 6 hrs and 51 mins
    • Release date: 03-29-13
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 76 ratings
    • With his parting words "I shall return," General Douglas MacArthur sealed the fate of the last American forces on Bataan. Yet one young Army Captain refused to surrender....

    Regular price: $19.95

    • A Memoir
    • By: Connie Chung
    • Narrated by: Connie Chung
    • Length: 11 hrs and 35 mins
    • Release date: 09-17-24
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 424 ratings
    • In a sharp, witty, and definitive memoir like no other, iconic trailblazer and legendary journalist Connie Chung delves into her storied career as the first Asian woman to break into an overwhelmingly white, male-dominated television news industry.

    Regular price: $25.19

    • The Gayest Love Story Ever Told
    • By: Jeremy Atherton Lin
    • Narrated by: Jeremy Atherton Lin
    • Length: 10 hrs and 21 mins
    • Release date: 06-03-25
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 5 ratings
    • From the National Book Critics Circle Award-winning author of Gay Bar comes a rule-breaking, sweat-soaked, genre-busting story of outlaw love.

    Regular price: $25.19

    • Intimate Tales, Untold Secrets & Advice for Living Your Best Life
    • By: Ali Wong
    • Narrated by: Ali Wong, Justin Hakuta
    • Length: 6 hrs and 20 mins
    • Release date: 10-15-19
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 7,595 ratings
    • In her hit Netflix comedy special Baby Cobra, an eight-month pregnant Ali Wong resonated so strongly that she even became a popular Halloween costume....

    Regular price: $15.75

    • By: Amy Chua
    • Narrated by: Amy Chua
    • Length: 5 hrs and 50 mins
    • Release date: 01-11-11
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 1,649 ratings
    • At once provocative and laugh-out-loud funny, Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother ignited a global parenting debate with its story of one mother’s journey in strict parenting....

    Regular price: $15.75

    • A Memoir
    • By: Helena Rho
    • Narrated by: Helena Rho
    • Length: 7 hrs and 51 mins
    • Release date: 05-01-22
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 70 ratings
    • She was everything everyone else wanted her to be. Until she followed her own path....

    Regular price: $20.00