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 3,395 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....

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    • 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 293 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....

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    • 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 474 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....

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    • 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....

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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....

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    • 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....

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    • 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....

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    • 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 27 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.

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    • 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....

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    • 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 559 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.

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    • 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 1,196 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....

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    • 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 1,879 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....

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    • 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....

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    • 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 435 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.

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    • The Life of Ruth Asawa
    • By: Marilyn Chase
    • Narrated by: Cindy Kay
    • Length: 10 hrs and 26 mins
    • Release date: 11-08-22
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 19 ratings
    • This is the story of a woman who wielded imagination and hope in the face of intolerance and who transformed everything she touched into art. In this compelling biography, author Marilyn Chase brings Ruth Asawa's story to vivid life....

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    • 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 94 ratings
    • A riveting account of the role of Americans in the evolution of the Tokyo underworld in the years since 1945....

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    • 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....

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    • 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 7,600 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....

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    • A True Story of American Soldiers Abandoned by Their High Command
    • By: Roger Hill, Lynn Vincent
    • Narrated by: Christopher Ryan Grant
    • Length: 14 hrs and 52 mins
    • Release date: 04-11-17
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 1,264 ratings
    • The army does not want you to listen to this book. It does not want to advertise its detention system that coddles enemy fighters while putting American soldiers at risk....

    $28.79 or free with 30-day trial