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 3,381 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 286 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: 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 388 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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    • 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 471 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 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 53 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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    • 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 7,569 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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    • 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 89 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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    • 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 538 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 1,193 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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    • 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 365 ratings
    • A mesmerizing narrative about the rise and fall of an unlikely international crime boss....

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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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    • Reboot Your Mind Live Your Awesome Life
    • By: Chris Norlund
    • Narrated by: Virtual Voice
    • Length: 5 hrs and 2 mins
    • Release date: 04-02-25
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 2 ratings
    • Are you tired of constantly feeling stuck in life? Feel like no one gets you and the dreams you want to pursue? Discover the life-changing power of...

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    • 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 1,644 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....

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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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    • Growing Up Asian in Black and White America
    • By: Julia Lee
    • Narrated by: Julia Lee
    • Length: 7 hrs and 5 mins
    • Release date: 04-18-23
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 37 ratings
    • Biting the Hand is author Julia Lee's passionate, no-holds-barred memoir about the Asian American experience in a nation defined by racial stratification....

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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 1,863 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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    • Private Markets, Fashion Trends, Prison Camps, Dissenters and Defectors
    • By: Daniel Tudor, James Pearson
    • Narrated by: Derek Perkins
    • Length: 4 hrs and 45 mins
    • Release date: 04-03-18
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 106 ratings
    • North Korea is one of the most troubled societies on earth. The country's 24 million people live under a violent dictatorship led by a single family, which relentlessly pursues the development of nuclear arms....

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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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    • A Memoir
    • By: Elizabeth Miki Brina
    • Narrated by: Sachi Lovatt
    • Length: 8 hrs and 29 mins
    • Release date: 02-23-21
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 138 ratings
    • Elizabeth's mother was working as a nightclub hostess on US-occupied Okinawa when she met the American soldier who would become her husband....

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