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John Shen Yen Nee and S.J. Rozan’s second Dee and Lao mystery combines kung fu action with Agatha Christie-esque murder.

John Shen Yen Nee and S.J. Rozan’s second Dee and Lao mystery combines kung fu action with Agatha Christie-esque murder.

The Migrant Rain Falls in Reverse traverses continents as debut memoirist Vinh Nguyen searches for the story of his father, who disappeared as he fled Vietnam.

The Migrant Rain Falls in Reverse traverses continents as debut memoirist Vinh Nguyen searches for the story of his father, who disappeared as he fled Vietnam.

Emily Feng’s dazzling Let Only Red Flowers Bloom documents how Xi Jinping’s efforts to narrow Chinese identity endanger the extremely diverse country’s people.

Emily Feng’s dazzling Let Only Red Flowers Bloom documents how Xi Jinping’s efforts to narrow Chinese identity endanger the extremely diverse country’s people.

Provocative, disruptive and very funny, Authority collects the work of Pulitzer Prize winning-critic Andrea Long Chu.

Provocative, disruptive and very funny, Authority collects the work of Pulitzer Prize winning-critic Andrea Long Chu.

Audition is yet another psychologically acute and challenging novel from Katie Kitamura in which every utterance or gesture is freighted with subtext, and one elegantly polished sentence follows the next.

Audition is yet another psychologically acute and challenging novel from Katie Kitamura in which every utterance or gesture is freighted with subtext, and one elegantly polished sentence follows the next.

Single Player, Tara Tai’s extremely nerdy romance set at a video game company, is a much-needed breath of fresh air.

Single Player, Tara Tai’s extremely nerdy romance set at a video game company, is a much-needed breath of fresh air.

Sarah Chihaya always thought books could save her from suicide. Her perceptive debut memoir, Bibliophobia, examines why.

Sarah Chihaya always thought books could save her from suicide. Her perceptive debut memoir, Bibliophobia, examines why.

You won’t forget Jinwoo Chong’s big-hearted, beautifully written I Leave It Up to You, about a son returning to his fractious but loving family following a two-year coma.

You won’t forget Jinwoo Chong’s big-hearted, beautifully written I Leave It Up to You, about a son returning to his fractious but loving family following a two-year coma.

Lauren Kung Jessen’s thoughtful and evocative romance Yin Yang Love Song is filled with fascinating glimpses of traditional Chinese medicine.

Lauren Kung Jessen’s thoughtful and evocative romance Yin Yang Love Song is filled with fascinating glimpses of traditional Chinese medicine.

Beena Kamlani’s detailed historical debut, The English Problem, follows an Indian man who journeys to England in the 1930s to study law and support Indian independence, but finds himself caught between his ambition, his heart and his values.

Beena Kamlani’s detailed historical debut, The English Problem, follows an Indian man who journeys to England in the 1930s to study law and support Indian independence, but finds himself caught between his ambition, his heart and his values.

Thomas Dai’s intimate essay collection and travelogue, Take My Name but Say It Slow, reflects on his life growing up queer and Chinese American in Tennessee.

Thomas Dai’s intimate essay collection and travelogue, Take My Name but Say It Slow, reflects on his life growing up queer and Chinese American in Tennessee.

Scaachi Koul made waves with her buzzy, hilarious debut memoir, One Day We’ll All Be Dead and None of This Will Matter, in 2017. She’ll treat readers again with its follow-up, Sucker Punch, a memoir-in-essays about what happens when great expectations are dashed but you gotta keep on truckin’.

Scaachi Koul made waves with her buzzy, hilarious debut memoir, One Day We’ll All Be Dead and None of This Will Matter, in 2017. She’ll treat readers again with its follow-up, Sucker Punch, a memoir-in-essays about what happens when great expectations are dashed but…

The Sexual Assault Survivors’ Rights Act was unanimously approved in the House and Senate in 2016, establishing more rights for survivors of sexual assault and rape. This historic, bipartisan effort was the result of one woman’s quest for justice after she was raped as a student at Harvard. In Saving Five: A Memoir of Hope, Amanda Nguyen tells the story of her path to healing from the perspectives of different versions of herself at different ages.

The Sexual Assault Survivors’ Rights Act was unanimously approved in the House and Senate in 2016, establishing more rights for survivors of sexual assault and rape. This historic, bipartisan effort was the result of one woman’s quest for justice after she was raped as a…

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