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Kitten

A Novel

by Stacey Yu ...

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • An enchanting debut novel about a young woman whose growing obsession with her boyfriend’s cat opens new possibilities for her life—but not without threatening to unravel it.“Abound in wit and restraint, Kitten explores the funny yet unsettling complexities of modern love. . . . A fearless debut!”—Weike Wang, author of Chemistry“Yu’s novel is both a kind of Gen Z parable of ... Read more

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NATIONAL BESTSELLER • An enchanting debut novel about a young woman whose growing obsession with her boyfriend’s cat opens new possibilities for her life—but not without threatening to unravel it.“Abound in wit and restraint, Kitten explores the funny yet unsettling complexities of modern love. . . . A fearless debut!”—Weike Wang, author of Chemistry“Yu’s novel is both a kind of Gen Z parable of
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Face of a Killer

by Yu33 ...

She walks into your life like a dream—and vanishes like a ghost. No name. No trace. Only a body left behind.Lili is a master of disguise, a contract killer who leaves no evidence—until one job sets off a chain of consequences even she can't escape. As bodies pile up across the country, ex-detective Joe Riley is chasing the only clue he has: a faded photograph of a woman who doesn't seem to exist. ... Read more

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She walks into your life like a dream—and vanishes like a ghost. No name. No trace. Only a body left behind.Lili is a master of disguise, a contract killer who leaves no evidence—until one job sets off a chain of consequences even she can't escape. As bodies pile up across the country, ex-detective Joe Riley is chasing the only clue he has: a faded photograph of a woman who doesn't seem to exist.
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Face of a Killer

by Yu33 ...

She walks into your life like a dream—and vanishes like a ghost. No name. No trace. Only a body left behind.Lili is a master of disguise, a contract killer who leaves no evidence—until one job sets off a chain of consequences even she can't escape. As bodies pile up across the country, ex-detective Joe Riley is chasing the only clue he has: a faded photograph of a woman who doesn't seem to exist. ... Read more

$4.00 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

She walks into your life like a dream—and vanishes like a ghost. No name. No trace. Only a body left behind.Lili is a master of disguise, a contract killer who leaves no evidence—until one job sets off a chain of consequences even she can't escape. As bodies pile up across the country, ex-detective Joe Riley is chasing the only clue he has: a faded photograph of a woman who doesn't seem to exist.
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Seek Immediate Shelter

A Novel

by Vincent Yu ...

*** NATIONAL BESTSELLER *ONE OF BARACK OBAMA’S FAVORITE BOOKS OF THE SUMMER****A BREATHTAKING DEBUT novel about survival, hope, and second chances in an Asian American community in Massachusetts, when a false missile throws the residents' lives into chaos."Propulsive and poetic...A MASTERFUL debut." —Jenny Tinghui Zhang“A PROFOUND work about connection.” —Brian Castleberry"Compelling and CINEMATIC ... Read more

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*** NATIONAL BESTSELLER *ONE OF BARACK OBAMA’S FAVORITE BOOKS OF THE SUMMER****A BREATHTAKING DEBUT novel about survival, hope, and second chances in an Asian American community in Massachusetts, when a false missile throws the residents' lives into chaos."Propulsive and poetic...A MASTERFUL debut." —Jenny Tinghui Zhang“A PROFOUND work about connection.” —Brian Castleberry"Compelling and CINEMATIC
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Interior Chinatown

A Novel (National Book Award Winner)

by Charles Yu ...

NOW A HULU ORIGINAL SERIES • NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • NATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNER • “A shattering and darkly comic send-up of racial stereotyping in Hollywood” (Vanity Fair) and adeeply personal novel about race, pop culture, immigration, assimilation, and escaping the roles we are forced to play.Willis Wu doesn’t perceive himself as the protagonist in his own life: he’s merely Generic Asian Man ... Read more

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NOW A HULU ORIGINAL SERIES • NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • NATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNER • “A shattering and darkly comic send-up of racial stereotyping in Hollywood” (Vanity Fair) and adeeply personal novel about race, pop culture, immigration, assimilation, and escaping the roles we are forced to play.Willis Wu doesn’t perceive himself as the protagonist in his own life: he’s merely Generic Asian Man
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Fetishized

A Reckoning with Yellow Fever, Feminism, and Beauty

by Kaila Yu ...

A “raw and lyrical” (New York Times) memoir-in-essays from former pinup model and lead singer of Nylon Pink Kaila Yu, reckoning with being an object of Asian fetish and how media, pop culture, and colonialism contributed to the oversexualization of Asian women.AN NPR AND DEBUTIFUL BEST BOOK OF THE YEARNo one fetishized Kaila Yu more than she fetishized herself. As a young girl, she dreamt of ... Read more

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A “raw and lyrical” (New York Times) memoir-in-essays from former pinup model and lead singer of Nylon Pink Kaila Yu, reckoning with being an object of Asian fetish and how media, pop culture, and colonialism contributed to the oversexualization of Asian women.AN NPR AND DEBUTIFUL BEST BOOK OF THE YEARNo one fetishized Kaila Yu more than she fetishized herself. As a young girl, she dreamt of
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The Frangipani Tree Mystery

by Ovidia Yu ...

Series Book 1 - Su Lin Series
First in a delightfully charming crime series set in 1930s Singapore, introducing amateur sleuth Su Lin, a local girl stepping in as governess for the Acting Governor of Singapore.1936 in the Crown Colony of Singapore, and the British abdication crisis and rising Japanese threat seem very far away. When the Irish nanny looking after Acting Governor Palin's daughter dies suddenly - and in ... Read more

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First in a delightfully charming crime series set in 1930s Singapore, introducing amateur sleuth Su Lin, a local girl stepping in as governess for the Acting Governor of Singapore.1936 in the Crown Colony of Singapore, and the British abdication crisis and rising Japanese threat seem very far away. When the Irish nanny looking after Acting Governor Palin's daughter dies suddenly - and in
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2.5 Dimensional Seduction Vol. 1

by Yu Hashimoto ...

Series Book 1 - 2.5 Dimensional Seduction
"I have no interest in real girls!" So claims Okumura, the president of the school's manga club. He's your typical otaku, obsessed with a sexy (fictional) 2D manga character known as Liliel. Then the new school year starts, and a (real!) 3D girl named Lilysa whose passion is cosplay joins the club. Lilysa convinces Okumura to become her photographerand guess who her favorite manga character is? ... Read more

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"I have no interest in real girls!" So claims Okumura, the president of the school's manga club. He's your typical otaku, obsessed with a sexy (fictional) 2D manga character known as Liliel. Then the new school year starts, and a (real!) 3D girl named Lilysa whose passion is cosplay joins the club. Lilysa convinces Okumura to become her photographerand guess who her favorite manga character is?
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The Anti-Ableist Manifesto

Smashing Stereotypes, Forging Change, and Building a Disability-Inclusive World

by Tiffany Yu ...

Tiffany Yu takes readers on a revelatory examination of disability—how to unpack biases and build an inclusive and accessible world."A powerful journey, merging personal narratives with collective insights to confront and dismantle ableism. As someone deeply immersed in the study of prejudice, including the often-overlooked discrimination faced by people with disabilities, I find that Yu delivers ... Read more

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Tiffany Yu takes readers on a revelatory examination of disability—how to unpack biases and build an inclusive and accessible world."A powerful journey, merging personal narratives with collective insights to confront and dismantle ableism. As someone deeply immersed in the study of prejudice, including the often-overlooked discrimination faced by people with disabilities, I find that Yu delivers
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How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe

A Novel

by Charles Yu ...

From the National Book Award–⁠winning author of Interior Chinatown, comes a razor-sharp, hilarious, and touching story of a son searching for his father ... through quantum space-time.Every day in Minor Universe 31 people get into time machines and try to change the past. That's where Charles Yu, time travel technician, steps in. He helps save people from themselves. Literally. When he's not ... Read more

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From the National Book Award–⁠winning author of Interior Chinatown, comes a razor-sharp, hilarious, and touching story of a son searching for his father ... through quantum space-time.Every day in Minor Universe 31 people get into time machines and try to change the past. That's where Charles Yu, time travel technician, steps in. He helps save people from themselves. Literally. When he's not
... Read more
Tokyo Ueno Station (National Book Award Winner)

A Novel

by Yu Miri ...

Translated by Morgan Giles ...

**WINNER OF THE 2020 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD IN TRANSLATED LITERATUREA NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEARA surreal, devastating story of a homeless ghost who haunts one of Tokyo's busiest train stations.**Kazu is dead. Born in Fukushima in 1933, the same year as the Japanese Emperor, his life is tied by a series of coincidences to the Imperial family and has been shaped at every turn by modern ... Read more

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**WINNER OF THE 2020 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD IN TRANSLATED LITERATUREA NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEARA surreal, devastating story of a homeless ghost who haunts one of Tokyo's busiest train stations.**Kazu is dead. Born in Fukushima in 1933, the same year as the Japanese Emperor, his life is tied by a series of coincidences to the Imperial family and has been shaped at every turn by modern
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I Don't Know How to Love

by Yu Machio ...

Translated by Jan Cash ...

Fact: College upperclassman Aimi is, like, the hottest guy on campus. And word is that for those who dare to date him, he has just one rule—he can do whoever he wants whenever he wants without having to answer for it. Which is all fine and good in theory…but in practice, his partners can’t leave fast enough when reality sinks in! At least, that’s how it always went until his underclassman, Kaede, ... Read more

$6.99 USD

Fact: College upperclassman Aimi is, like, the hottest guy on campus. And word is that for those who dare to date him, he has just one rule—he can do whoever he wants whenever he wants without having to answer for it. Which is all fine and good in theory…but in practice, his partners can’t leave fast enough when reality sinks in! At least, that’s how it always went until his underclassman, Kaede,
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