Nonfiction - Asian Reads

"You will not remember me as that Asian, that immigrant, that Muslim, or that gay guy. You will remember me as that unicorn who built a throne."Whe...

This is not an ordinary story, but rather a tale of inspiration, perseverance, and determination. Jimit Kapedia is a businessman, entrepreneur, car...

Most Anticipated This Fall in TIME, San Francisco Chronicle, The Washington Post, Goodreads, Lamba Literary Review, Kirkus Reviews, and PinkNews ...

Winner of the 2023 Pacific Northwest Book Award.Finalist for the 2023 Lesbian Memoir/Biography Lambda Literary Award"A nuanced mediation on love,...

Winner of the Pacific Northwest Book Award.“A nuanced mediation on love, identity, and belonging. This story of survival radiates with resilience...

Kenny Fries embarks on a journey of profound self-discovery as a disabled foreigner in Japan, a society historically hostile to difference. As he v...

Winner of the Restless Books Prize for New Immigrant Writing, Rajiv Mohabir’s Antiman is an impassioned, genre-blending memoir that navigates the...

Finalist for the 2021 Lambda Literary Award for Transgender Nonfiction "Talusan sails past the conventions of trans and immigrant memoirs." —The...

The dazzling, heartfelt memoir of a trans pageant queen from the Philippines who went back into the closet to model in New York City--until she rea...

“As a Filipino-American conscious of his multiple identities and the trove of experiences and external forces that shaped him, Gray uses the unfe...

Winner of the Restless Books Prize for New Immigrant Writing, Rajiv Mohabir’s Antiman is an impassioned, genre-blending memoir that navigates the...