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• BORING ASIAN FEMALE

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  Xu, Canwen. ON ORDER

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  When Elizabeth's friend Laura has been accepted into Harvard Law School instead of her, she becomes obsessed with wondering what could possibly make Laura more "interesting" than her--a high achieving, hard working daughter of immigrants.

• Crown City

  Hirahara, Naomi, 1962-

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  In this historical fiction mystery, Eighteen-year-old Ryunosuke Wada is fresh off the boat from Japan and apprenticed to Pasadena's most successful Japanese artist when he becomes the victim of an anti-Japanese attack and a valuable work of art is…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• CLEO DANG WOULD RATHER BE DEAD

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  Nguyen, Mai. ON ORDER

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  In this uplifting and darkly comedic novel, A heavy loss provokes a grieving mother to deal with her grief by working at a funeral home and learns that the best way to honor the dead is to live.

• The Pōhaku

  a Novel

  Hakes, Jasmin 'Iolani,

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  "A young woman lies comatose, her estranged grandmother keeping vigil. Was her fall a leap—or the ocean’s pull? She suspects a link to the pōhaku, an ancient stone their family swore to protect. Spanning generations across Hawai‘i and California,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Enemies to Lovers

  a Novel

  Rai, Alisha,

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  The cunning daughter of a criminal family and the bookish brother of an FBI agent find themselves at interesting odds in this romantic enemies-to-lovers romance.

• All the World Can Hold

  Yun, Jung,

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  "Three passengers from wildly different backgrounds board a cruise ship bound for Bermuda shortly after 9/11 and learn en route that they can't outrun their regrets about the risks not taken."

• Japanese Gothic

  Baker, Kylie Lee,

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  After having no memory of killing his college roommate, Lee Turner flees to his father's new house in Japan in hopes it might offer refuge. But there's something strange about this house, and as soon as night falls, a strange woman with a sword…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• WE DANCE UPON DEMONS

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  Patel, Vaishnavi. ON ORDER

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  "A galvanizing stand-alone contemporary fantasy following a burnt-out reproductive health care worker as she fights back against escalating attacks on her clinic and the malevolent forces in hot pursuit of her newly acquired power."

• The Fortune Flip

  Jessen, Lauren Kung,

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  Hazel Yen is drowning in a sea of bad luck until fate puts her in the path of Logan Wells and her wheel of fortune takes a turn for the better. But after they share an incredible kiss, Logan's luck suddenly takes a turn for the worse!

• The Killing Spell

  Kauwe, Shay,

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  In a world that uses language as magic, a young Hawaiian woman is on a mission to clear her name and solve a murder in this genre blend of mystery and urban fantasy.

• Molka

  Kim, Monika,

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  "In an unassuming Seoul workplace, IT technician Junyoung's network reaches throughout the entire building. He sees every entrance. Every lobby. Every bathroom. The women in this building may be cold and dismissive, but he can always pull up his…Read moreRead more of this annotation