Naomi Hirahara
The Best Fiction Podcasts for Listeners Who Love a Good Story
You can’t beat a good story. Luckily, humans are great at storytelling, and the best fiction podcasts are all the proof that the modern listener requires. Get the popcorn ready; it’s storytime.
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Clark and Division
- Written by: Naomi Hirahara
- Narrated by: Allison Hiroto
- Length: 8 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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Set in 1944 Chicago, the story of a young woman searching for the truth about her revered older sister's death brings to focus the struggles of one Japanese-American family released from mass incarceration at Manzanar during World War II....
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Beautiful historical story about wrongly treated people
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Clark and Division
- Narrated by: Allison Hiroto
- Series: A Japantown Mystery, Book 1
- Length: 8 hrs and 56 mins
- Release date: 2021-08-03
- Language: English
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Evergreen
- Japantown Mysteries, Book 2
- Written by: Naomi Hirahara
- Narrated by: Allison Hiroto
- Length: 8 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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A Japanese American nurse's aide navigates the dangers of post-WWII and post-Manzanar life as she attempts to find justice for a broken family in this follow-up to the Mary Higgins Clark Award–winning Clark and Division....
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Evergreen
- Japantown Mysteries, Book 2
- Narrated by: Allison Hiroto
- Series: A Japantown Mystery, Book 2
- Length: 8 hrs and 32 mins
- Release date: 2023-08-01
- Language: English
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Summer of the Big Bachi
- Written by: Naomi Hirahara
- Narrated by: Brian Nishii
- Length: 8 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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A spellbinding mystery played out from war-torn Japan to the rich tidewaters of LA's multicultural landscape, this stunning debut novel weaves a powerful tale of family and loyalty....
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Summer of the Big Bachi
- Narrated by: Brian Nishii
- Series: Mas Arai Mysteries, Book 1
- Length: 8 hrs and 29 mins
- Release date: 2015-03-31
- Language: English
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Price: $26.40 or 1 Credit
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Life After Manzanar
- Written by: Naomi Hirahara, Heather C. Lindquist
- Narrated by: Allison Hiroto, Brian Nishii
- Length: 4 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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From the editor of the award-winning Children of Manzanar, Heather C. Lindquist, and Edgar Award winner Naomi Hirahara comes a nuanced account of the “Resettlement”....
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Life After Manzanar
- Narrated by: Allison Hiroto, Brian Nishii
- Length: 4 hrs and 40 mins
- Release date: 2022-06-07
- Language: English
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1001 Cranes
- Written by: Naomi Hirahara
- Narrated by: Chloe Madriaga
- Length: 4 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
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When 12-year-old Angela Kato arrives in LA, the last thing she wants to do is spend the entire summer with her grandparents. But in the Kato family, one is never permitted to complain. Grandma Michi and Aunt Janet put Angela to work in their flower shop, folding origami....
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1001 Cranes
- Narrated by: Chloe Madriaga
- Length: 4 hrs and 54 mins
- Release date: 2021-05-09
- Language: English
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Iced in Paradise
- A Leilani Santiago Hawai'i Mystery
- Written by: Naomi Hirahara
- Narrated by: Chloe Madriaga
- Length: 5 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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Leilani Santiago is back in her birthplace, the Hawaiian island of Kaua’i, to help keep afloat the family business, a shave ice shack. When she goes to work one morning, she stumbles across a dead body, a young pro surfer who was being coached by her estranged father....
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Iced in Paradise
- A Leilani Santiago Hawai'i Mystery
- Narrated by: Chloe Madriaga
- Series: Leila Santiago Series, Book 1
- Length: 5 hrs and 59 mins
- Release date: 2021-05-09
- Language: English
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Gasa-Gasa Girl (Japanese Edition)
- Written by: Naomi Hirahara
- Narrated by: Yoshi Amao
- Length: 8 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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From the time she was a child, Mas Arai’s daughter, Mari, was completely gasa-gasa - never sitting still, always on the go, getting into everything. But an anxious phone call from Mari asking for his help plunges the usually obstinate Mas into a series of startling situations....
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Gasa-Gasa Girl (Japanese Edition)
- Narrated by: Yoshi Amao
- Series: Mas Arai Mysteries, Book 2
- Length: 8 hrs and 42 mins
- Release date: 2018-11-27
- Language: Japanese
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Sayonara Slam
- Written by: Naomi Hirahara
- Narrated by: Brian Nishii
- Length: 6 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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Japan faces Korea in the World Baseball Classic at Dodger Stadium, and curmudgeonly gardener Mas Arai finds himself embroiled in a murder....
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Sayonara Slam
- Narrated by: Brian Nishii
- Series: Mas Arai Mysteries, Book 6
- Length: 6 hrs and 4 mins
- Release date: 2018-11-27
- Language: English
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Snakeskin Shamisen (Japanese Edition)
- Written by: Naomi Hirahara
- Narrated by: Yoshi Amao
- Length: 9 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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Few things get Mas more excited than gambling, so when he hears about a $500,000 win - from a novelty slot machine! - he’s torn between admiration and derision. But the stakes are quickly raised when the winner, a friend of Mas’s pal G. I. Hasuike, is found stabbed to death just days later....
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Snakeskin Shamisen (Japanese Edition)
- Narrated by: Yoshi Amao
- Series: Mas Arai Mysteries, Book 3
- Length: 9 hrs and 24 mins
- Release date: 2018-11-27
- Language: Japanese
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Hiroshima Boy
- Written by: Naomi Hirahara
- Narrated by: Brian Nishii
- Length: 5 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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LA gardener Mas Arai returns to Hiroshima to bring his best friend’s ashes to a relative on the tiny offshore island of Ino, only to become embroiled in the mysterious death of a teenage boy who was about the same age Mas was when he survived the atomic bomb in 1945....
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Hiroshima Boy
- Narrated by: Brian Nishii
- Series: Mas Arai Mysteries, Book 7
- Length: 5 hrs and 33 mins
- Release date: 2018-11-27
- Language: English
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Gasa-Gasa Girl
- Written by: Naomi Hirahara
- Narrated by: Brian Nishii
- Length: 7 hrs and 49 mins
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From the time she was a child, Mas Arai's daughter, Mari, was completely gasa-gasa - never sitting still, always on the go, getting into everything....
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Gasa-Gasa Girl
- Narrated by: Brian Nishii
- Series: Mas Arai Mysteries, Book 2
- Length: 7 hrs and 49 mins
- Release date: 2015-03-31
- Language: English
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Snakeskin Shamisen
- Written by: Naomi Hirahara
- Narrated by: Brian Nishii
- Length: 8 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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Few things get Mas more excited than gambling, so when he hears about a $500,000 win - from a novelty slot machine! - he's torn between admiration and derision....
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Snakeskin Shamisen
- Narrated by: Brian Nishii
- Series: Mas Arai Mysteries, Book 3
- Length: 8 hrs and 29 mins
- Release date: 2015-03-31
- Language: English
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Strawberry Yellow
- Written by: Naomi Hirahara
- Narrated by: Brian Nishii
- Length: 6 hrs and 19 mins
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In Strawberry Yellow, he returns to the strawberry farms of his youth and encounters family intrigue, danger, and murder....
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Strawberry Yellow
- Narrated by: Brian Nishii
- Series: Mas Arai Mysteries, Book 5
- Length: 6 hrs and 19 mins
- Release date: 2015-03-31
- Language: English
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Blood Hina
- Written by: Naomi Hirahara
- Narrated by: Brian Nishii
- Length: 6 hrs and 49 mins
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Mas Arai's best friend, Haruo, is getting married, and he has grudgingly agreed to serve as best man. But when an ancient Japanese doll display of Haruo's fiance goes missing....
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Blood Hina
- Narrated by: Brian Nishii
- Series: Mas Arai Mysteries, Book 4
- Length: 6 hrs and 49 mins
- Release date: 2015-03-31
- Language: English
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Murder on Bamboo Lane
- An Officer Ellie Rush Mystery, Book 1
- Written by: Naomi Hirahara
- Narrated by: Catherine Ho
- Length: 9 hrs and 21 mins
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From the award-winning author of the Japantown Mysteries, trouble awaits rookie LAPD Officer Ellie Rush as she patrols the mean streets of Los Angeles on her bicycle....
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Murder on Bamboo Lane
- An Officer Ellie Rush Mystery, Book 1
- Narrated by: Catherine Ho
- Series: Officer Ellie Rush Mystery, Book 1
- Length: 9 hrs and 21 mins
- Release date: 2023-03-28
- Language: English
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An American Son
- The Story of George Aratani: Founder of Mikasa and Kenwood
- Written by: Naomi Hirahara
- Narrated by: Brian Nishii
- Length: 10 hrs and 41 mins
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Decades before trade moved between the United States and Japan at its present pace, there was a Japanese immigrant's son with an American dream....
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An American Son
- The Story of George Aratani: Founder of Mikasa and Kenwood
- Narrated by: Brian Nishii
- Length: 10 hrs and 41 mins
- Release date: 2023-02-19
- Language: English
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Grave on Grand Avenue
- Officer Ellie Rush Mystery, Book 2
- Written by: Naomi Hirahara
- Narrated by: Catherine Ho
- Length: 8 hrs and 57 mins
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Ellie stops for a friendly chat with gardener Eduardo Fuentes while patrolling one of Los Angeles's premier concert halls. A few minutes later she's shocked to discover him lying at the bottom of a staircase, clinging to life and whispering something indecipherable....
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Grave on Grand Avenue
- Officer Ellie Rush Mystery, Book 2
- Narrated by: Catherine Ho
- Series: Officer Ellie Rush Mystery, Book 2
- Length: 8 hrs and 57 mins
- Release date: 2023-05-16
- Language: English
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