Show notes:

May is Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month and we thought it fitting to share with you our favorite books by Asian authors. Plus, Mia shares why she has a personal connection to this month. If you’ve been around our show before, you know that we try to read widely and diversely and love checking out “own voices” books especially - and the 10 books on this list do not disappoint. Get your TBRs ready, you know what to do!

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Bookish Goodies:

[7:18] Mia - Artemis by Andy Weir

[9:09] Sarah - It’s Okay to Be a Unicorn by Jason Tharp

Books by Asian Authors:

[13:05] Mia - Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See

[14:32] Sarah - Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng

[16:07] Mia - Songs of Willow Frost by Jamie Ford

[17:53] Sarah - A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara

[18:52] Mia - The Leavers by Lisa Ko

[20:03] Sarah - To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before by Jenny Han

[20:58] Mia - Where the Mountain Meets the Moon by Grace Lin

[22:07] Sarah - The School for Good Mothers by Jessamine Chan

[23:54] Mia - Saris and a Single Malt by Sweta Srivastava Vikram

[25:31] Sarah - Sparks Like Stars by Nadia Hashimi

[26:48] Bonus books:

Mia - These Violent Delights by Chloe Gong

Mia - The Rape of Nanking by Iris Chang

Mia - In Order to Live by Yeonmi Park

Sarah - The Swimmers by Julie Otsuka

Sarah - The Cartographers by Peng Shepherd

Sarah - Things We Lost to the Water by Eric Nguyen

Sarah - Such Big Dreams by Reema Patel

Sarah - That Kind of Mother by Rumman Alam

Related episode:

Listen to episode 26, 18 Books We Love by Black Authors

 

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