May is Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, and that means Radio Book Club hosts have some great book recommendations by AAPI authors; from dystopian fiction to short stories about collective delusions and a debut thriller. Plus, tune in for a discussion about a nonfiction book wrestling with great artists who have made horrible choices. And, travel to the Arctic Circle with two tales – one historic and one contemporary – that center Sami Reindeer Herders.

// Radio Book Club Mentions:

// Coming Into Grace Harbor by Jan Minich

// The School for Good Mothers by Jessamine Chan

// Bliss Montage by Ling Ma

// Better The Blood by Michael Bennett

// Lessons In Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus

// The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder by David Grann

// Life In Five Senses: How Exploring the Senses Got Me Out of My Head and Into the World by Gretchen Rubin

// Hang the Moon Jeannette Walls

// Path of Light: A Walk Through Colliding Legacies of Glen Canyon by Morgan Sjogren

// Monsters: A Fan’s Dilemma by Claire Dederer

// Everything I Need I Get From You: How Fangirls Created the Internet as We Know It by Kaitlyn Tiffany

// Checkout 19 by Claire-Louise Bennett

// The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity by David Graeber and David Wengrow

// The End of Drum-Time by Hanna Pylvainen

// Stolen by Ann-Helen Laestadius

// The Deceptions by Jill Bialosky

// Music in this Episode is ‘Sailing Away’ by Holizna CC