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Books and Boba — 360 episodes
#353 - Author Chat w/ Canwen Xu
#352 - The Elsewhere Express by Samantha Sotto Yambao
#351 - Author Chat w/ Kelly Yang
#350 - April 2026 Book News
#349 - Author Chat w/ Rachel Khong
#348 - Author Chat w/ Lisa Lee
#347 - Butter by Asako Yuzuki
#346 - March 2026 Book News
#345 - Behind Frenemy Lines by Zen Cho
#344 - February 2026 Book News
#343 - Author Chat w/ Lillian Li
#342 - Author Chat w/ Yosha Gunasekera
#341 - Reef by Romesh Gunesekera
#340 - January 2026 Book News
#339 - Blackmail & Bibingka by Mia P. Manansala
#338 - December 2025 Book News
#337 - Taiwan Travelogue by Yang Shuang-zi
#336 - Author Chat w/ Lyla Lee
#335 - November 2025 Book News
#334 - Bat Eater and Other Names for Cora Zeng by Kylie Lee Baker
#333 - Author Chat w/ Yume Kitasei
#332 - October 2025 Book News
#331 - Author Chat w/ Jade Chang
#330 - A Witch's Guide to Magican Innkeeping by Sangu Mandanna
#329 - Author Chat w/ Dustin Thao
#328 - Author Chat w/ Emma Pei Yin
#327 - Author Chat w/ Amran Gowani
#326 - The Wangs Vs the World by Jade Chang
#325 - Author Chat w/ Benedict Nguyễn
#324 - August 2025 Book News
#323 - Author Chat w/ Julia & Brad Riew
#322 - Bingsu for Two by Sujin Witherspoon
#321 - July 2025 Book News
#320 - Author Chat w/ Allison King
#319 - Author Chat w/ Naomi Xu Elegant
#318 - Afterparties by Anthony Veasna So
#317 - Author Chat w/ Mike Curato
#316 - June 2025 Book News
#315 - Author Chat w/ Susan Lee
#314 - Blob: A Love Story by Maggie Su
#313 - Author Chat w/ Axie Oh
#312 - May 2025 Book News
#311 - Author Chat w/ Carolyn Huynh
#310 - The Cartographers by Peng Shepherd
#309 - April 2025 Book News
#308 - The Stationery Shop by Marjan Kamali
#307 - Author Chat w/ Jane Pek
#306 - March 2025 Book News
#305 - The Verifiers by Jane Pek
#304 - February 2025 Book News
#303 - Sister Snake by Amanda Lee Koe
#302 - Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982 by Cho Nam-Joo
#301 - December 2024 Book News
#300 - Author Chat w/ Clare Osongco
#299 - Author Chat w/ Rosa Kwon Easton
#298 - Interior Chinatown by Charles Yu
#297 - Author Chat w/ Julie Leong
#296 - November 2024 Book News
#295 - Author Chat w/ Nayantara Roy
#294 - The Salt Grows Heavy by Cassandra Khaw
#293 - Author Chat w/ Joanne Howard
#292 - October 2024 Book News
#291 - Author Chat w/ Teresa Wong
#290 - A Burning by Megha Majumdar
#289 - Author Chat w/ Preeti Chhibber
#288 - Author Chat w/ Aurora Palit
#287 - September 2024 Book News
#286 - Author Chat w/ Randy Ribay
#285 - Land of Milk and Honey by C Pam Zhang
#284 - Author Chat w/ Trinity Nguyen
#283 - August 2024 Book News
From PotluckPod They Call Us Bruce - They Call Us OiYan A. Poon
#282 - The Sense of Wonder by Matthew Salesses
#281 - Author Chat w/ Amber Chen
#280 - July 2024 Book News
#279 - Author Chat w/ K. X. Song
#278 - Author Chat w/ Tara Sim
#277 - Greta & Valdin by Rebecca K. Reilly
#276 - June 2024 Book News
#275 - Author Chat w/ Malia Maunakea
#274 - Author Chat w/ Abraham Chang
#273 - Kill Her Twice by Stacey Lee
#272 - Author Chat w/ E. L. Shen
#271 - May 2024 Book News
#270 - Author Chat w/ Samira Ahmed
#269 - Yellowface by R.F. Kuang
Conversations from Festival of AAPI Books 2023
#268 - April 2024 Book News
#267 - Author Chat w/ Sheila Sundar
#266 - Author Chat w/ A.H. Kim
#265 - Welcome to the Hyunam-Dong Bookshop by Hwang Bo-reum
#264 - Author Chat w/ Vanessa Le
#263 - March 2024 Book News
#262 - Author Chat w/ Sophie Wan
#261 - Untethered Sky by Fonda Lee
#260 - Author Chat w/ Ray Xu
#259 - February 2024 Book News
#258 - Author Chat w/ Sajni Patel
#257 - Meet Me Tonight in Atlantic City by Jane Wong
#256 - Author Chat w/ Aube Rey Lescure
#255 - January 2024 Book News
#254 - Foul Lady Fortune by Chloe Gong
#253 - Author Chat w/ Wendy Chin-Tanner
#252 - Author Chat w/ Sage Cotugno
#251 - December 2023 Book News
#250 - Author Chat w/ K-Ming Chang
#249 - Squire by Nadia Shammas & Sara Alfageeh
#248 - Author Chat w/ Kate Chenli
Books & Boba X The Novel Tea - Pachinko pt. 2 with Books & Boba
#247 - November 2023 Book News
#246 - Author Chat w/ Ye Chun
#245 - Natural Beauty by Ling Ling Huang
#244 - Author Chat w/ Tan Twan Eng
#243 - October 2023 Book News
#242 - Author Chat w/ Jean Kwok
#241 - The Family Chao by Lan Samantha Chang
#240 - Author Chat w/ Olivie Blake
#239 - September 2023 Book News
#238 - Author Chat w/ Andrew Yang
#237 - Bitter Medicine by Mia Tsai
Introducing Dear Alana, a new show from Tenderfoot TV
#236 - Author Chat w/ Aisha Saeed
#235 - August 2023 Book News
#234 - Author Chat w/ Kelly Loy Gilbert
#233 - The Imaginary Lives of James Pōneke by Tina Makereti
#232 - Author Chat w/ Thien Pham
#231 - July 2023 Book News
#230 - Author Chat w/ Thao Thai
#229 - Author Chat w/ Susie Luo
#228 - We Have Always Been Here by Lena Nguyen
#227 - June 2023 Book News
#226 - Author Chat w/ Uzma Jalaluddin
#225 - Author Chat w/ Rita Chang-Eppig
Introducing Ten Thousand Things: Book
#224 - The Fortunes of Jaded Women by Carolyn Huynh
From #PotluckPod Quarantined Comics - GENE LUEN YANG's ...American Born Chinese
#223 - May 2023 Book News
#222 - Author Chat w/ Melissa de la Cruz
From #PotluckPod Asian Americana - Country Music for a Baan Nok Boy
#221 - Author Chat w/ Deepa Varadarajan
#220 - Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers
#219 - Author Chat w/ Victoria Ying
#218 - Author Chat w/ Vibhuti Jain
Introducing Boba Chats!
#217 - April 2023 Book News
#216 - Author Chat w/ Maurene Goo
#215 - Front Desk by Kelly Yang
#214 - Author Chat w/ Rachel Heng
#213 - March 2023 Book News
#212 - Author Chat w/ Kathryn Ma
#211 - The Charmed List by Julie Abe
#210 - Author Chat w/ Gloria Chao
#209 - February 2023 Book News
#208 - Author Chat w/ Cara Tanamachi
#207 – Babel by R. F. Kuang (Books 3-5)
#206 - Author Chat w/ Kyla Zhao
#205 - January 2023 Book News
#204 - Author Chat w/ Iris Yamashita
#203 - Babel by R. F. Kuang (Books 1 & 2)
#202 – December 2022 Book News
#201 - Year of the Tiger: An Activist's Life by Alice Wong
#200 - November 2022 Book News
#199 - Translator Chat w/ Anton Hur
#198 - The Hole by Hye-Young Pyun
#197 - Author Chat w/ Ryan Lee Wong
#196 - October 2022 Book News
#195 - Author Chat w/ Lygia Day Peñaflor
#194 - You're Invited by Amanda Jayatissa
#193 - Author Chat w/ Judy I Lin
#192 - September 2022 Book News
#191 - Author Chat w/ Tracey Lien
#190 - Hani and Ishu's Guide to Fake Dating by Adiba Jaigirdar
#189 - Author Chat w/ Sangu Mandanna
#188 - August 2022 Book News
#187 - Author Chat w/ Emiko Jean
#186 - Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi
#185 - Author Chat w/ Lio Min
#184 - July 2022 Book News
#183 - Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo
#182 - June 2022 Book News
#181 - Author Chat w/ Joseph Han
#180 - Portrait of a Thief by Grace D. Li
#179 - Author Chat w/ Grace K. Shim
#178 - May 2022 Book News
#177 - Author Chat w/ Vanessa Hua
#176 - A Taste for Love by Jennifer Yen
#175 - April 2022 Book News
#174 - Author Chat w/ Jenny Tinghui Zhang
#173 - Light from Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki
#172 - March 2022 Book News
#171 - Author Chat w/ Abigail Hing Wen
#170 - Good Talk: A Memoir in Conversations by Mira Jacob
#169 - February 2022 Book News
#168 - Author Chat w/ June Hur
#167 - She Who Became the Sun by Shelley Parker-Chan
#166 - January 2022 Book News
#165 - December 2021 Book News
#164 - Author Chat w/ Fonda Lee
#163 - Author Chat w/ Julie Tieu
#162 - On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong
#161 - November 2021 Book News
#160 - Author Chat w/ June CL Tan
#159 - The Inugami Curse by Seishi Yokomizo
#158 - Author Chat w/ Xiran Jay Zhao
#157 - October 2021 Book News
#156 - Author Chat w/ Chandra Prasad
#155 - Chemistry by Weike Wang
#154 - Author Chat w/ C.B. Lee
#153 - September 2021 Book News
#152 - Author Chat w/ Michelle Quach
#151 - Patron Saints of Nothing by Randy Ribay
#150 - Author Chat with Amanda Jayatissa
#149 - Author Chat w/ Meredith Ireland
#148 - August 2021 Book News
#147 - Author Chat w/ Andrea Wang
#146 - An Ocean of Minutes by Thea Lim
#145 - Author Chat w/ Emiko Jean
#144 - July 2021 Book News
#143 - Happy Endings by Thien-Kim Lam
#142 - Author Chat w/ David Yoon
#141 - June 2021 Book News
#140 - Author Chat w/ Jesse Q. Sutanto
#139 - The Silence of Bones by June Hur
#138 - Author Chat w/ Payal Doshi
#137 - May 2021 Book News
#136 - Author Chat w/ Sarah Suk
#135 - How to Pronounce Knife by Souvankham Thammavongsa
#134 - Author Chat w/ Mia P. Manansala
#133 - April 2021 Book News
#132 - Girls of Paper and Fire by Natasha Ngan
#131 - March 2021 Book News
#130 - Author Chat w/ Sonya Lalli
#129 - She of the Mountains by Vivek Shraya (w/ special guests Marci & Ako from The Colored Pages)
#128 - February 2021 Book News
#127 - The Magical Language of Others by E.J. Koh
#126 - January 2021 Book News
#125 - When Dimple Met Rishi by Sandhya Menon
#124 - December 2020 Book News
#123 - Author Chat w/ Diana Ma
#122 - Ignite the Stars by Maura Milan
#121 - November 2020 Book News
#120 - Author Chat w/ Chloe Gong
#119 - Confessions by Kanae Minato
#118 - Author Chat w/ Katie Zhao
#117 - October 2020 Book News
#116 - Minor Feelings by Cathy Park Hong
#115 - September 2020 Book News
#114 - The Empress of Salt and Fortune by Nghi Vo
#113 - Author Chat w/ Suzanne Park
#112 - Author Chat w/ Supriya Kelkar
#111 - August 2020 Book News
#110 - Author Chat w/ Julie Abe
#109 - The Widows of Malabar Hill by Sujata Massey
#108 - July 2020 Book News
#107 - Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata
#106 - June 2020 Book News
#105 - Author Chat with Joe Ide
#104 - The Woman Warrior: Memoirs of a Girlhood Among Ghosts by Maxine Hong Kingston
#103 - #AsianBooksChallenge Week 4 Recap
#102 - May 2020 Book News
#101 - Author Chat with Christina Soontornvat
#100 - Asian Books Challenge 2020 - Week 1 Recap
#99 - Mimi Lee Gets a Clue by Jennifer J. Chow
#98 - April 2020 Book News
#97 - Author Chat with I.W. Gregorio
#96 - The Map of Salt and Stars by Zehn Joukhadar
#95 - Author Chat with Jessica Kim
#94 - March 2020 Book News
#93 - The Kiss Quotient by Helen Hoang
#92 - February 2020 Book News
#91 - Author Chat with Mike Chen
#90 - The Three Body Problem by Cixin Liu
#89 - January 2020 Book News
#88 - Author Chat with Abigail Hing Wen
#87 - Home Fire by Kamila Shamsie
#86 - December 2019 Mid-Month Check-In
#84 - November 2019 Mid-Month Check-In
#83 - Summer of the Big Bachi by Naomi Hirahara
#82 - October 2019 Mid-Month Check-In
#81 - Everything Here is Beautiful by Mira T. Lee
#80 - September 2019 Mid-Month Check-In
#79 - Severance by Ling Ma
#78 - August 2019 Mid-Month Check-In
#77 - Zero Sum Game by S.L. Huang
#76 - Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami
#75 - Author Chat with Misa Sugiura
#74 - June 2019 Mid-Month Check-In & What's going on with No-No Boy
#73 - This is Paradise: Stories by Kristiana Kahakauwila
#72 - May Book News Roundup
#71 - Bangkok Wakes to Rain by Pitchaya Sudbanthad
#70 - Author Chat with Henry Lien
#69 - April Book News
#68 - Darius the Great Is Not Okay by Adib Khorram
#67 - The Grace of Kings by Ken Liu
#66 - February Book News
#65 - Rainbirds by Clarissa Goenawan
#64 - January 2019 Book News & Check-in
#63 - Young Jane Young by Gabrielle Zevin (w/ Dec 2018 Book News)
#62 - IQ by Joe Ide
#61 - Dear America: Notes of an Undocumented Citizen by Jose Antonio Vargas
#60 - October 2018 Book News & Check-in
#59 - Author Chat with Renee M. Rutledge
#58 - Number One Chinese Restaurant by Lillian Li
#57 - Movie Chat: To All the Boys I've Loved Before
#56 - Crazy Rich Asians by Kevin Kwan
#55 - Chatting with Author Vanessa Hua
#54 - Winnie M Li and her Dark Chapter
#53 - A Tale for the Time Being by Ruth Ozeki
#52 - SDCC Authors Chat w/ Sarah Kuhn, CB Lee, & RF Kuang
#51 - July 2018 Book News & Check-in
#50 - Dami Lee Can Be Everything at Once
#49 - Chatting with Author C.B. Lee
#48 - Not Your Sidekick by CB Lee
#47 - June 2018 Book News & Check-in
#46 - The Leavers by Lisa Ko
#45 - May 2018 Mid Month Check-In
#44 - One Day We'll All Be Dead and None of This Will Matter by Scaachi Koul
#43 - May 2018 Book News
#42 - What Lies Between Us by Nayomi Munaweera
#41 - March 2018 Book News
#40 - Everyone's a Aliebn When Ur a Aliebn Too by Jomny Sun
#39 - February 2018 Book News
#38 - Pachinko by Min Jin Lee
#37 - January 2018 Book News
#36 - Talking Asian-Inspired Gangster Fantasy with Fonda Lee
#35 - Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
#34 - December 2017 Book News
#33 - FilBookFest
#32 - Empress of a Thousand Skies by Rhoda Belleza
#31 - November 2017 Book News
#30 - The Ghost Bride by Yangsze Choo
#29 - October 2017 Book News
#28 - Goodbye Vitamin by Rachel Khong
#27 - September 2017 Book News pt. 2
#26 - Hiroshima and Cherry Blossoms w/ Author Kathleen Burkinshaw
#25 - September 2017 Book News
#24 - The Devotion of Suspect X by Keigo Higashino
#23 - Talking Asian American Superheroes w/ Sarah Kuhn
#22 - August 2017 Book News
#21 - Exit West by Mohsin Hamid
#20 - July 2017 Book News
#19 - None of the Above by I.W. Gregorio
#18 - Chatting with Author Maurene Goo
#17 - June 2017 Book News
#16 - The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh Nguyen
#15 - May 2017 Book News & Author Lang Leav
#14 - The Whale Rider by Witi Ihimaera
#13 - March 2017 Book News
#12 - When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi
#11 - March 2017 Book News & Author Thi Bui
#10 - Sorcerer to the Crown by Zen Cho
#9 - February 2017 Book News & Gauri Manglik from Kitaab World
#8 - Something in Between by Melissa De La Cruz
#7 - January 2017 Book News
#6 - How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe by Charles Yu
#5 - December 2016 Book News & Talkin' Potter
#4 - Monstress Vol 1 by Marjorie Liu
#3 - November 2016 Book News & The Continent Controversy
#2 - Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng
#1 - Heroine Complex by Sarah Kuhn