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Jade Chang

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Jade Chang's debut novel, The Wangs vs. the World, is being published on October 4, 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. She is a journalist who has covered arts, culture, and cities and a recipient of the Sundance Fellowship for Arts Journalism, the AIGA/Winterhouse Award for Design Criticism, and the James D. Houston Memorial scholarship from the Squaw Valley Community of Writers.

She was recently a member of the Goodreads editorial team, where she worked on newsletters, author interviews, blog posts, infographics, and the quote of the day! ...more

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Average rating: 3.26 · 19,071 ratings · 2,618 reviews · 7 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Wangs vs. the World 3.26 avg rating — 17,396 ratings — published 2016 — 37 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The List 3.19 avg rating — 1,072 ratings — published 2018 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	What a Time to Be Alive 3.33 avg rating — 370 ratings — published 2025 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	You've Already Changed Your Life 3.28 avg rating — 224 ratings — published 2021 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Real Thing by Jade Chang (Goodreads Author) (-Contributor), Wednesday Martin (Goodreads Author) (-Contributor), W. Kamau Bell (-Contributor) 4.25 avg rating — 8 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	陰瑜伽：平衡之身．和平之心 it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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“The people of the world could be divided into two groups: those who used all of their chances, and those who stood still through opportunity after opportunity, waiting for a moment that would never be perfect.”
― Jade Chang, The Wangs vs. the World

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“And what is any artist, really, but someone who doesn't mind being an asshole?”
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“No one thinks to make the goddess a cup of tea; they just ply her with useless perfumed oils and impotent carved fetishes.”
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December BoTM Nominations ~ A Book You Meant to Read in 2018, but Didn't ~ 1st Poll

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The Immortalists

by Chloe Benjamin

15 votes, 33.3%

The Death of Mrs. Westaway

by Ruth Ware

7 votes, 15.6%

He Said/She Said

by Erin Kelly

6 votes, 13.3%

Pachinko

by Min Jin Lee

5 votes, 11.1%

Gods of Howl Mountain

by Taylor Brown

5 votes, 11.1%

The Force

by Don Winslow

2 votes, 4.4%

The Wangs vs. the World

by Jade Chang

2 votes, 4.4%

Let's Explore Diabetes with Owls

by David Sedaris

1 vote, 2.2%

Goodbye, Sweet Girl: A Story of Domestic Violence and Survival

by Kelly Sundberg

1 vote, 2.2%

Praise Song for the Butterflies

by Bernice L. McFadden

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