Books & Boba discussion

NPR released their Best Books of 2017 list on their concierge app. There are over 300 books listed, and many of them are by Asian and Asian American authors. A few are actually past book club picks.

I tried to compile all the Asian authors from the list for future references. If I forgot any books, feel free to add them in the comments.

- White Tears by Hari Kunzu
- Exit West by Mohsin Hamid*
- When Dimple Met Rishi by Sandhya Menon
- I Believe in a Thing Called Love by Maurene Goo*
- Chemistry by Weike Wang
- Goodbye, Vitamin by Rachel Khong*
- Hate to Want You by Alisha Rai
- One Day We’ll All Be Dead and None of This Will Matter by Scaachi Koul
- A Conspiracy in Belgravia by Sherry Thomas
- The Golden House by Salman Rushdie
- Hello Universe by Erin Entrada Kelly
- Homefire by Kamila Shamsie
- Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng
- Amina's Voice by Hena Khan
- The Color of Our Sky by Amita Trasi
- Pachinko by Min Jin Lee
- Lotus by Lijia Zhang
- Jade City by Fonda Lee
- The Leavers by Lisa Ko
- Human Acts by Han Kang
- The Refugees by Viet Thanh Nguyen
- The Best We Could Do by Thi Bui*
- Sour Heart by Jenny Zhang
- Boundless by Jillian Tamaki
- My Brother's Husband by Gengoroh Tagame

*book club picks or author interviews

Link to NPR's Book Concierge

I'm really excited about Pachinko, so I'm happy to see that it's the January pick :D

Nicola wrote: "I'm really excited about Pachinko, so I'm happy to see that it's the January pick :D"

Yay! I've been wanting to read Pachinko for a while. Making it a book club pick is an extra incentive for me to finally read it.

Oh, Jade City is on the list. It’s available now. So I’ll have to nominate it.

Reera wrote: "Nicola wrote: "I'm really excited about Pachinko, so I'm happy to see that it's the January pick :D"

Yay! I've been wanting to read Pachinko for a while. Making it a book club pick is an extra inc..."

me too & my university library recently bought it :)

Yay! I loved Pachinko. I recently gave away my hardcopy so will need to find another way to reread it!