Books and Boba

Books & Boba is a book club dedicated to books written by Asian and Asian American authors. We cover a wide range of genres including contemporary, historical fiction, sci-fi, fantasy, YA, nonfiction, thrillers, graphic novels, and memoirs.


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#296 – November 2024 Book News

Our world may have shifted to a darker timeline, but at the very least, there will still be books! On our November 2024 mid month check-in, we review the...

#295 – Author Chat w/ Nayantara Roy

On this episode, we welcome author Nayantara Roy to chat about her debut novel The Magnificent Ruins,a story about an up and coming literary editor in New York who...

#294 – The Salt Grows Heavy by Cassandra Khaw

On this episode, we discuss our October 2024 pick,The Salt Grows Heavy by Cassandra Khaw. A story following a flesh-eating mermaid and a plague doctor who encounter a village...

#293 – Author Chat w/ Joanne Howard

On this episode, we chat with Joanne Howard to talk about her debut novel Sleeping in the Sun, a coming of age story about a family of American missionaries...

#292 – October 2024 Book News

On our mid-month check in for Spooky Month 2024, we highlight some of the latest Asian American publishing announcements, check in on the latest winner of the Nobel Prize...

#291 – Author Chat w/ Teresa Wong

On this episode, we sit down with Chinese-Canadian author and cartoonist Teresa Wong to chat about her new graphic memoir,All Our Ordinary Stories: A Multigenerational Family Odyssey, an generation...

#290 – A Burning by Megha Majumdar

On this episode, we discuss our September 2024 pick, A Burning by MeghaMajumdar, a social novel about a poor girl in Kolkata accused of a terrorist attack she wasn’t...

#289 – Author Chat w/ Preeti Chhibber

On this episode, we sit down with prolific writer Preeti Chhibber to talk about her new YA rom com novel,Payal Mehta’s Romance Revenge Plot,about high school junior Payal Mehta...

#288 – Author Chat w/ Aurora Palit

On this episode, we welcome author Aurora Palit to talk about her debut novel,Sunshine and Spice,an adult romance story between two members of a conservative Bengali Canadian community who...

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