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Books and Boba

By Potluck Podcast Collective

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.

  1. 1.
    #126 - January 2021 Book News01/22/2021
    36:50
  2. 2.
    #125 - When Dimple Met Rishi by Sandhya Menon01/08/2021
    1:04:33
  3. 3.
    #124 - December 2020 Book News12/22/2020
    39:29
  4. 4.
    #123 - Author Chat w/ Diana Ma12/15/2020
    55:57
  5. 5.
    #122 - Ignite the Stars by Maura Milan12/08/2020
    57:47
  6. 6.
    #121 - November 2020 Book News12/01/2020
    44:24
  7. 7.
    #120 - Author Chat w/ Chloe Gong11/10/2020
    53:57
  8. 8.
    #119 - Confessions by Kanae Minato11/05/2020
    1:03:46
  1. 9.
    #118 - Author Chat w/ Katie Zhao10/27/2020
    49:01
  2. 10.
    #117 - October 2020 Book News10/20/2020
    25:41
  3. 11.
    #116 - Minor Feelings by Cathy Park Hong10/06/2020
    1:08:25
  4. 12.
    #115 - September 2020 Book News09/22/2020
    32:21
  5. 13.
    #114 - The Empress of Salt and Fortune by Nghi Vo09/09/2020
    54:08
  6. 14.
    #113 - Author Chat w/ Suzanne Park09/01/2020
    54:18
  7. 15.
    #112 - Author Chat w/ Supriya Kelkar08/22/2020
    53:59
  8. 16.
    #111 - August 2020 Book News08/17/2020
    36:57
  9. 17.
    #110 - Author Chat w/ Julie Abe08/08/2020
    45:27
  10. 18.
    #109 - The Widows of Malabar Hill by Sujata Massey08/01/2020
    1:05:27
  11. 19.
    #108 - July 2020 Book News07/18/2020
    47:34
  12. 20.
    #107 - Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata07/04/2020
    1:02:30
  13. 21.
    #106 - June 2020 Book News06/26/2020
    56:31
  14. 22.
    #105 - Author Chat with Joe Ide06/19/2020
    47:49
  15. 23.
    #104 - The Woman Warrior: Memoirs of a Girlhood Among Ghosts by Maxine Hong Kingston06/13/2020
    1:22:16
  16. 24.
    #103 - #AsianBooksChallenge Week 4 Recap06/11/2020
    43:07
  17. 25.
    #102 - May 2020 Book News05/25/2020
    50:06
  18. 26.
    #101 - Author Chat with Christina Soontornvat05/17/2020
    1:07:51
  19. 27.
    #100 - Asian Books Challenge 2020 - Week 1 Recap05/08/2020
    48:23
  20. 28.
    #99 - Mimi Lee Gets a Clue by Jennifer J. Chow05/01/2020
    1:01:00
  21. 29.
    #98 - April 2020 Book News04/17/2020
    40:23
  22. 30.
    #97 - Author Chat with I.W. Gregorio04/10/2020
    58:53
  23. 31.
    #96 - The Map of Salt and Stars by Zehn Joukhadar04/03/2020
    53:54
  24. 32.
    #95 - Author Chat with Jessica Kim03/19/2020
    46:05
  25. 33.
    #94 - March 2020 Book News03/14/2020
    32:26
  26. 34.
    #93 - The Kiss Quotient by Helen Hoang03/01/2020
    1:03:57
  27. 35.
    #92 - February 2020 Book News02/22/2020
    41:09
  28. 36.
    #91 - Author Chat with Mike Chen02/16/2020
    42:50
  29. 37.
    #90 - The Three Body Problem by Cixin Liu02/05/2020
    55:19
  30. 38.
    #89 - January 2020 Book News01/18/2020
    26:27
  31. 39.
    #88 - Author Chat with Abigail Hing Wen01/11/2020
    32:46
  32. 40.
    #87 - Home Fire by Kamila Shamsie01/03/2020
    55:40
  33. 41.
    #86 - December 2019 Mid-Month Check-In12/23/2019
    36:40
  34. 42.
    #84 - November 2019 Mid-Month Check-In11/15/2019
    38:43
  35. 43.
    #83 - Summer of the Big Bachi by Naomi Hirahara11/04/2019
    1:04:02
  36. 44.
    #82 - October 2019 Mid-Month Check-In10/21/2019
    31:37
  37. 45.
    Everything Here is Beautiful by Mira T. Lee10/03/2019
    1:03:05
  38. 46.
    #80 - September 2019 Mid-Month Check-In09/17/2019
    28:59
  39. 47.
    #79 - Severance by Ling Ma09/04/2019
    1:15:06
  40. 48.
    #78 - August 2019 Mid-Month Check-In08/20/2019
    38:29
  41. 49.
    #77 - Zero Sum Game by S.L. Huang08/04/2019
    1:03:48
  42. 50.
    #76 - Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami07/18/2019
    58:29
  43. 51.
    #75 - Author Chat with Misa Sugiura07/07/2019
    51:41
  44. 52.
    #74 - June 2019 Mid-Month Check-In & What's going on with No-No Boy06/17/2019
    43:18
  45. 53.
    #73 - This is Paradise: Stories by Kristiana Kahakauwila06/02/2019
    1:19:29
  46. 54.
    #72 - May Book News Roundup05/25/2019
    46:40
  47. 55.
    #71 - Bangkok Wakes to Rain by Pitchaya Sudbanthad05/03/2019
    1:00:12
  48. 56.
    #70 - Author Chat with Henry Lien04/16/2019
    50:52
  49. 57.
    #69 - April Book News04/15/2019
    24:40
  50. 58.
    #68 - Darius the Great Is Not Okay by Adib Khorram04/02/2019
    1:07:46
  51. 59.
    #67 - The Grace of Kings by Ken Liu03/03/2019
    1:28:56
  52. 60.
    #66 - February Book News02/24/2019
    26:33
  53. 61.
    #65 - Rainbirds by Clarissa Goenawan02/12/2019
    1:00:45
  54. 62.
    #64 - January 2019 Book News & Check-in01/19/2019
    43:41
  55. 63.
    #63 - Young Jane Young by Gabrielle Zevin (w/ Dec 2018 Book News)12/31/2018
    1:13:52
  56. 64.
    #62 - IQ by Joe Ide12/15/2018
    1:01:09
  57. 65.
    #61 - Dear America: Notes of an Undocumented Citizen by Jose Antonio Vargas11/11/2018
    53:21
  58. 66.
    #60 - October 2018 Book News & Check-in11/05/2018
    34:31
  59. 67.
    #59 - Author Chat with Renee M. Rutledge10/17/2018
    31:01
  60. 68.
    #58 - Number One Chinese Restaurant by Lillian Li10/03/2018
    1:01:32
  61. 69.
    #57 - Movie Chat: To All the Boys I've Loved Before09/09/2018
    54:58
  62. 70.
    #56 - Crazy Rich Asians by Kevin Kwan09/01/2018
    1:31:21
  63. 71.
    #55 - Chatting with Author Vanessa Hua08/25/2018
    37:12
  64. 72.
    #54 - Winnie M Li and her Dark Chapter08/17/2018
    29:54
  65. 73.
    #53 - A Tale for the Time Being by Ruth Ozeki08/12/2018
    1:17:06
  66. 74.
    #52 - SDCC Authors Chat w/ Sarah Kuhn, CB Lee, & RF Kuang07/30/2018
    39:00
  67. 75.
    #51 - July 2018 Book News & Check-in07/27/2018
    50:14
  68. 76.
    #50 - Dami Lee Can Be Everything at Once07/20/2018
    36:15
  69. 77.
    #49 - Chatting with Author C.B. Lee07/06/2018
    43:56
  70. 78.
    #48 - Not Your Sidekick by CB Lee07/01/2018
    54:44
  71. 79.
    #47 - June 2018 Book News & Check-in06/21/2018
    37:08
  72. 80.
    #46 - The Leavers by Lisa Ko06/01/2018
    59:01
  73. 81.
    #45 - May 2018 Mid Month Check-In05/19/2018
    41:52
  74. 82.
    #44 - One Day We'll All Be Dead and None of This Will Matter by Scaachi Koul05/06/2018
    51:35
  75. 83.
    #43 - May 2018 Book News05/06/2018
    19:54
  76. 84.
    #42 - What Lies Between Us by Nayomi Munaweera04/07/2018
    1:04:19
  77. 85.
    #41 - March 2018 Book News03/31/2018
    42:02
  78. 86.
    #40 - Everyone's a Aliebn When Ur a Aliebn Too by Jomny Sun03/11/2018
    55:53
  79. 87.
    #39 - February 2018 Book News02/19/2018
    29:42
  80. 88.
    #38 - Pachinko by Min Jin Lee02/03/2018
    1:29:52
  81. 89.
    #37 - January 2018 Book News01/17/2018
    31:18
  82. 90.
    #36 - Talking Asian-Inspired Gangster Fantasy with Fonda Lee01/11/2018
    49:41
  83. 91.
    #35 - Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro01/03/2018
    51:31
  84. 92.
    #34 - December 2017 Book News01/03/2018
    37:28
  85. 93.
    #33 - FilBookFest12/13/2017
    19:56
  86. 94.
    #32 - Empress of a Thousand Skies by Rhoda Belleza12/04/2017
    1:19:19
  87. 95.
    #31 - November 2017 Book News11/17/2017
    53:49
  88. 96.
    #30 - The Ghost Bride by Yangsze Choo10/31/2017
    1:13:34
  89. 97.
    #29 - October 2017 Book News10/14/2017
    32:32
  90. 98.
    #28 - Goodbye Vitamin by Rachel Khong10/05/2017
    1:04:58
  91. 99.
    #27 - September 2017 Book News pt. 210/03/2017
    16:53
  92. 100.
    #26 - Hiroshima and Cherry Blossoms w/ Author Kathleen Burkinshaw09/22/2017
    33:28
  93. 101.
    #25 - September 2017 Book News09/13/2017
    37:50
  94. 102.
    #24 - The Devotion of Suspect X by Keigo Higashino08/30/2017
    1:02:34
  95. 103.
    #23 - Talking Asian American Superheroes w/ Sarah Kuhn08/24/2017
    45:06
  96. 104.
    #22 - August 2017 Book News08/17/2017
    26:35
  97. 105.
    #21 - Exit West by Mohsin Hamid08/02/2017
    1:07:46
  98. 106.
    #20 - July 2017 Book News07/12/2017
    34:25
  99. 107.
    #19 - None of the Above by I.W. Gregorio06/28/2017
    1:24:37
  100. 108.
    #18 - Chatting with Author Maurene Goo06/21/2017
    50:38
  101. 109.
    #17 - June 2017 Book News06/14/2017
    35:54
  102. 110.
    #16 - The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh Nguyen06/07/2017
    1:14:01
  103. 111.
    #15 - May 2017 Book News & Author Lang Leav05/20/2017
    50:15
  104. 112.
    #14 - The Whale Rider by Witi Ihimaera05/05/2017
    57:57
  105. 113.
    #13 - March 2017 Book News04/19/2017
    31:48
  106. 114.
    #12 - When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi04/04/2017
    52:23
  107. 115.
    #11 - March 2017 Book News & Author Thi Bui03/25/2017
    33:22
  108. 116.
    #10 - Sorcerer to the Crown by Zen Cho03/13/2017
    1:12:11
  109. 117.
    #9 - February 2017 Book News & Gauri Manglik from Kitaab World02/18/2017
    51:14
  110. 118.
    #8 - Something in Between by Melissa De La Cruz02/01/2017
    59:59
  111. 119.
    #7 - January 2017 Book News01/13/2017
    33:01
  112. 120.
    #6 - How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe by Charles Yu12/31/2016
    56:45
  113. 121.
    #5 - December 2016 Book News & Talkin' Potter12/15/2016
    48:15
  114. 122.
    #4 - Monstress Vol 1 by Marjorie Liu12/01/2016
    54:30
  115. 123.
    #3 - November 2016 Book News & The Continent Controversy11/18/2016
    47:24
  116. 124.
    #2 - Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng11/03/2016
    1:31:05
  117. 125.
    #1 - Heroine Complex by Sarah Kuhn09/28/2016
    1:07:03

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