#321 - July 2025 Book News

Note: This is a re-upload of episode 321 since we had the wrong audio file uploaded last week, apologies for any confusion!

On our mid-month check in for July 2025, we highlight some of the latest Asian American publishing announcements, and catch up on the latest book news!

Upcoming books mentioned in our publishing news:

• Break Room by Miye Lee; translated by Sandy Jooson Lee
• Gods & Comics by Kat Cho 
• Yuki's Special Delivery by Chloe Ito Ward; illust. by Jiangshan Lyu
• The Pain Chasers by Bora Chung; translated by Anton Hur
• Monkey Dragon Rabbit! A Wild Lunar New Year Stampede by MeiLin Chan; illust. by Kristen Chow
• Friends Furever by Sylvia Liu

Books & Boba is a podcast dedicated to reading and featuring books by Asian and Asian American authors

Support the Books & Boba Podcast by:

• Joining our Patreon to receive exclusive perks
• Purchasing books at our bookshop
• Rocking our Books & Boba merch

Follow our hosts:

• Reera Yoo (@reeraboo)
• Marvin Yueh (@marvinyueh)

Follow us:

• Instagram
• Twitter
• Goodreads
• Facebook

The Books & Boba July 2025 pick is Bingsu for Two by Sujin Witherspoon

This podcast is part of Potluck: An Asian American Podcast Collective