On this episode, we catch up on the latest Asian American book news and publishing announcements for our October 2026 mid-month check-inUpcoming books mentioned in our publishing news:<ul><li>Front Desk by Kelly Yang; ilust. by Fumio Obata</li><li>Olivia Harper Is Haunting Me by Zoe Hana Mikuta</li><li>The Skull & the Seagull by Lenny Wen</li><li>Belly Takes the Bus by Marie Tang; illust. by Tracy Subisak</li><li>The Monster Who Almost Stole New Year by Eva Wong Nava; illust. by Lenny Wen</li><li>It's Market Day! by Meghana Narayan</li><li>Always a Corpse Bride by Kendare Blake</li><li>The Escaped Bear by Sheela Chari; illust. by Stephanie Graegin</li><li>Appa's Eighteen Wheels by Jessica Yoon; illust. by Cat Min</li></ul> Book news mentioned on this episode:<ul><li><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/books/best-sellers/2026/10/18/hardcover-fiction/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Min Jin Lee’s American Hagwon debuted as a NYT Hardcover Fiction Bestseller</a></li><li><a href="https://variety.com/2026/tv/news/crazy-rich-asians-series-cast-constance-wu-henry-golding-michelle-yeoh-1236905874/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Crazy Rich Asians HBO series sets cast: Constance Wu, Henry Golding, Michelle Yeoh, Ronny Chieng</a></li><li><a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/the-hole-theo-james-hoyeon-christian-slater-release-orion-1236729322/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Theo James, Hoyeon, Christian Slater to Star in Thriller ‘The Hole’</a></li></ul> Books & Boba is a podcast dedicated to reading and featuring books by Asian and Asian American authorsSupport the Books & Boba Podcast by:<ul><li><a href="https://www.patreon.com/booksandboba" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Joining our Patreon to receive exclusive perks</a></li><li><a href="https://booksandboba.captivate.fm/bookshop" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Purchasing books at our bookshop</a></li><li><a href="https://booksandboba.captivate.fm/merch" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Rocking our Books & Boba merch</a></li></ul> Follow our hosts:<ul><li>Reera Yoo (<a href="https://twitter.com/reeraboo" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@reeraboo</a>)</li><li>Marvin Yueh (<a href="https://twitter.com/MarvinYueh" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@marvinyueh</a>)</li></ul> Follow us:<ul><li><a href="https://www.instagram.com/booksandboba/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Instagram</a></li><li><a href="https://twitter.com/BooksandBoba" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Twitter</a></li><li><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/197124-books-boba" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Goodreads</a></li><li><a href="https://www.facebook.com/booksandboba" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Facebook</a></li></ul> The Books & Boba October 2026 pick is <a href="https://bookshop.org/p/books/ebony-gate-the-phoenix-hoard-julia-vee/c39f5a2e5d0c6405?ean=9781250837455&aid=11692&listref=book-club-picks-91552a56-f7a9-40f3-b303-66310685ac2e" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Ebony Gate</a> by Julia Vee & Ken BebelleThis podcast is part of <a href="https://booksandboba.captivate.fm/potluck" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Potluck: An Asian American Podcast Collective</a>

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