Welcome to The Reading Squad, a monthly podcast where Rashmila and Rachel discuss books on the monthly theme, what they are reading, and other tidbits on book culture.
We celebrated May as Asian Pacific American Heritage Month. It honors the achievements and contributions of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders in the United States. We mentioned/discussed the following books in the podcast.
- Montress by Lysley Tenorio
- A Thousand Beginnings and Endings by Ellen Oh and Elsie Chapman
- The Best We Could Do by Thi Bui
- The Woman Warrior by Maxine Hong Kingston
- The Island of Sea Women by Lisa See
- Little Fireflies Everywhere By Celeste Ng
- Ladies’ Coupe by Anita Nair
- The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri
- The Great Indian Novel by Shashi Tharoor
- The Short Stories of Willa Cather by Willa Cather
- The Night Trilogy by Elie Wiesel
- The All Souls Trilogy by Deborah Harkness
- 1984 by George Orwell
- Go Set a Watchman by Harper Lee
- Big Little Man by Alex Tizon
- The Moor’s Account by Laila Lalami
- Garnethill by Denise Mina
- Sweet Tooth by Ian McEwan
- The Bear and The Nightingale by Katherine Arden
- The Complete Maus by Art Spiegelman
