For our mid-month book news check in for October 2025, we're catching up on the Asian American publishing news for the past 2 months (since we didn't do a mid-month episode in September) as well as checking in on the news about the latest National Book Award nominations as well as some exciting new listings on the NYT bestsellers list!

Upcoming books mentioned in our publishing news:

The Radiance by Ayad Akhtar
The Museum of Modern Love by Mariko Turk
Sir Silly by Gavin Aung Than
Emily Min-ji Makes Kimchi by Meredith Seung Mee Buse; illust. Jenn Kocsmiersky
The River of Caregiving by Jocelyn Chung; illust. Sarah Gonzales
Of Wind and Dust by Shirin Yim Leos
Project Juni by Kaitlyn San Miguel
Medusa's Pet Rock by Steph Lau
Chrysanthemum's Glow written by Livia Blackburne; illust. Julia Kuo
Fishbone Cinderella by Elizabeth Lim
The Secret World of Briar Rose by Cindy Pham
Born by Sarah Ling
The Fallen Sun by C.M. Basma
Swimming Lessons for a Mermaid by Yongchan
Who the Flan Am I? by Kiera Wright-Ruiz and Claudia Lam
The Missing Magic of Sparrow Xia by Leia Ham
Bear Wakes Up by Lisa Chow
Frankie Lu's Summer of No Regrets by Betty Chang
I Shall Master This Family by Kim Roah, Mon, and ANTStudio

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