Grace Loh Prasad 駱信惠 Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.
Grace Loh Prasad 駱信惠 on XWriting about belonging & diaspora in NYT, Longreads, Catapult, The Offing. Memoir THE TRANSLATOR’S DAUGHTER forthcoming from @ohiostatepress in Spring 2024.

The Pirate Queen: of the South China Seas
B. Scott FergusonHappy Pub Day to @rche_types, I’m so excited that my copy of Deep as the Sky, Red as the Sea is on its way!!! Friends, believe me, you need this book about the real-life Pirate Queen of the South China Sea in your summer reading list 🔥🔥🔥 https://t.co/qQ7TfXX5sX
Paperback, 2016
$14.95Member price:$7.47 + Free shipping50% off your first book
1000 Years of Joys and Sorrows: A Memoir
Ai Weiwei@MaureenLangloss Ai Weiwei recently published a memoir
Paperback, 2022
$20.00Member price:$10.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
All the Right Notes
Dominic LimThis was super fun and I’m excited to read @J_Dominic_Lim’s book ALL THE RIGHT NOTES, a queer AAPI rom-com with music and a whole lotta heart 💜 https://t.co/w0kmPmQzyQ
Paperback, 2023
$17.99Member price:$8.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Cambodian Rock Band
Lauren YeeJust got tickets to see Lauren Yee’s CAMBODIAN ROCK BAND at @berkeleyrep 🙌🏽🙌🏽 https://t.co/qbQBNxIhet
Paperback, 2019
$18.95Member price:$9.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Till We Have Faces: A Myth Retold
C. S. Lewis@HootenWilson Till We Have Faces by C.S. Lewis. I’ll bet no one reading this thread has even heard of it.
Paperback, 2017
$17.99Member price:$8.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Sleepwalker's Guide to Dancing
Mira Jacob@csittenfeld The Sleepwalker’s Guide to Dancing by Mira Jacob and A Tale for the Time Being by Ruth Ozeki
Paperback, 2015
$18.00Member price:$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
I Thought You Loved Me
Screww YouFRIDAY NIGHT IN SF!!! Come see me + badass writer & cartoonist @marinaomi in convo abt their graphic memoir I THOUGHT YOU LOVED ME, an absorbing read abt youth, friendship, romance, betrayal, & how our identities are shaped & scarred by those we ❤️ most https://t.co/r38Kvy6beK
Paperback, 2020
$13.00Member price:$6.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Do the Work!: An Antiracist Activity Book
W. Kamau BellWent to my local indie bookstore @GreatGoodPlace to pick up a copy of @wkamaubell & @kateschatz’s new book DO THE WORK and they were sold out!!! Bummer for me but YAY for all the people reading this book. It gives me hope!! 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽 https://twitter.com/greatgoodplace/status/1550260981011386368
Paperback, 2022
$22.95Member price:$11.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Ekphrasticon
Ekaterina DukasFor SO LONG I wanted to learn how to write about art. TBH I kind of stumbled into it! But look—here’s a one-day, in- person workshop on Ekphrastic Writing taught by @thesusanitoand @leahkorican, what a great way to explore this 🙌🏽 https://t.co/EzgwEfaM5C
Paperback, 2022
$12.50Member price:$12.50 + Free shipping0% off(Limited Discount Book)
The Year of Magical Thinking: National Book Award Winner
Joan DidionThinking about Joan Didion and The Year of Magical Thinking… I have a distinct memory of reading it alone on a redeye flight to Taiwan, but I can’t find the photo in my camera roll because there have been too many seasons of grief 🥺
Paperback, 2007
$18.00Member price:$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book