Leland Cheuk Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.
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Leland Cheuk is a writer. Author of 3 books, in @npr @washingtonpost @bostonglobe @sfchronicle @salon, etc. founded @713books, IG/Threads: @lcheuk22

Border Less
Namrata Poddar
@713Books #debut #novel BORDER LESS by @poddar_namrata is on this longlist with a bunch of Big 4 imprints and heavy hitters! #buyindie #readindie https://t.co/c4lhibq8xT
Paperback, 2021
$19.99Member price:$9.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
My First Book
Honor Levy
In her strongest stories, Levy channels the blitzkrieg of contradictory micro-observations we absorb from social media, video games, and doomscrolling...These stories seem to ask: How can anyone expect a well-adjusted adult to rise from all this noise?
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Rivermouth: A Chronicle of Language, Faith, and Migration
Alejandra Oliva
“Rivermouth” is one of the most thoughtful meditations on our nation’s immigration policy in recent memory. Oliva’s Kafkaesque portrayal of her work retelling the traumatic stories of migrants in English for asylum applications will linger long after you’re done reading.
Hardcover, 2023
$28.00Member price:$14.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Zeal
Morgan Jerkins
A compelling portrait of Black love... Zeal is a page-turner that will teach readers a few things about our past.
Hardcover, 2025
$28.99Member price:$14.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Ghost Town
Kevin Chen
Reviewed GHOST TOWN, a novel by Kevin Chen from @europaeditions @npr #bookreviews link in bio https://t.co/Nwq7P4LxI7
Hardcover, 2022
$27.00Member price:$13.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Doll Palace
Sara Lippmann
Congrats to @saralippmann whose much-praised #debut collection DOLL PALACE is back in print with as @713Books #16! #buyindie #writingcommunity #indie #publishing GET IT NOW https://t.co/12ACG312Di https://t.co/76dDiuQbQp
Paperback, 2021
$19.99Member price:$9.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Your House Will Pay
Steph Cha
Wrote about Steph Cha’s acclaimed novel YOUR HOUSE WILL PAY for @altajournal - link in bio https://t.co/bfCerHBsuV
Paperback, 2020
$18.00Member price:$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Love at Six Thousand Degrees
Maki Kashimada
Love at Six Thousand Degrees is a profound and deeply intelligent work, a refreshing inversion of what has become traditional trauma narratives, in which history is presented as an inescapable, fatalistic force informing every contemporary outcome.
Paperback, 2023
$17.00Member price:$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Greek Lessons
Han Kang
Reviewed Han Kang’s latest for NPR #bookreviews - https://t.co/0mFqrUih63
Paperback, 2024
$17.00Member price:$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Be Brief and Tell Them Everything
Brad Listi
I typically pick a standout indie press book for the SF Chronicle year-end Best Of. This year, I chose Brad Listi’s very moving and funny Be Brief and Tell Them Everything. #buyindie #readindie https://t.co/ons17B3mXh
Paperback, 2022
$16.95Member price:$8.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book