Rachel Khong

Jan 20, 2025 | graceatwood.substack.com | Rufi Thorpe |Rachel Khong |Percival L. Everett |Alexandra Romanoff

Today, on the blog, I rounded up every. single. book. I read in 2024. 102 of them—the most I’ve ever read in a single year. They are broken down by genre and then within each genre, ranked. But what about favorite books, overall, genres aside? Today, I am sharing my personal top ten reads of 2024. This was not easy!Head to the blog to read the full post, and tell me your favorite books of the year in the comments section.

Dec 16, 2024 | nplusonemag.com | Rachel Khong

The wine bar was dark, so I hadn’t been able to make out our server’s face as she left, and she hadn’t been able to see mine — the shock on it, from the surprise at the meager clutch of olives ten dollars had bought us. I did the math in my head. It came out to ninety cents per olive. “You’re lucky,” Lena said, pouting. “Asians have it so easy.” She had been sucking on the same olive for half an hour. In that time I’d eaten six.

Sep 27, 2024 | mahoningmatters.com | Simon Van Booy |Susie Orman Schnall |Rachel Khong |Lisa Barr

Welcome back, bibliophiles! FIRST Book Club (a.k.a. FFW Book Club) is here with a wide variety of book recommendations for September 27 to October 10. As we get ready to enter the crisp autumn months, we are looking forward to more time spent at home—and more time cozied up with excellent reads. From searing suspense to charming lit fic, mind-bending family sagas and more, we have an array of book recs (new releases, recent releases and older releases!) fit for every type of reader.

Sep 10, 2024 | lithub.com | Rachel Khong

Rachel Khong: “We can’t help but wonder about the arbitrary demands and strictures placed on these individuals: What was it all for?” Picture a teenager in a suburban Southern California Costco, lingering by the books tables while her parents shopped. There, between the boxed vacuums and party-size clamshells of croissants, I first encountered the writing of Ha Jin. His short story, “After Cowboy Chicken Came to Town,” had been included in The Best American Short Stories 2001, edited by...

Jul 26, 2024 | okcfriday.com | Rachel Khong

Real Americans by Rachel Khong • • • • • Rachel Khong has written the novel Goodbye, Vitamin which was named a Best Book of the Year by NPR, and she has also written for O magazine, Vogue and Esquire. In 2018 she became a founder of The Ruby, a work space for women and artists in San Francisco’s Mission District. Rachel was born in Malaysia and now lives in California.