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Jade Chang's debut novel, The Wangs vs. the World, is being published on October 4, 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. She is a journalist who has covered arts, culture, and cities and a recipient of the Sundance Fellowship for Arts Journalism, the AIGA/Winterhouse Award for Design Criticism, and the James D. Houston Memorial scholarship from the Squaw Valley Community of Writers.

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	The Wangs vs. the World 3.26 avg rating — 17,407 ratings — published 2016 — 37 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The List 3.20 avg rating — 1,085 ratings — published 2018 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	What a Time to Be Alive 3.32 avg rating — 472 ratings — published 2025 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	You've Already Changed Your Life 3.28 avg rating — 225 ratings — published 2021 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Real Thing by Jade Chang (Goodreads Author) (-Contributor), Wednesday Martin (Goodreads Author) (-Contributor), W. Kamau Bell (-Contributor) 4.25 avg rating — 8 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	陰瑜伽：平衡之身．和平之心 it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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“The people of the world could be divided into two groups: those who used all of their chances, and those who stood still through opportunity after opportunity, waiting for a moment that would never be perfect.”
― Jade Chang, The Wangs vs. the World

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“And what is any artist, really, but someone who doesn't mind being an asshole?”
― Jade Chang, The Wangs vs. the World

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“No one thinks to make the goddess a cup of tea; they just ply her with useless perfumed oils and impotent carved fetishes.”
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February BoTM Side Read Nominations ~ 1st Poll

Top 5 Books move onto Final round

A Spark of Light

by Jodi Picoult

13 votes, 26.5%

To All the Boys I've Loved Before

by Jenny Han

11 votes, 22.4%

The Good Neighbor: The Life and Work of Fred Rogers

by Maxwell King

7 votes, 14.3%

Anatomy of a Scandal

by Sarah Vaughan

6 votes, 12.2%

The Wangs vs. the World

by Jade Chang

4 votes, 8.2%

The History of Love

by Nicole Krauss

4 votes, 8.2%

The Westing Game

by Ellen Raskin

2 votes, 4.1%

The Sisters Chase

by Sarah Healy

1 vote, 2.0%

Rainbirds

by Clarissa Goenawan

1 vote, 2.0%

Swimming Lessons

by Claire Fuller

0 votes, 0.0%

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