Print & Online
HIGHLIGHTS:
The Debut Novel I’m Crazy About
By Joumana Khatib, The New York Times Book Review (March 27, 2026)
What Success Costs
By Ron Charles (March 24, 2026)
Our Spring Book Recommendations (video) (on Insta)
The New York Times Book Review (March 19, 2026)
The 25 Most Anticipated Books Coming Out This Spring
By Chelsey Sanchez, Harper’s Bazaar (March 12, 2026)
Kirkus - Starred Review
Kirkus Reviews (March 9, 2026) (April 1 print issue)
10 New Books We Can’t Wait to Read in March
By Bethanne Patrick, Los Angeles Times (March 3, 2026)
10 New Books You Should Read in March
By Hamilton Cain, TIME (March 3, 2026)
Publishers Weekly - Starred Review
Publishers Weekly (February 9, 2026)
Spring 2026 Writers to Watch: Lisa Lee
By Matt Seidel, Publishers Weekly (January 2, 2026)
Rage Bait: Lisa Lee Portrays Two Siblings Buckling Under Impossible Standards (January 5, 2026 print issue, page 19)
ET CETERA:
BookBrowse “Top Picks” feature (June 22, 2026)
BookBrowse Review
BookBrowse (June 10, 2026)
Related article: Beyond the Book: The Korean American Immigrant Experience
3 Inspiring Reads on the Realistic Experience of Immigrants
Three to Read feature, Bookstr (June 9, 2026)
6 New BIPOC Books About Family
Book Riot (June 4, 2026)
STACKED with Lisa Lee
Belletrist (May 14, 2026)
Q&A with Lisa Lee
By Marshal Zeringue, Campaign for the American Reader (May 13, 2026)
Books Trending Right Now
Hachette Book Group newsletter (May 7, 2026)
Book Club Menu for American Han: Kimchi
The Book Club Cookbook (May 3, 2026)
35 Books to Read for Asian American and Pacific Islander Month
BookBub (May 1, 2026)
New Fiction and Nonfiction to Read This AAPI Heritage Month
Goodreads (May 1, 2026)
7 New Books to Read During APAHM
Gold House (April 28, 2026)
A birding app, BTS’s new music video, and buzzy novel American Han are yours to enjoy in your next free moment (review)
By Hannah Sung, The Globe and Mail (April 24, 2026)
The Ever-Present Fear of Becoming Chun’s Brother
By Serena Puang, Midbrow (April 17, 2026)
Ten Books To Break You Out Of A Reading Rut (featuring recommendations from Debbie Millman, Ayesha Rascoe, Lisa Lee, Julia Turner, and Kat Chow)
By Elise Hu, Downtime (April 15, 2026)
Sources of Our Anger: Lisa Lee discusses the toll a family’s anger takes in American Han
By Lisa Locascio Nighthawk, Mendocino Coast Writers’ Conference (April 14, 2026)
The Pitt: Your favorite character’s current read
BookPage (April 13, 2026)
Bookshop - Featured Title
Bookshop newsletter (April 10, 2026)
21 debut novels coming out in spring 2026 to add to your TBR list
The Orange County Register /Southern California News Group (April 2, 2026)
BRIEFED with Lisa Lee (full edit in newsletter)
Belletrist (April 2, 2026)
Tana French, Colm Tóibín, Yann Martel and more: 20 New Books Out Today!
Literary Hub (March 31, 2026)
Lisa Lee: I’ve Lost Count of How Many Times I Revised the Book
By Robert Lee Brewer, Writer’s Digest (March 31, 2026)
10 New Books Out Today
BookBub (March 31, 2026)
19 Debut Books to Discover from March 2026
Debutiful (March 30, 2026)
BookPage Review
By Sydney Hankin, BookPage (March 30, 2026)
American Han Review
By Susan Blumberg-Kason, Asian Review of Books (March 29, 2026)
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
The Center for Fiction Book Recommendations (March 28, 2026)
The Boston Globe
By Kate Tuttle, The Boston Globe (March 26, 2026)
Don’t Miss March’s Best Literary Fiction
BookBub (March 26, 2026)
The Ink Book Club with Leigh Haber: legendary book critic Ron Charles recommends American Han
The Ink (March 25, 2026)
American Han Sweepstakes (book give-away + kimchi plush)
Algonquin Books & Spark Collection (March 25, 2026) / Enter here
American Han Author Lisa Lee Shares her Favorite LA Bookstores
By Erik Pedersen, Los Angeles Daily News / The Orange County Register (March 20, 2026)
Southern California News Group print issue, Section C, page 5 (March 29, 2026)
An Interview with Lisa Lee: The debut novelist untangles complex Korean American family dynamics
By Anson Tong, Washington Independent Review of Books (March 17, 2026)
Craft Interview: 3 Debut Novelists on Writing the Unconscious and Unconventional: Jan Saenz, Lisa Lee, and Albertine Clarke on fiction’s refractions and reminiscences
By Kyla D. Walker, Electric Literature (March 9, 2026)
Goodreads Editors Share Their March Book Picks
Goodreads (March 1, 2026)
14 New March Books
Alta Journal (February 27, 2026)
Book Giveaway For American Han (hardcover finished copies)
Goodreads (February 23, 2026)
What’s in a debut novel?
Audible Blog (February 18, 2026)
30 debut novels (and counting) to discover this year
Audible Blog (February 18, 2026)
Exclusive pre-order campaign with Yu & Me Books in NYC - signed & personalized copies (video)
Yu & Me Books (February 16, 2026)
Spring Editors’ Picks
By Sarah Hashimoto, Library Journal (February 4, 2026)
67 Books by Women of Color to Read in 2026
By Lucy Yu, Electric Literature (February 4, 2026)
Booklist Review
By Terry Hong, Booklist (February 1, 2026)
Print: Vol. 122, No. 6 (February 2026), page 26
Mouthful Mysteries, Feral Feminists, and Other Genre Trends
Goodreads (February 1, 2026)
K-Bookshelf Picks
Council of Korean Americans (January 28, 2026)
Book Giveaway For American Han (physical ARCs)
Goodreads (January 21, 2026)
The Millions - Most Anticipated - The Great Winter 2026 Book Preview
The Millions (January 14, 2026)
Lit Hub’s Most Anticipated Books of 2026
Literary Hub (January 6, 2026)
57 New & Upcoming Debut Novels to Discover This Season
Goodreads (January 4, 2026)
Library Journal Review
By Joyce Sparrow, Library Journal (December 19, 2025)
Anticipated Literary Reads For Readers of Color 2026
Goodreads (December 12, 2025)
Podcasts & Radio
Northern California Public Media / A Novel Idea with Suzanne Lang on KRCB-FM 104.9
Lisa Lee and Chip Jacobs on A Novel Idea (June 20, 2026)
InfatuAsian Podcast with Curtis Chinn
Ep 224 Summer Reads with Weike Wang, Mike Chen, Lisa Lee, Kirstin Chen, Vanessa Hua, & Sarah-Soonling Blackburn (June 11, 2026)
InfatuAsian Blog
Kirkus - Fully Booked podcast with Megan Labrise, Ep 478 (May 26, 2026)
Burned By Books podcast with Chris Holmes (April 15, 2026)
Books & Boba podcast with Marvin Yueh & Reera Yoo
Ep 348 - Author Chat with Lisa Lee (April 6, 2026)
Gays Reading podcast with Jason Blitman
What Are You Reading? feat. Lisa Lee (April 3, 2026)
The Chills at Will Podcast with Peter Riehl / the Chicago Review of Books
Ep 334 - Lisa Lee, Author of American Han and Creator of Wonderful Dialogue and Darkly Humorous Memorable Characters and Scenes (March 31, 2026)
Popaganda / Bitch Media podcast
Episode: Writing About Race (January 28, 2016) & Excerpt of episode
Host Amy Lam shares an excerpt of Lisa Lee’s essay “Racial Invisibility and Erasure in the Writing Workshop,” published in VIDA: Women in Literary Arts (January 2016). Essay also excerpted in The Anti-Racist Writing Workshop: How to Decolonize the Creative Classroom, by Felicia Rose Chavez (Haymarket, 2021)
Taped & Coming Soon:
The Creative Process podcast with Mia Funk
Voices on the Side podcast with Leah Kim