Books reviewed by Pei Chen at BookBrowse.

Pei Chen

Pei reads to immerse herself completely in a fictional world and writes to share that world with other readers. She has a penchant for books that leave her wrecked emotionally afterwards, either from the beauty of the story or the complexity of a character. BookBrowse is the first publication for which she has written. She practices family medicine in her spare hours.

Books reviewed by Pei Chen

Fagin the Thief (03/26/25)

Saint of the Narrows Street (02/26/25)

The Capital of Dreams (01/15/25)

The Puzzle Box (10/16/24)

Early Sobrieties (07/17/24)

Real Americans (05/15/24)

The Other Valley (03/20/24)

Happy (01/24/24)

Roman Stories (11/01/23)

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The Lilac People
by Milo Todd

For fans of All the Light We Cannot See, a poignant tale of a trans man’s survival in Nazi Germany and postwar Berlin.

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Daughters of Shandong
by Eve J. Chung

Based on the author’s family story, comes an extraordinary novel about a mother and her daughters’ escape from Taiwan.

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A morbidly funny and emotionally resonant novel about the ways life—and love—can sneak up on us (no matter how much pepper spray we carry).

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