Jacob Shymanski

Anyways, you know, I have listened to hundreds of audiobooks in my life.

And more often than not, the reader is an old white guy with a soft voice.

Listening to this audiobook narrated by Deepti Gupta was...

Super different and a perfect casting, naturally, because it's someone with a Southeast Asian accent narrating a book within a Southeast Asian community.

And I think you mentioned that you do listen to audiobooks.

And so like, how important was it for you to get that representation as part of the audiobook experience, not just the print experience?

There's a second book.

Okay, awesome.

Sweet.

Anyways, I do want to move on because there's something we love to do on this show.

And that's the Shelfie.

And it's to give our guests the opportunity to shout out three books that they just want to shout out for any reason.

It can be something that was influential, something they just read that they really liked, or just something they feel deserves more attention.

And you have three that you brought us today.

What's your first Shelfie?

Great pick.

That's Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen.

What's your second shelfie?

That's A Suitable Boy by Vikram Seth.

And your final shelfie is...