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San Francisco Chronicle ‘Nice Places’ review: A fake trip sparks real trouble in this Bay Area novel

Debutiful Seven Novels About Trips Gone Wrong Recommended by Vincent Chu

Electric Literature The Small Press Titles You Don’t Want to Miss this Summer

IPPY Awards 2026 Vincent Chu Nice Places Bronze Medal for Literary Fiction

KBOO Radio Ken Jones radio interview with Vincent Chu

Alta Journal 15 New Books for June

Mochi Magazine What We Are Reading in June

Booklist Starred review of Nice Places

Kirkus Reviews Review of Nice Places

Foreword Reviews Review of Nice Places

Irresponsible Reader Review of Nice Places

Necessary Fiction Review of Nice Places

The Book Review Crew Review of Nice Places

Tupelo Quarterly A review of Vincent Chu’s Nice Places

Sunny’s Bookshop | Lillian Li’s Recommended Reading List

The Sunday Times Must-read books for 2026 — our editor picks

SF Chronicle Datebook Bay Area Asian American authors share books that inspired them (2020)

Largehearted Boy Like a Champion music playlist

UC Berkeley Extension author interview (2018)

The Collapsar author interview (2018)