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The Books on Socials episode with Chloe Gong
Episode 76th July 2022 • The Boundless Book Club • Emirates Literature Foundation
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In this episode, Annabelle and Andrea team up with Nivea Serrao to take on some of the buzziest books from social media. They are also joined by the YA superstar, social media sensation and one of the New York Times youngest bestselling authors, the one and only Chloe Gong. (TikTok: @thechloegong)

To find out more about the impact social media is having on literature, listen to Episode 3 from this season.

Books and authors mentioned in this episode include:

One of Us is Lying, by Karen M McManus

The Breakfast Club meets Pretty Little Liars in this twisty page turner.

These Violent Delights, by Chloe Gong

Romeo & Juliette in 1920s Shanghai with a big bad threatening the very existence of our protagonists.

This Woven Kingdom, by Tahereh Mafi

A Cinderella story set in a magical Middle East-flavoured kingdom, with magic, Jinn, and forbidden love, blowing up on TikTok.


About Chloe Gong:

Chloe Gong is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of These Violent Delights and its sequel Our Violent Ends. She is a recent graduate of the University of Pennsylvania, where she double-majored in English and International Relations. Born in Shanghai and raised in Auckland, New Zealand, Chloe is now located in New York pretending to be a real adult.


Need more recommendations? How about some armchair travel or perhaps we can tempt you with the Best Books of 2021 for your TBR?


About us:

Andrea Gissdal is the Ex Head of Communications and Marketing for the Emirates Literature Foundation, and current resident podcaster. A book pusher and compulsive book clubber, she is a literary omnivore with a preference for fiction. Andrea also dabbles in creative writing, and once scored 82 points in one move in Scrabble. Best day ever.

Annabelle Corton is the English Programme Manager at the Emirates Literature Foundation. She runs the Festival Book Club and has a background in guesting and presenting on talk radio shows about various literary topics. She likes words like ‘equinox’ and ‘vespa’, and loves a good pun. She’ll read anything in reach, but has a fondness for witty tussles of good vs. evil on page and screen, especially vampire fiction where a great deal is at stake. Get it? Stake? ….She’s not sorry.

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