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Cambodian Genocide Reading List, Part 2
The Cambodian Genocide Reading List, Part 2 is a list of eleven books on the genocide and its survivors, posted on Instagram by Beyond the Mekong in 2026.[1]
About the list
The list is subtitled "Survivor Stories and Reflections" and follows a first part shared a few posts earlier.[1] It was written for readers who came to the genocide through R. F. Kuang's novel Taipei Story and wanted to learn more. Most of the books are memoirs, with a few other kinds of writing. The memoirs are split between those by people who were adults during the genocide and those by people who were children or teenagers then. The list asks readers to borrow the books from a local library, or to ask the library to get a copy.[1]
The books
The books in the order the list gives them:[1]
- O! Maha Mount Dangrek, poems by the Venerable Ly Van Aggadipo, with Samkhann C. Khoeun
- Sacred Vows, poems by U Sam Oeur
- Survival in the Killing Fields, by Haing Ngor with Roger Warner
- A Dozen Delicious Donuts: A Sweet Cambodian-American Story, by Chanda Ouk Wolf, illustrated by Juliet Yenglin
- First They Killed My Father, by Loung Ung
- In the Shadow of the Banyan, by Vaddey Ratner
- A Refugee's American Dream, by Leth Oun with Joe Samuel Starnes
- A Nail the Evening Hangs On, by Monica Sok
- Refugee Lifeworlds, by Y-Dang Troeung
- Voices of a New Generation: Cambodian Americans in the Creative Arts, by Christine Su
- Year of the Rabbit, by Tian Veasna