#20BooksByAsianAuthors

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133 participants (790 books)

01 Jan 2025—31 Dec 2025

Overview

For readers who'd like to stretch themselves with a numeric goal of reading more Asian authors, this challenge is for you! (For those who would like 9 prompts to diversify their reading of Asian authors, look up the #ReadAsianAuthors2025 challenge). 

Challenge Books

All books added
People From My Neighbourhood by Hiromi Kawakami

People From My Neighbourhood

Hiromi Kawakami

121 pages • paperback • 2020

fiction contemporary short stories funny lighthearted mysterious fast-paced
Booked on a Feeling by Jayci Lee

Booked on a Feeling

A Sweet Mess #3

Jayci Lee

9 hours, 41 minutes • audio • 2022

fiction contemporary romance emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced
Eating More Asian America: A Food Studies Reader by Robert Ji-Song Ku, Anita Mannur, Martin F. Manalansan IV

Eating More Asian America: A Food Studies Reader

Robert Ji-Song Ku, Anita Mannur, Martin F. Manalansan IV

416 pages • paperback

nonfiction food and drink sociology
The Lion Women of Tehran by Marjan Kamali

The Lion Women of Tehran

Marjan Kamali

327 pages • hardcover • 2024

fiction historical literary emotional hopeful inspiring medium-paced
Redefining Realness: My Path to Womanhood, Identity, Love & So Much More by Janet Mock

Redefining Realness: My Path to Womanhood, Identity, Love & So Much More

Janet Mock

8 hours, 14 minutes • audio • 2014

nonfiction feminism lgbtqia+ memoir emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced
My Nemesis by Charmaine Craig

My Nemesis

Charmaine Craig

208 pages • digital • 2023

fiction contemporary literary challenging dark reflective medium-paced
Don't Sleep with the Dead by Nghi Vo

Don't Sleep with the Dead

Nghi Vo

2 hours, 38 minutes • audio • 2025

fiction fantasy historical lgbtqia+ adventurous emotional medium-paced
The Artisans: The Legacy of the Ancestors of Shen Village by Shen Fuyu

The Artisans: The Legacy of the Ancestors of Shen Village

Shen Fuyu

256 pages • hardcover • 2022

nonfiction informative reflective sad medium-paced
The Romance Rivalry by Susan Lee

The Romance Rivalry

Susan Lee

8 hours, 3 minutes • audio • 2025

fiction contemporary romance young adult funny lighthearted medium-paced
Reading the Room: A Bookseller's Tale by Paul Yamazaki

Reading the Room: A Bookseller's Tale

Paul Yamazaki

100 pages • paperback • 2024

nonfiction memoir informative inspiring reflective fast-paced