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#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 • 2020 • 11 editions

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

A Sweet Mess #3

Booked on a Feeling

Jayci Lee

9h 41m • 2022 • 7 editions

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 • 1 edition

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

The Lion Women of Tehran

Marjan Kamali

327 pages • 2024 • 22 editions

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

8h 14m • 2014 • 10 editions

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

My Nemesis

Charmaine Craig

208 pages • 2023 • 7 editions

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

2h 38m • 2025 • 4 editions

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 • 2022 • 1 edition

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

The Romance Rivalry

Susan Lee

8h 3m • 2025 • 6 editions

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 • 2024 • 1 edition

nonfiction memoir informative inspiring reflective fast-paced