#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

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Delicious in Dungeon, Vol. 9 by Ryoko Kui

Delicious in Dungeon, Vol. 9

Delicious in Dungeon #9

Ryoko Kui

208 pages • paperback • 2020

fiction fantasy manga adventurous funny fast-paced
The Dream Hotel by Laila Lalami

The Dream Hotel

Laila Lalami

322 pages • hardcover • 2025

fiction dystopian literary dark reflective tense medium-paced
People from Bloomington by Budi Darma

People from Bloomington

Budi Darma

208 pages • paperback • 1980

fiction short stories reflective medium-paced
Tracks in the Snow by Wong Herbert Yee

Tracks in the Snow

Wong Herbert Yee

32 pages • hardcover • 2003

nonfiction childrens mysterious slow-paced
Under Your Wings by Tiffany Tsao

Under Your Wings

Tiffany Tsao

288 pages • digital • 2018

fiction contemporary literary thriller dark mysterious reflective slow-paced
8 Lives of a Century-Old Trickster by Mirinae Lee

8 Lives of a Century-Old Trickster

Mirinae Lee

273 pages • digital • 2023

fiction historical literary dark emotional mysterious medium-paced
Violets by Kyung-sook Shin

Violets

Kyung-sook Shin

212 pages • paperback • 2001

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ emotional reflective sad slow-paced
Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982 by Cho Nam-joo

Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982

Cho Nam-joo

162 pages • digital • 2016

fiction contemporary literary emotional informative reflective medium-paced
In Sensorium: Notes for My People by Tanaïs

In Sensorium: Notes for My People

Tanaïs

368 pages • hardcover • 2022

nonfiction essays feminism lgbtqia+ challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
Natural Beauty by Ling Ling Huang

Natural Beauty

Ling Ling Huang

203 pages • digital • 2023

fiction horror lgbtqia+ literary dark mysterious tense medium-paced