#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
Murder and Mamon by Mia P. Manansala

A Tita Rosie's Kitchen Mystery #4

Murder and Mamon

Mia P. Manansala

283 pages • 2023 • 9 editions

fiction mystery funny lighthearted mysterious medium-paced
How Much of These Hills Is Gold by C Pam Zhang

How Much of These Hills Is Gold

C Pam Zhang

288 pages • 2020 • 36 editions

fiction historical lgbtqia+ literary adventurous emotional reflective medium-paced
The Book Censor's Library by Bothayna Al-Essa

The Book Censor's Library

Bothayna Al-Essa

261 pages • 2019 • 7 editions

fiction dystopian dark reflective medium-paced
Free Food for Millionaires by Min Jin Lee

Free Food for Millionaires

Min Jin Lee

19h 56m • 2007 • 40 editions

fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective medium-paced
Dirty Kitchen: A Memoir of Food and Family by Jill Damatac

Dirty Kitchen: A Memoir of Food and Family

Jill Damatac

256 pages • 2025 • 3 editions

nonfiction memoir medium-paced
The Hood River Issei: An Oral History of Japanese Settlers in Oregon's Hood River Valley by Linda Tamura

The Hood River Issei: An Oral History of Japanese Settlers in Oregon's Hood River Valley

Linda Tamura

384 pages • 1993 • 1 edition

nonfiction historical history challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Vera Wong's Guide to Snooping (on a Dead Man) by Jesse Q. Sutanto

Vera Wong #2

Vera Wong's Guide to Snooping (on a Dead Man)

Jesse Q. Sutanto

10h 36m • 2025 • 19 editions

fiction mystery funny lighthearted mysterious medium-paced
Heaven Official's Blessing: Tian Guan Ci Fu (Novel) Vol. 6 by Mo Xiang Tong Xiu

Heaven Official's Blessing: Tian Guan Ci Fu (Novel) #6

Heaven Official's Blessing: Tian Guan Ci Fu (Novel) Vol. 6

Mo Xiang Tong Xiu

403 pages • 2017 • 10 editions

fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ romance adventurous dark emotional medium-paced
Greta and Valdin by Rebecca K Reilly

Greta and Valdin

Rebecca K Reilly

352 pages • 2021 • 26 editions

fiction lgbtqia+ literary emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced
Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro

Klara and the Sun

Kazuo Ishiguro

307 pages • 2021 • 158 editions

fiction dystopian literary science fiction emotional reflective slow-paced