#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
Saving Five: A Memoir of Hope by Amanda Nguyen

Saving Five: A Memoir of Hope

Amanda Nguyen

224 pages • 2025 • 10 editions

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nonfiction memoir emotional hopeful informative medium-paced
Kitchen by Banana Yoshimoto

Kitchen

Banana Yoshimoto

160 pages • 1988 • 122 editions

fiction lgbtqia+ literary short stories emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Greek Lessons by Han Kang

Greek Lessons

Han Kang

147 pages • 2011 • 54 editions

fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective sad slow-paced
Everything Is OK by Debbie Tung

Everything Is OK

Debbie Tung

208 pages • 2022 • 12 editions

nonfiction graphic novel memoir emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced
The Thief by Fuminori Nakamura

The Thief

Fuminori Nakamura

224 pages • 2009 • 30 editions

fiction crime mystery thriller dark tense fast-paced
The Scorpion and the Night Blossom by Amélie Wen Zhao

The Three Realms #1

The Scorpion and the Night Blossom

Amélie Wen Zhao

390 pages • 2025 • 14 editions

fiction fantasy romance young adult adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced
Breath of the Dragon by Fonda Lee, Shannon Lee

Breathmarked #1

Breath of the Dragon

Fonda Lee, Shannon Lee

341 pages • 2025 • 14 editions

fiction fantasy young adult adventurous tense medium-paced
Mỹ Documents by Kevin Nguyen

Mỹ Documents

Kevin Nguyen

352 pages • 2025 • 3 editions

fiction literary dark reflective tense medium-paced
Forest of Noise: Poems by Mosab Abu Toha

Forest of Noise: Poems

Mosab Abu Toha

80 pages • 2024 • 7 editions

nonfiction memoir poetry dark emotional reflective fast-paced
Rifqa by Mohammed El-Kurd

Rifqa

Mohammed El-Kurd

119 pages • 2021 • 9 editions

nonfiction poetry challenging dark emotional fast-paced