#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
The Clothesline Swing by Danny Ramadan

The Clothesline Swing

Danny Ramadan

288 pages • paperback

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ emotional hopeful medium-paced
This American Woman: A One-In-A-Billion Memoir by Zarna Garg

This American Woman: A One-In-A-Billion Memoir

Zarna Garg

320 pages • digital • 2025

nonfiction memoir emotional funny inspiring fast-paced
The Cabinet by Un-su Kim

The Cabinet

Un-su Kim

299 pages • digital • 2006

fiction literary science fiction challenging dark reflective medium-paced
Rising from the Ashes: How the 1992 Los Angeles Uprising Bridged Two Communities by Paula Yoo

Rising from the Ashes: How the 1992 Los Angeles Uprising Bridged Two Communities

Paula Yoo

7 hours, 19 minutes • audio • 2024

nonfiction history race young adult informative tense medium-paced
House of Stone: A Memoir of Home, Family, and a Lost Middle East by Anthony Shadid

House of Stone: A Memoir of Home, Family, and a Lost Middle East

Anthony Shadid

12 hours, 22 minutes • audio • 2012

nonfiction biography history memoir reflective slow-paced
Severance by Ling Ma

Severance

Ling Ma

291 pages • hardcover • 2018

fiction dystopian literary dark reflective medium-paced
Scattered All Over the Earth by Yōko Tawada

Scattered All Over the Earth

Scattered All Over the Earth Trilogy #1

Yōko Tawada

219 pages • paperback • 2018

fiction dystopian literary science fiction adventurous reflective medium-paced
The Rivals by Jane Pek

The Rivals

Claudia Lin #2

Jane Pek

416 pages • paperback • 2024

fiction lgbtqia+ mystery adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced
Joy Prescriptions: How I Learned to Stop Chasing Perfection and Embrace Connection by Tiffany Moon

Joy Prescriptions: How I Learned to Stop Chasing Perfection and Embrace Connection

Tiffany Moon

7 hours • audio • 2025 user-added

nonfiction memoir emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced
The Phoenix Pencil Company by Allison King

The Phoenix Pencil Company

Allison King

13 hours, 49 minutes • audio • 2025 user-added

fiction fantasy literary emotional reflective medium-paced