#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
If They Come for Us by Fatimah Asghar

If They Come for Us

Fatimah Asghar

128 pages • digital • 2018

nonfiction feminism lgbtqia+ poetry challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
Drop Dead by Lily Chu

Drop Dead

Lily Chu

11 hours, 25 minutes • audio • 2024

fiction contemporary romance funny lighthearted mysterious medium-paced
Em by Kim Thúy

Em

Kim Thúy

148 pages • hardcover • 2020

fiction historical literary emotional reflective sad fast-paced
Worth Fighting For by Jesse Q. Sutanto

Worth Fighting For

Meant To Be #5

Jesse Q. Sutanto

278 pages • digital • 2025

fiction contemporary romance
Bibliolepsy by Gina Apostol

Bibliolepsy

Gina Apostol

216 pages • hardcover • 1997

fiction historical literary emotional informative medium-paced
A Watermelon, a Fish and a Bible by Christy Lefteri

A Watermelon, a Fish and a Bible

Christy Lefteri

missing page info • digital • 2010 user-added

fiction historical emotional reflective slow-paced
If Cats Disappeared from the World: A Novel by Genki Kawamura

If Cats Disappeared from the World: A Novel

Genki Kawamura

168 pages • paperback • 2012

fiction magical realism emotional reflective sad fast-paced
The Dilemmas of Working Women: Stories by Fumio Yamamoto

The Dilemmas of Working Women: Stories

Fumio Yamamoto

304 pages • digital • 2000 user-added

fiction short stories emotional reflective slow-paced
A Little Daylight Left: Poems by Sarah Kay

A Little Daylight Left: Poems

Sarah Kay

112 pages • hardcover • 2025

nonfiction poetry emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced
Mother India : A Novel by Prayaag Akbar

Mother India : A Novel

Prayaag Akbar

177 pages • 2024 user-added

fiction