#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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Beneath the Moon: Fairy Tales, Myths, and Divine Stories from Around the World by Yoshi Yoshitani

Beneath the Moon: Fairy Tales, Myths, and Divine Stories from Around the World

Yoshi Yoshitani

176 pages • digital • 2020

fiction fantasy short stories adventurous informative fast-paced
The Worlds I See: Curiosity, Exploration, and Discovery at the Dawn of AI by Fei-Fei Li

The Worlds I See: Curiosity, Exploration, and Discovery at the Dawn of AI

Fei-Fei Li

12 hours, 10 minutes • audio • 2023

nonfiction autobiography sociology technology emotional hopeful informative medium-paced
Tangle of Need by Nalini Singh

Tangle of Need

Psy-Changeling #11

Nalini Singh

15 hours, 42 minutes • audio • 2012

fiction fantasy romance adventurous emotional medium-paced
The Verifiers by Jane Pek

The Verifiers

Claudia Lin #1

Jane Pek

357 pages • paperback • 2022

fiction lgbtqia+ mystery adventurous mysterious medium-paced
The Name Drop by Susan Lee

The Name Drop

Susan Lee

8 hours, 8 minutes • audio • 2023

fiction contemporary romance young adult adventurous funny lighthearted medium-paced
Obit by Victoria Chang

Obit

Victoria Chang

123 pages • paperback • 2020

nonfiction poetry challenging emotional reflective slow-paced
The Hollow Half: A Memoir of Bodies and Borders by Sarah Aziza

The Hollow Half: A Memoir of Bodies and Borders

Sarah Aziza

400 pages • hardcover • 2025

nonfiction memoir challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
First Name Second Name by Steve MinOn

First Name Second Name

Steve MinOn

272 pages • paperback • 2025

fiction contemporary historical horror lgbtqia+ dark emotional reflective medium-paced
One Day We'll All Be Dead and None of This Will Matter: Essays by Scaachi Koul

One Day We'll All Be Dead and None of This Will Matter: Essays

Scaachi Koul

256 pages • paperback • 2017

nonfiction autobiography essays challenging funny reflective medium-paced
Lorenzo Searches for the Meaning of Life by Upamanyu Chatterjee

Lorenzo Searches for the Meaning of Life

Upamanyu Chatterjee

347 pages • paperback user-added

fiction biography philosophy religion travel