#20BooksByAsianAuthors

ktlee_writes Host

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).

#20BooksByAsianAuthors

ktlee_writes Host

133 participants (790 books)

STARTS: 01 Jan 2025ENDS: 31 Dec 2025

Overview

Challenge Books

All books added

The Night Tiger
Yangsze Choo with Yangsze Choo (Narrator)

14 hours, 10 minutes • audio • 2019 (editions)

fiction historical literary magical realism mystery adventurous mysterious medium-paced

The Night Tiger

Yangsze Choo with Yangsze Choo (Narrator)

14 hours, 10 minutes • audio • 2019

fiction historical literary magical realism mystery adventurous mysterious medium-paced

DallerGut Dream Department Store by Miye Lee

DallerGut Dream Department Store
Dallergut Dream Department Store #1

Miye Lee with Sandy Joosun Lee (Translator)

247 pages • paperback • 2020 (editions)

fiction fantasy literary magical realism hopeful lighthearted relaxing medium-paced

DallerGut Dream Department Store

Dallergut Dream Department Store #1

Miye Lee with Sandy Joosun Lee (Translator)

247 pages • paperback • 2020

fiction fantasy literary magical realism hopeful lighthearted relaxing medium-paced

The Book of Gaza: A City in Short Fiction by Atef Abu Saif

The Book of Gaza: A City in Short Fiction
Reading the City

Atef Abu Saif with Asmaa al-Ghoul (Contributor), Mona Abu Sharekh (Contributor), Elisabeth Jaquette (Translator), Abdallah Tayeh (Contributor), Talal Abu Shawish (Contributor), Sarah Irving (Translator), Najlaa Ataallah (Contributor), Tom Aplin (Translator), Nayrouz Qarmout (Contributor), John Peate (Translator), Yusra al Khatib (Contributor), Katharine Halls (Translator), Emily Danby (Translator), Max Weiss (Translator), Ghareeb Asqalani (Contributor), Zaki al 'Ela (Contributor), Charis Bredin (Translator), Atef Abu Saif (Contributor), Adam Talib (Translator), Alice Guthrie (Translator)

141 pages • paperback • 2014 (editions)

fiction literary short stories emotional reflective sad medium-paced

The Book of Gaza: A City in Short Fiction

Reading the City

Atef Abu Saif with Asmaa al-Ghoul (Contributor), Mona Abu Sharekh (Contributor), Elisabeth Jaquette (Translator), Abdallah Tayeh (Contributor), Talal Abu Shawish (Contributor), Sarah Irving (Translator), Najlaa Ataallah (Contributor), Tom Aplin (Translator), Nayrouz Qarmout (Contributor), John Peate (Translator), Yusra al Khatib (Contributor), Katharine Halls (Translator), Emily Danby (Translator), Max Weiss (Translator), Ghareeb Asqalani (Contributor), Zaki al 'Ela (Contributor), Charis Bredin (Translator), Atef Abu Saif (Contributor), Adam Talib (Translator), Alice Guthrie (Translator)

141 pages • paperback • 2014

fiction literary short stories emotional reflective sad medium-paced

Miss Kim Knows: And Other Stories by Cho Nam-joo

Miss Kim Knows: And Other Stories
Cho Nam-joo with Jamie Chang (Translator)

224 pages • paperback • 2021 (editions)

fiction literary short stories emotional reflective medium-paced

Miss Kim Knows: And Other Stories

Cho Nam-joo with Jamie Chang (Translator)

224 pages • paperback • 2021

fiction literary short stories emotional reflective medium-paced

A Separation
Katie Kitamura

231 pages • hardcover • 2017 (editions)

fiction contemporary literary mystery mysterious reflective slow-paced

A Separation

Katie Kitamura

231 pages • hardcover • 2017

fiction contemporary literary mystery mysterious reflective slow-paced

Bird Milk and Mosquito Bones: A Memoir by Priyanka Mattoo

Bird Milk and Mosquito Bones: A Memoir
Priyanka Mattoo

9 hours, 1 minutes • audio • 2024 (editions) user-added

nonfiction essays memoir emotional reflective medium-paced

Bird Milk and Mosquito Bones: A Memoir

Priyanka Mattoo

9 hours, 1 minutes • audio • 2024 user-added

nonfiction essays memoir emotional reflective medium-paced

The Cat Who Saved the Library by Sōsuke Natsukawa

The Cat Who Saved the Library
The Cat Who... #2

Sōsuke Natsukawa with Louise Heal Kawai (Translator)

231 pages • paperback • 2024 (editions)

fiction fantasy magical realism adventurous hopeful reflective medium-paced

The Cat Who Saved the Library

The Cat Who... #2

Sōsuke Natsukawa with Louise Heal Kawai (Translator)

231 pages • paperback • 2024

fiction fantasy magical realism adventurous hopeful reflective medium-paced

Soldiers and Kings: Survival and Hope in the World of Human Smuggling by Jason De León

Soldiers and Kings: Survival and Hope in the World of Human Smuggling
Jason De León with Jason De León (Narrator)

9 hours, 58 minutes • audio • 2024 (editions)

nonfiction biography politics dark informative reflective medium-paced

Soldiers and Kings: Survival and Hope in the World of Human Smuggling

Jason De León with Jason De León (Narrator)

9 hours, 58 minutes • audio • 2024

nonfiction biography politics dark informative reflective medium-paced

The Burrow
Melanie Cheng with Casey Withoos (Narrator)

3 hours, 45 minutes • audio • 2024 (editions)

fiction literary emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

The Burrow

Melanie Cheng with Casey Withoos (Narrator)

3 hours, 45 minutes • audio • 2024

fiction literary emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

Theory & Practice by Michelle de Kretser

Theory & Practice
Michelle de Kretser

192 pages • paperback • 2024 (editions)

fiction literary reflective medium-paced

Theory & Practice

Michelle de Kretser

192 pages • paperback • 2024

fiction literary reflective medium-paced

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