#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
Under the Eye of the Big Bird by Hiromi Kawakami

Under the Eye of the Big Bird

Hiromi Kawakami

288 pages • hardcover • 2016

fiction literary science fiction speculative fiction mysterious reflective medium-paced
Mission: Yozakura Family, Vol. 15 by Hitsuji Gondaira

Mission: Yozakura Family, Vol. 15

Mission: Yozakura Family #15

Hitsuji Gondaira

192 pages • paperback • 2022

fiction manga thriller young adult medium-paced
Spy x Family, Vol. 13 by Tatsuya Endo

Spy x Family, Vol. 13

SPY×FAMILY #13

Tatsuya Endo

200 pages • paperback • 2024

fiction manga adventurous funny lighthearted fast-paced
I'm Not Lazy, I'm on Energy Saving Mode: The Korean Non-Fiction Bestseller by Dancing Snail

I'm Not Lazy, I'm on Energy Saving Mode: The Korean Non-Fiction Bestseller

Dancing Snail

334 pages • digital • 2019 user-added

nonfiction self help hopeful inspiring reflective fast-paced
Pleasure of Thinking: Essays by Wang Xiaobo

Pleasure of Thinking: Essays

Wang Xiaobo

224 pages • hardcover • 1996

nonfiction essays challenging informative reflective medium-paced
A Map of Betrayal by Ha Jin

A Map of Betrayal

Ha Jin

304 pages • paperback • 2014

fiction historical reflective sad slow-paced
Yeonnam-Dong's Smiley Laundromat by Kim Jiyun

Yeonnam-Dong's Smiley Laundromat

Kim Jiyun

320 pages • digital • 2023

fiction literary mystery emotional hopeful lighthearted medium-paced
The Mill House Murders by Yukito Ayatsuji

The Mill House Murders

The Bizarre House Mysteries #2

Yukito Ayatsuji

253 pages • digital • 1988

fiction mystery mysterious tense slow-paced
The Healing Season of Pottery by Yeon Somin

The Healing Season of Pottery

Yeon Somin

272 pages • digital • 2023

fiction contemporary hopeful reflective relaxing slow-paced
888 Love and the Divine Burden of Numbers by Abraham Chang

888 Love and the Divine Burden of Numbers

Abraham Chang

400 pages • digital • 2024

fiction contemporary romance emotional funny hopeful medium-paced