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#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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Things You May Find Hidden in My Ear: Poems from Gaza by Mosab Abu Toha

Things You May Find Hidden in My Ear: Poems from Gaza

Mosab Abu Toha

126 pages • 2022 • 9 editions

nonfiction memoir poetry emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Mornings With My Cat Mii by Mayumi Inaba

Mornings With My Cat Mii

Mayumi Inaba

176 pages • 1999 • 8 editions

nonfiction autobiography memoir emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Some People Need Killing: A Memoir of Murder in My Country by Patricia Evangelista

Some People Need Killing: A Memoir of Murder in My Country

Patricia Evangelista

11h 25m • 2023 • 17 editions

nonfiction history memoir politics true crime dark informative sad medium-paced
The Factory by Hiroko Oyamada

The Factory

Hiroko Oyamada

128 pages • 2013 • 19 editions

fiction contemporary magical realism reflective medium-paced
Things in Nature Merely Grow by Yiyun Li

Things in Nature Merely Grow

Yiyun Li

192 pages • 2025 • 8 editions

nonfiction memoir emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Here After by Amy Lin

Here After

Amy Lin

3h 37m • 2024 • 8 editions

nonfiction memoir emotional reflective sad fast-paced
The River Has Roots by Amal El-Mohtar

The River Has Roots

Amal El-Mohtar

133 pages • 2025 • 13 editions

fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ romance adventurous emotional mysterious fast-paced
Against the Loveless World by Susan Abulhawa

Against the Loveless World

Susan Abulhawa

13h 10m • 2020 • 44 editions

fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Midnight's Children by Salman Rushdie

Midnight's Children

Salman Rushdie

448 pages • 1981 • 117 editions

fiction classics literary magical realism challenging reflective slow-paced
Feeding Ghosts by Tessa Hulls

Feeding Ghosts

Tessa Hulls

400 pages • 2024 • 6 editions

nonfiction graphic novel memoir dark emotional reflective medium-paced