#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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In the Miso Soup by Ryū Murakami

In the Miso Soup

Ryū Murakami

217 pages • 1997 • 57 editions

fiction horror mystery thriller dark mysterious tense fast-paced
How to Tell When We Will Die: On Pain, Disability, and Doom by Johanna Hedva

How to Tell When We Will Die: On Pain, Disability, and Doom

Johanna Hedva

15h 2m • 2024 • 4 editions

nonfiction essays lgbtqia+ memoir challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
The Poppy War by R.F. Kuang

The Poppy War #1

The Poppy War

R.F. Kuang

544 pages • 2018 • 154 editions

fiction fantasy historical adventurous dark tense medium-paced
Sunlight Playing over a Mountain by Selina Li Bi

Sunlight Playing over a Mountain

Selina Li Bi

320 pages • 2025 • 3 editions

fiction fantasy young adult dark emotional sad medium-paced
Real Americans by Rachel Khong

Real Americans

Rachel Khong

399 pages • 2024 • 25 editions

fiction literary emotional reflective medium-paced
The Dos and Donuts of Love by Adiba Jaigirdar

The Dos and Donuts of Love

Adiba Jaigirdar

8h 27m • 2023 • 9 editions

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ romance young adult funny lighthearted medium-paced
Boat Baby: A Memoir by Vicky Nguyen

Boat Baby: A Memoir

Vicky Nguyen

309 pages • 2025 • 5 editions

nonfiction biography memoir emotional hopeful inspiring medium-paced
Small Beauty by Jia Qing Wilson-Yang

Small Beauty

Jia Qing Wilson-Yang

160 pages • 2016 • 4 editions

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ challenging emotional reflective slow-paced
Apartment Women by Gu Byeong-mo

Apartment Women

Gu Byeong-mo

4h 30m • 2018 • 11 editions

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fiction literary speculative fiction reflective tense medium-paced
Human Acts by Han Kang

Human Acts

Han Kang

226 pages • 2014 • 98 editions

fiction historical literary dark emotional sad medium-paced