#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
Night of the Dragon by Julie Kagawa

Shadow of the Fox #3

Night of the Dragon

Julie Kagawa

355 pages • 2020 • 30 editions

fiction fantasy young adult adventurous emotional fast-paced
Intimacies by Katie Kitamura

Intimacies

Katie Kitamura

5h 27m • 2021 • 35 editions

fiction contemporary literary dark reflective medium-paced
Counterattacks at Thirty by Won-pyung Sohn

Counterattacks at Thirty

Won-pyung Sohn

6h 54m • 2017 • 13 editions

fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective medium-paced
Waiting to Be Arrested at Night: A Uyghur Poet's Memoir of China's Genocide by Tahir Hamut Izgil

Waiting to Be Arrested at Night: A Uyghur Poet's Memoir of China's Genocide

Tahir Hamut Izgil

272 pages • 2023 • 11 editions

nonfiction autobiography memoir race religion emotional informative sad medium-paced
But What Will People Say? - Navigating Mental Health, Identity, Love and Family Between Cultures by Sahaj Kaur Kohli

But What Will People Say? - Navigating Mental Health, Identity, Love and Family Between Cultures

Sahaj Kaur Kohli

420 pages • 2024 • 4 editions

nonfiction memoir self help hopeful informative reflective medium-paced
Portrait of a Thief by Grace D. Li

Portrait of a Thief

Grace D. Li

375 pages • 2022 • 25 editions

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ thriller adventurous reflective medium-paced
Falling Leaves: The True Story of an Unwanted Chinese Daughter by Adeline Yen Mah

Falling Leaves: The True Story of an Unwanted Chinese Daughter

Adeline Yen Mah

278 pages • 1997 • 32 editions

nonfiction biography memoir emotional medium-paced
Hijab Butch Blues by Lamya H

Hijab Butch Blues

Lamya H

284 pages • 2023 • 16 editions

nonfiction lgbtqia+ memoir religion emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced
Not Here to Be Liked by Michelle Quach

Not Here to Be Liked

Michelle Quach

9h 18m • 2021 • 28 editions

fiction contemporary romance young adult funny inspiring lighthearted medium-paced
Bellies by Nicola Dinan

Bellies

Nicola Dinan

336 pages • 2023 • 17 editions

fiction lgbtqia+ literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced