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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

All books added
When the Cousins Came by Katie Yamasaki

When the Cousins Came

Katie Yamasaki

32 pages • 2018 • 3 editions

fiction childrens emotional lighthearted slow-paced
From a Whisper to a Rallying Cry: The Killing of Vincent Chin and the Trial That Galvanized the Asian American Movement by Paula Yoo

From a Whisper to a Rallying Cry: The Killing of Vincent Chin and the Trial That Galvanized the Asian American Movement

Paula Yoo

384 pages • 2021 • 4 editions

nonfiction history race informative reflective slow-paced
Delicious in Dungeon, Vol. 8 by Ryoko Kui

Delicious in Dungeon #8

Delicious in Dungeon, Vol. 8

Ryoko Kui

199 pages • 2019 • 29 editions

fiction fantasy manga adventurous funny fast-paced
Perfect Victims: And the Politics of Appeal by Mohammed El-Kurd

Perfect Victims: And the Politics of Appeal

Mohammed El-Kurd

245 pages • 2025 • 7 editions

nonfiction history politics challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Vanishing World by Sayaka Murata

Vanishing World

Sayaka Murata

240 pages • 2025 • 19 editions

fiction dystopian literary challenging dark reflective medium-paced
Chainsaw Man, Vol. 1: Dog and Chainsaw by Tatsuki Fujimoto

Chainsaw Man / チェンソーマン #1

Chainsaw Man, Vol. 1: Dog and Chainsaw

Tatsuki Fujimoto

192 pages • 2019 • 39 editions

fiction fantasy horror manga adventurous dark funny fast-paced
Little Shrew by Akiko Miyakoshi

Little Shrew

Akiko Miyakoshi

72 pages • 2024 • 2 editions

fiction childrens middle grade hopeful lighthearted relaxing fast-paced
I'm Afraid of Men by Vivek Shraya

I'm Afraid of Men

Vivek Shraya

85 pages • 2018 • 10 editions

nonfiction feminism gender lgbtqia+ memoir emotional informative reflective fast-paced
The City in Glass by Nghi Vo

The City in Glass

Nghi Vo

6h 5m • 2024 • 5 editions

fiction fantasy emotional reflective medium-paced
Marriage and Masti by Nisha Sharma

If Shakespeare was an Auntie #3

Marriage and Masti

Nisha Sharma

10h 24m • 2024 • 11 editions

fiction romance emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced