#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
Sister Snake by Amanda Lee Koe

Sister Snake

Amanda Lee Koe

8h 27m • 2024 • 8 editions

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ adventurous dark medium-paced
Immortal by Sue Lynn Tan

Immortal

Sue Lynn Tan

14h 26m • 2025 • 23 editions

fiction fantasy romance adventurous emotional medium-paced
Januaries: Stories of Love, Magic & Betrayal by Olivie Blake

Januaries: Stories of Love, Magic & Betrayal

Olivie Blake

400 pages • 2024 • 21 editions

fiction fantasy short stories emotional reflective medium-paced
Gate to Kagoshima by Poppy Kuroki

Ancestor Memories #1

Gate to Kagoshima

Poppy Kuroki

9h 8m • 2024 • 11 editions

fiction fantasy historical romance adventurous emotional medium-paced
I Remember Abbu by Humayun Azad

I Remember Abbu

Humayun Azad

112 pages • 1989 • 5 editions

fiction historical challenging emotional reflective slow-paced
Voices of the Fallen Heroes: And Other Stories by Yukio Mishima

Voices of the Fallen Heroes: And Other Stories

Yukio Mishima

272 pages • 2025 • 4 editions

fiction historical short stories emotional reflective medium-paced
Rental House by Weike Wang

Rental House

Weike Wang

5h 47m • 2024 • 5 editions

fiction literary challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
The Moon That Turns You Back: Poems by Hala Alyan

The Moon That Turns You Back: Poems

Hala Alyan

100 pages • 2024 • 3 editions

nonfiction poetry emotional reflective slow-paced
The Girl Most Likely To by Julie Tieu

The Girl Most Likely To

Julie Tieu

8h 27m • 2025 • 4 editions

fiction contemporary romance emotional funny lighthearted fast-paced
Cobalt Red: How the Blood of the Congo Powers Our Lives by Siddharth Kara

Cobalt Red: How the Blood of the Congo Powers Our Lives

Siddharth Kara

11h 18m • 2023 • 11 editions

nonfiction business history politics emotional informative sad medium-paced