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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
Trick Mirror: Reflections on Self-Delusion by Jia Tolentino

Trick Mirror: Reflections on Self-Delusion

Jia Tolentino

9h 45m • 2019 • 36 editions

nonfiction essays feminism challenging reflective medium-paced
Strange Beasts of China by Yan Ge

Strange Beasts of China

Yan Ge

314 pages • 2006 • 12 editions

fiction contemporary fantasy literary dark mysterious reflective medium-paced
A Book, Untitled by Shushan Avagyan

A Book, Untitled

Shushan Avagyan

222 pages • 2006 • 3 editions

fiction feminism history poetry challenging reflective medium-paced
Sophie Go's Lonely Hearts Club by Roselle Lim

Sophie Go's Lonely Hearts Club

Roselle Lim

336 pages • 2022 • 4 editions

fiction contemporary fantasy magical realism romance emotional hopeful medium-paced
Burning Roses by S.L. Huang

Hunting Monsters #3

Burning Roses

S.L. Huang

160 pages • 2020 • 6 editions

fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ adventurous emotional medium-paced
It Began with a Page: How Gyo Fujikawa Drew the Way by Kyo Maclear

It Began with a Page: How Gyo Fujikawa Drew the Way

Kyo Maclear

48 pages • 2019 • 3 editions

nonfiction art biography childrens emotional slow-paced
The School for Good Mothers by Jessamine Chan

The School for Good Mothers

Jessamine Chan

11h 56m • 2022 • 59 editions

fiction dystopian literary science fiction dark emotional sad medium-paced
Blob: A Love Story by Maggie Su

Blob: A Love Story

Maggie Su

240 pages • 2025 • 11 editions

fiction contemporary magical realism emotional funny medium-paced
Dust Child by Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai

Dust Child

Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai

339 pages • 2023 • 37 editions

fiction historical emotional reflective sad medium-paced
For The Win by Catherine Dellosa

For The Win

Catherine Dellosa

187 pages • 2023 • 3 editions

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fiction contemporary romance young adult