#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
Behind You Is the Sea by Susan Muaddi Darraj

Behind You Is the Sea

Susan Muaddi Darraj

246 pages • 2024 • 12 editions

fiction literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Ace: What Asexuality Reveals about Desire, Society, and the Meaning of Sex by Angela Chen

Ace: What Asexuality Reveals about Desire, Society, and the Meaning of Sex

Angela Chen

209 pages • 2020 • 18 editions

nonfiction lgbtqia+ sociology informative reflective medium-paced
The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley

The Ministry of Time

Kaliane Bradley

368 pages • 2024 • 79 editions

fiction literary romance science fiction adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced
I Would Define the Sun by Stephanie Niu

I Would Define the Sun

Stephanie Niu

78 pages • 2025 • 2 editions

poetry
A Big Surprise for Valentine's Day by Jackie Lau

Holidays with the Wongs #4

A Big Surprise for Valentine's Day

Jackie Lau

132 pages • 2020 • 3 editions

fiction contemporary romance lighthearted slow-paced
Hawk Mountain by Conner Habib

Hawk Mountain

Conner Habib

7h 49m • 2022 • 11 editions

fiction horror mystery thriller dark emotional mysterious fast-paced
White Ivy by Susie Yang

White Ivy

Susie Yang

327 pages • 2020 • 26 editions

user-added

fiction contemporary dark tense medium-paced
For She is Wrath by Emily Varga

For She is Wrath

Emily Varga

398 pages • 2024 • 29 editions

fiction fantasy young adult adventurous dark emotional medium-paced
An Artist of the Floating World by Kazuo Ishiguro

An Artist of the Floating World

Kazuo Ishiguro

206 pages • 1986 • 83 editions

fiction historical literary emotional reflective sad slow-paced
Little Gods by Meng Jin

Little Gods

Meng Jin

320 pages • 2020 • 14 editions

fiction historical challenging emotional reflective medium-paced