#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
A Bánh Mì for Two by Trinity Nguyen

A Bánh Mì for Two

Trinity Nguyen

220 pages • 2024 • 9 editions

fiction lgbtqia+ romance young adult emotional hopeful lighthearted medium-paced
The Genesis of Misery by Neon Yang

The Genesis of Misery

Neon Yang

15h 9m • 2022 • 6 editions

fiction lgbtqia+ science fiction adventurous mysterious medium-paced
Dragonfruit by Makiia Lucier

Dragonfruit

Makiia Lucier

368 pages • 2024 • 11 editions

fiction fantasy romance young adult adventurous emotional medium-paced
Rooftops of Tehran by Mahbod Seraji

Rooftops of Tehran

Mahbod Seraji

348 pages • 2009 • 15 editions

fiction historical romance emotional fast-paced
How We End by LM Juniper

How We Survive #1

How We End

LM Juniper

429 pages • 2022 • 9 editions

fiction dystopian lgbtqia+ science fiction dark emotional sad medium-paced
Lies and Weddings by Kevin Kwan

Lies and Weddings

Kevin Kwan

15h 8m • 2024 • 19 editions

fiction contemporary romance funny lighthearted medium-paced
I'm Laughing Because I'm Crying by Youngmi Mayer

I'm Laughing Because I'm Crying

Youngmi Mayer

8h 10m • 2024 • 7 editions

nonfiction memoir emotional funny reflective medium-paced
The Hundred Years' War on Palestine by Rashid Khalidi

The Hundred Years' War on Palestine

Rashid Khalidi

10h 30m • 2020 • 60 editions

nonfiction history politics challenging informative medium-paced
The Leftover Woman by Jean Kwok

The Leftover Woman

Jean Kwok

277 pages • 2023 • 14 editions

fiction literary thriller emotional mysterious tense medium-paced
When We Were Sisters by Fatimah Asghar

When We Were Sisters

Fatimah Asghar

5h 24m • 2022 • 12 editions

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced