#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
Four Treasures of the Sky by Jenny Tinghui Zhang

Four Treasures of the Sky

Jenny Tinghui Zhang

323 pages • 2022 • 25 editions

fiction historical literary dark emotional sad medium-paced
[...]: Poems by Fady Joudah

[...]: Poems

Fady Joudah

91 pages • 2024 • 6 editions

nonfiction poetry emotional reflective sad fast-paced
A Stone Is Most Precious Where It Belongs: A Memoir of Uyghur Exile, Hope, and Survival by Gulchehra Hoja

A Stone Is Most Precious Where It Belongs: A Memoir of Uyghur Exile, Hope, and Survival

Gulchehra Hoja

8h 45m • 2023 • 9 editions

nonfiction memoir emotional informative reflective medium-paced
No Longer Human by Osamu Dazai

No Longer Human

Osamu Dazai

176 pages • 1948 • 187 editions

fiction classics literary dark reflective sad medium-paced
Pahua and the Soul Stealer by Lori M. Lee

Pahua Moua #1

Pahua and the Soul Stealer

Lori M. Lee

11h 12m • 2021 • 8 editions

user-added

fiction fantasy middle grade adventurous emotional medium-paced
Stone Fruit by Lee Lai

Stone Fruit

Lee Lai

231 pages • 2021 • 11 editions

fiction graphic novel lgbtqia+ literary magical realism emotional reflective medium-paced
Eat a Peach by David Chang, Gabe Ulla

Eat a Peach

David Chang, Gabe Ulla

9h 6m • 2020 • 9 editions

nonfiction food and drink memoir challenging emotional informative medium-paced
Weasels in the Attic by Hiroko Oyamada

Weasels in the Attic

Hiroko Oyamada

71 pages • 2022 • 6 editions

fiction contemporary dark mysterious sad medium-paced
Hao: Stories by Ye Chun

Hao: Stories

Ye Chun

208 pages • 2021 • 3 editions

user-added

fiction short stories challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
She Who Became the Sun by Shelley Parker-Chan

The Radiant Emperor Duology #1

She Who Became the Sun

Shelley Parker-Chan

414 pages • 2021 • 70 editions

fiction fantasy historical lgbtqia+ adventurous dark tense medium-paced