#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

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Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers by Jesse Q. Sutanto

Vera Wong #1

Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers

Jesse Q. Sutanto

338 pages • 2023 • 39 editions

fiction contemporary mystery funny lighthearted mysterious medium-paced
Earthlings by Sayaka Murata

Earthlings

Sayaka Murata

247 pages • 2018 • 65 editions

fiction horror literary magical realism challenging dark medium-paced
Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder by Salman Rushdie

Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder

Salman Rushdie

209 pages • 2024 • 40 editions

nonfiction memoir emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced
Disorientation by Elaine Hsieh Chou

Disorientation

Elaine Hsieh Chou

11h 46m • 2022 • 19 editions

fiction contemporary literary funny reflective medium-paced
A Copycat Conundrum by Lisa Yee

The Misfits #2

A Copycat Conundrum

Lisa Yee

5h 42m • 2025 • 2 editions

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fiction childrens
Water Moon by Samantha Sotto Yambao

Water Moon

Samantha Sotto Yambao

9h 41m • 2025 • 36 editions

fiction contemporary fantasy adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced
Cat + Gamer, Volume 6 by Wataru Nadatani

猫暮らしのゲーマーさん / Neko Gurashi no Gamer-san #6

Cat + Gamer, Volume 6

Wataru Nadatani

168 pages • 2021 • 3 editions

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fiction contemporary manga funny lighthearted relaxing fast-paced
Dear Friend, from My Life I Write to You in Your Life by Yiyun Li

Dear Friend, from My Life I Write to You in Your Life

Yiyun Li

224 pages • 2017 • 15 editions

nonfiction essays memoir emotional reflective sad slow-paced
The Parted Earth by Anjali Enjeti

The Parted Earth

Anjali Enjeti

272 pages • 2021 • 6 editions

fiction historical literary emotional reflective slow-paced
Sailor Moon 1 (Naoko Takeuchi Collection) by Naoko Takeuchi

美少女戦士セーラームーン 完全版 Bishōjo senshi Sailor Moon Kanzenban #1

Sailor Moon 1 (Naoko Takeuchi Collection)

Naoko Takeuchi

304 pages • 2013 • 26 editions

fiction fantasy manga young adult adventurous funny lighthearted fast-paced