#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
Age of Vice by Deepti Kapoor

Age of Vice

Deepti Kapoor

548 pages • 2023 • 38 editions

fiction crime literary thriller challenging dark tense medium-paced
The Return of Ellie Black by Emiko Jean

The Return of Ellie Black

Emiko Jean

320 pages • 2024 • 18 editions

fiction thriller dark mysterious tense medium-paced
AZADI: Freedom. Fascism. Fiction. by Arundhati Roy

AZADI: Freedom. Fascism. Fiction.

Arundhati Roy

256 pages • 2020 • 16 editions

nonfiction essays challenging informative reflective medium-paced
The Old Woman with the Knife by Gu Byeong-mo

The Old Woman with the Knife

Gu Byeong-mo

288 pages • 2013 • 30 editions

fiction crime mystery adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced
The Awakening Storm by Jaimal Yogis

City of Dragons #1

The Awakening Storm

Jaimal Yogis

240 pages • 2021 • 11 editions

fiction fantasy graphic novel middle grade adventurous mysterious fast-paced
Patron Saints of Nothing by Randy Ribay

Patron Saints of Nothing

Randy Ribay

9h 2m • 2019 • 14 editions

fiction contemporary young adult challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
A Thousand Steps into Night by Traci Chee

A Thousand Steps into Night

Traci Chee

384 pages • 2022 • 11 editions

fiction fantasy young adult adventurous fast-paced
Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri

Interpreter of Maladies

Jhumpa Lahiri

208 pages • 1999 • 56 editions

fiction contemporary literary short stories emotional reflective medium-paced
Tessa Miyata Is So Unlucky by Julie Abe

Tessa Miyata #2

Tessa Miyata Is So Unlucky

Julie Abe

400 pages • 2024 • 3 editions

fiction fantasy middle grade adventurous dark tense medium-paced
Roses, in the Mouth of a Lion by Bushra Rehman

Roses, in the Mouth of a Lion

Bushra Rehman

272 pages • 2022 • 5 editions

fiction lgbtqia+ literary emotional funny reflective medium-paced