#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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Paper Names by Susie Luo

Paper Names

Susie Luo

284 pages • 2023 • 7 editions

fiction historical emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Joan Is Okay by Weike Wang

Joan Is Okay

Weike Wang

212 pages • 2022 • 10 editions

fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective medium-paced
Docile: Memoirs of a Not-So-Perfect Asian Girl by Hyeseung Song

Docile: Memoirs of a Not-So-Perfect Asian Girl

Hyeseung Song

294 pages • 2024 • 5 editions

nonfiction memoir race emotional reflective medium-paced
Audition by Katie Kitamura

Audition

Katie Kitamura

197 pages • 2025 • 10 editions

fiction literary mysterious reflective tense medium-paced
The Face of Another by Kōbō Abe

The Face of Another

Kōbō Abe

256 pages • 1964 • 20 editions

fiction classics horror science fiction reflective slow-paced
A Spoonful of Time by Flora Ahn

A Spoonful of Time

Flora Ahn

7h 51m • 2023 • 4 editions

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fiction contemporary middle grade science fiction emotional lighthearted reflective medium-paced
Kaikeyi by Vaishnavi Patel

Kaikeyi

Vaishnavi Patel

496 pages • 2022 • 25 editions

fiction fantasy historical adventurous emotional medium-paced
Die Legende vom Tränenvogel: Das Blut der Herzlosen by Lee Young-do

The Bird That Drinks Tears #1

Die Legende vom Tränenvogel: Das Blut der Herzlosen

Lee Young-do

560 pages • 2003 • 20 editions

fiction fantasy adventurous medium-paced
The Candid Life of Meena Dave by Namrata Patel

The Candid Life of Meena Dave

Namrata Patel

349 pages • 2022 • 8 editions

fiction contemporary emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced
Martyr! by Kaveh Akbar

Martyr!

Kaveh Akbar

331 pages • 2024 • 62 editions

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ literary dark emotional reflective medium-paced