2024 Asian Readathon Challenges - hosted by readwithcindy

Read an underrated book.
This could be a book that has lower ratings, a book that not enough people talk about, a book that you haven't heard about, a book that isn't a bestseller, a book by an author that isn't well-known, etc.
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The Rape of Nanking: The Forgotten Holocaust of World War II by Iris Chang

The Rape of Nanking: The Forgotten Holocaust of World War II

Iris Chang

8 hours, 4 minutes • first pub 1997 (editions)

nonfiction history dark informative sad slow-paced
The Book of Elsewhere by China Miéville, Keanu Reeves

The Book of Elsewhere

China Miéville, Keanu Reeves

400 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

fiction fantasy science fiction
Emergency Contact by Mary H.K. Choi

Emergency Contact

Mary H.K. Choi

9 hours, 6 minutes • first pub 2018 (editions)

fiction contemporary romance young adult emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced
With My Back to the World by Victoria Chang

With My Back to the World

Victoria Chang

112 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

nonfiction poetry medium-paced
Saving Sunshine by Saadia Faruqi

Saving Sunshine

Saadia Faruqi

224 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction graphic novel middle grade emotional hopeful reflective fast-paced
Mother of Strangers by Suad Amiry

Mother of Strangers

Suad Amiry

288 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction historical emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Lab Hopping: A Journey to Find India's Women in Science by Nandita Jayaraj, Aashima Dogra

Lab Hopping: A Journey to Find India's Women in Science

Nandita Jayaraj, Aashima Dogra

294 pages • first pub 2023 (editions) user-added

nonfiction
Beginner's Guide: Love and Other Chemical Reactions by Six de los Reyes

Beginner's Guide: Love and Other Chemical Reactions

Talking Nerdy #1

Six de los Reyes

229 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

fiction contemporary romance emotional lighthearted slow-paced
Yasmeen by Fabiana Moscolo, Rob Jones, Saif A. Ahmed

Yasmeen

Fabiana Moscolo, Rob Jones, Saif A. Ahmed

130 pages • missing pub info (editions)

fiction comics graphic novel
Two Can Play That Game by Leanne Yong

Two Can Play That Game

Leanne Yong

365 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction lgbtqia+ romance young adult funny inspiring lighthearted medium-paced