Book Rant's 2021 Reading Challenge - hosted by bookrantpodcast

Read a book by a non-Western author
Ouf, it's getting really stuffy in here with all these Western perspectives.
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Chinese Cinderella: The Secret Story of an Unwanted Daughter by Adeline Yen Mah

Chinese Cinderella: The Secret Story of an Unwanted Daughter

Adeline Yen Mah

234 pages • first pub 1999 (editions)

nonfiction memoir emotional hopeful reflective slow-paced
Sweet Bean Paste by Durian Sukegawa

Sweet Bean Paste

Durian Sukegawa

216 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

fiction contemporary literary emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced
Earthlings by Sayaka Murata

Earthlings

Sayaka Murata

247 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

fiction literary magical realism challenging dark medium-paced
To the Sky Kingdom by Tang Qi

To the Sky Kingdom

Tang Qi

460 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)

fiction fantasy romance adventurous emotional medium-paced
The Aosawa Murders by Riku Onda

The Aosawa Murders

Riku Onda

346 pages • first pub 2005 (editions)

fiction crime mystery thriller dark mysterious slow-paced
Death Note, Vol. 10: Deletion by Takeshi Obata, Tsugumi Ohba

Death Note, Vol. 10: Deletion

Death Note #10

Takeshi Obata, Tsugumi Ohba

177 pages • first pub 2006 (editions)

fiction fantasy manga thriller adventurous dark tense fast-paced
Falling Colours: The Misadventures of a Vision Painter by R. J. Samuel

Falling Colours: The Misadventures of a Vision Painter

The Vision Painter #1

R. J. Samuel

322 pages • missing pub info (editions)

fiction fantasy medium-paced
Petits Crimes Japonais by Kyōtarō Nishimura

Petits Crimes Japonais

Kyōtarō Nishimura

211 pages • first pub 1988 (editions)

crime mystery mysterious slow-paced
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