#20BooksByAsianAuthors

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124 participants (479 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
Marriage and Masti by Nisha Sharma

Marriage and Masti

If Shakespeare was an Auntie #3

Nisha Sharma

10 hours, 24 minutes • first pub 2024 (editions)

fiction contemporary romance emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced
The Mystery Writer by Sulari Gentill

The Mystery Writer

Sulari Gentill

383 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

fiction mystery thriller mysterious tense medium-paced
The Emperor and the Endless Palace by Justinian Huang

The Emperor and the Endless Palace

Justinian Huang

312 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ romance adventurous mysterious tense fast-paced
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See

Snow Flower and the Secret Fan

Lisa See

343 pages • first pub 2005 (editions)

fiction historical literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
A Living Remedy by Nicole Chung

A Living Remedy

Nicole Chung

239 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

nonfiction memoir emotional reflective sad medium-paced
The Devil Comes Courting by Courtney Milan

The Devil Comes Courting

The Worth Saga #3

Courtney Milan

14 hours, 1 minutes • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction historical romance tense slow-paced
The Centre by Ayesha Manazir Siddiqi

The Centre

Ayesha Manazir Siddiqi

278 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction literary mystery thriller dark mysterious tense medium-paced
The Magic Fish by Trung Le Nguyen

The Magic Fish

Trung Le Nguyen

229 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction graphic novel lgbtqia+ young adult emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced
Stories of Your Life and Others by Ted Chiang

Stories of Your Life and Others

Ted Chiang

320 pages • first pub 2002 (editions)

fiction science fiction short stories challenging reflective medium-paced
Beauty Is a Wound by Eka Kurniawan

Beauty Is a Wound

Eka Kurniawan

470 pages • first pub 2002 (editions)

fiction historical literary magical realism romance dark mysterious medium-paced