#20BooksByAsianAuthors

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108 participants (280 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
The Fight for the Hidden Realm by Siobhan McDermott

The Fight for the Hidden Realm

Paper Dragons #1

Siobhan McDermott

375 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

fiction fantasy middle grade adventurous dark medium-paced
Underground: The Tokyo Gas Attack and the Japanese Psyche by Haruki Murakami

Underground: The Tokyo Gas Attack and the Japanese Psyche

Haruki Murakami

384 pages • first pub 1997 (editions)

nonfiction history true crime dark informative reflective slow-paced
Rental House by Weike Wang

Rental House

Weike Wang

215 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

fiction literary challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
Diary of a Void by Emi Yagi

Diary of a Void

Emi Yagi

213 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction literary funny reflective fast-paced
The Truth About Dragons by Julie Leung

The Truth About Dragons

Julie Leung

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

fiction childrens adventurous lighthearted medium-paced
The Boy With The Bookstore by Sarah Echavarre Smith

The Boy With The Bookstore

Sarah Echavarre Smith

352 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction romance funny lighthearted medium-paced
This Woven Kingdom by Tahereh Mafi

This Woven Kingdom

This Woven Kingdom #1

Tahereh Mafi

495 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction fantasy young adult adventurous mysterious medium-paced
The Bone Witch by Rin Chupeco

The Bone Witch

The Bone Witch #1

Rin Chupeco

425 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

fiction fantasy young adult adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced
Gita Desai Is Not Here to Shut Up by Sonia Patel

Gita Desai Is Not Here to Shut Up

Sonia Patel

393 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

fiction contemporary young adult dark emotional medium-paced
Run With the Wind by Shion Miura

Run With the Wind

Shion Miura

448 pages • first pub 2006 (editions)

fiction sports