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#20BooksByAsianAuthors

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139 participants (960 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
Bad Influence by Claire Ahn

Bad Influence

Claire Ahn

288 pages • hardcover • 2025

fiction contemporary young adult emotional lighthearted reflective medium-paced
If I Had Your Face by Frances Cha

If I Had Your Face

Frances Cha

288 pages • paperback • 2020

fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective medium-paced
Frieren: Beyond Journey's End, Vol. 1 by Kanehito Yamada

Frieren: Beyond Journey's End, Vol. 1

葬送のフリーレン / Frieren: Beyond Journey's End #1

Kanehito Yamada

192 pages • paperback • 2020

fiction fantasy manga adventurous emotional reflective medium-paced
I Was Their American Dream: A Graphic Memoir by Malaka Gharib

I Was Their American Dream: A Graphic Memoir

Malaka Gharib

160 pages • paperback • 2019

nonfiction graphic novel memoir emotional lighthearted reflective fast-paced
Dark Star Burning, Ash Falls White by Amélie Wen Zhao

Dark Star Burning, Ash Falls White

Song of the Last Kingdom #2

Amélie Wen Zhao

348 pages • hardcover • 2024

fiction fantasy young adult adventurous emotional medium-paced
Martial Arts Star by A.Y. Chan

Martial Arts Star

The Legendary Mo Seto #2

A.Y. Chan

320 pages • hardcover • 2025

fiction middle grade
Love in Focus by Lyla Lee

Love in Focus

Lyla Lee

7 hours, 40 minutes • audio • 2025

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ romance emotional hopeful lighthearted medium-paced
The Library Game by Gigi Pandian

The Library Game

Secret Staircase Mystery #4

Gigi Pandian

320 pages • hardcover • 2025

fiction mystery lighthearted mysterious medium-paced
A Long Walk from Gaza by Asma al-Atawna

A Long Walk from Gaza

Asma al-Atawna

186 pages • paperback • 2024

fiction literary dark emotional sad fast-paced
The Chosen and the Beautiful by Nghi Vo

The Chosen and the Beautiful

Nghi Vo

8 hours, 52 minutes • audio • 2021

fiction historical lgbtqia+ literary magical realism dark mysterious reflective medium-paced