#20BooksByAsianAuthors

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139 participants (962 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 Fertile Earth: A Novel by Ruthvika Rao

The Fertile Earth: A Novel

Ruthvika Rao

14 hours, 55 minutes • audio • 2024 user-added

fiction historical emotional reflective medium-paced
The Last Tiger by Brad Riew, Julia Riew

The Last Tiger

Brad Riew, Julia Riew

416 pages • digital • 2025

fiction fantasy historical young adult adventurous emotional hopeful medium-paced
The Passengers on the Hankyu Line by Hiro Arikawa

The Passengers on the Hankyu Line

Hiro Arikawa

226 pages • hardcover • 2008

fiction contemporary literary hopeful lighthearted relaxing medium-paced
A Midnight Puzzle by Gigi Pandian

A Midnight Puzzle

Secret Staircase Mystery #3

Gigi Pandian

10 hours, 38 minutes • audio • 2024

fiction mystery mysterious medium-paced
The Melancholy of Untold History by Minsoo Kang

The Melancholy of Untold History

Minsoo Kang

240 pages • hardcover • 2024

fiction fantasy literary science fiction adventurous mysterious reflective medium-paced
Guilt and Ginataan by Mia P. Manansala

Guilt and Ginataan

A Tita Rosie's Kitchen Mystery #5

Mia P. Manansala

8 hours, 44 minutes • audio • 2024

fiction contemporary mystery funny lighthearted mysterious medium-paced
Lesser Known Monsters of the 21st Century by Kim Fu

Lesser Known Monsters of the 21st Century

Kim Fu

220 pages • paperback • 2022

fiction fantasy magical realism short stories speculative fiction dark reflective medium-paced
My Sister's Red Shirt by Tie Ning

My Sister's Red Shirt

Tie Ning

164 pages • hardcover • 1984

fiction literary
Hunger by Choi Jin-young

Hunger

Choi Jin-young

208 pages • hardcover • 2015

fiction contemporary literary dark emotional sad fast-paced
Failed Summer Vacation by Hur Heuijung

Failed Summer Vacation

Hur Heuijung

183 pages • paperback • 2025 user-added

fiction short stories