#20BooksByAsianAuthors

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139 participants (982 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
Intimate: An American Family Photo Album by Paisley Rekdal

Intimate: An American Family Photo Album

Paisley Rekdal

300 pages • paperback • 2012

nonfiction art memoir poetry adventurous informative slow-paced
Somewhere in the Unknown World: A Collective Refugee Memoir by Kao Kalia Yang

Somewhere in the Unknown World: A Collective Refugee Memoir

Kao Kalia Yang

272 pages • paperback • 2020

nonfiction memoir emotional reflective sad slow-paced
When We Were Orphans by Kazuo Ishiguro

When We Were Orphans

Kazuo Ishiguro

336 pages • hardcover • 2000

fiction historical literary emotional mysterious reflective slow-paced
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
Strange Houses by Uketsu

Strange Houses

Uketsu

3 hours, 29 minutes • audio • 2021

fiction mystery thriller dark mysterious tense fast-paced
Heart Lamp: Selected Stories by Banu Mushtaq

Heart Lamp: Selected Stories

Banu Mushtaq

216 pages • paperback • 2024

fiction literary short stories dark emotional reflective 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