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#20BooksByAsianAuthors

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139 participants (996 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
Suspicion by Seichō Matsumoto

Suspicion

Seichō Matsumoto

112 pages • paperback • 1982

fiction classics crime mystery medium-paced
Someone to Watch Over You by Kumi Kimura

Someone to Watch Over You

Kumi Kimura

112 pages • paperback • 2021

fiction literary dark reflective tense medium-paced
Spark by Naoki Matayoshi

Spark

Naoki Matayoshi

160 pages • paperback • 2015 user-added

fiction contemporary funny reflective medium-paced
Kafka: A Graphic Novel Adaptation by Nishioka Kyodai

Kafka: A Graphic Novel Adaptation

Nishioka Kyodai

176 pages • paperback • 2010

fiction graphic novel short stories adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced
Red Sword by Bora Chung

Red Sword

Bora Chung

208 pages • paperback • 2019

fiction science fiction adventurous dark sad medium-paced
Your Utopia by Bora Chung

Your Utopia

Bora Chung

256 pages • paperback • 2021

fiction horror short stories speculative fiction adventurous challenging dark slow-paced
The Disaster Tourist by Yun Ko-eun

The Disaster Tourist

Yun Ko-eun

208 pages • paperback • 2020

fiction dystopian literary thriller dark mysterious medium-paced
Almond by Won-pyung Sohn

Almond

Won-pyung Sohn

272 pages • hardcover • 2016

fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective sad fast-paced
b, Book, and Me by Kim Sagwa

b, Book, and Me

Kim Sagwa

160 pages • paperback • 2020

fiction contemporary young adult emotional reflective medium-paced
The Convenience Store by the Sea by Sonoko Machida

The Convenience Store by the Sea

コンビニ兄弟 #1

Sonoko Machida

282 pages • paperback • 2019

fiction contemporary hopeful lighthearted reflective medium-paced