#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

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Confessions of a Mask by Yukio Mishima

Confessions of a Mask

Yukio Mishima

176 pages • paperback • 1949

fiction classics lgbtqia+ literary dark emotional reflective slow-paced
In Praise of Shadows by Jun'ichirō Tanizaki

In Praise of Shadows

Jun'ichirō Tanizaki

76 pages • paperback • 1933

nonfiction art essays philosophy informative reflective medium-paced
The Setting Sun by Osamu Dazai

The Setting Sun

Osamu Dazai

175 pages • paperback • 1947

fiction classics literary emotional reflective sad slow-paced
The Frolic of the Beasts by Yukio Mishima

The Frolic of the Beasts

Yukio Mishima

176 pages • paperback • 1961

fiction literary reflective sad slow-paced
The Box Man by Kōbō Abe

The Box Man

Kōbō Abe

192 pages • paperback • 1973

fiction literary mysterious slow-paced
The Blanket Cats by Kiyoshi Shigematsu

The Blanket Cats

Kiyoshi Shigematsu

304 pages • hardcover • 2008

fiction contemporary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Mild Vertigo by Mieko Kanai

Mild Vertigo

Mieko Kanai

169 pages • paperback • 1997

fiction literary emotional reflective medium-paced
The End of the Moment We Had by Toshiki Okada

The End of the Moment We Had

Toshiki Okada

128 pages • paperback • 2007

fiction contemporary emotional medium-paced
Days at the Morisaki Bookshop by Satoshi Yagisawa

Days at the Morisaki Bookshop

Days at the Morisaki Bookshop #1

Satoshi Yagisawa

170 pages • paperback • 2010

fiction contemporary hopeful lighthearted reflective fast-paced
Hit Parade of Tears by Izumi Suzuki

Hit Parade of Tears

Izumi Suzuki

276 pages • paperback • 2023

fiction literary science fiction short stories dark mysterious medium-paced