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#20BooksByAsianAuthors

ktlee_writes Host

139 participants (997 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).

#20BooksByAsianAuthors

ktlee_writes Host

139 participants (997 books)

STARTS: 01 Jan 2025ENDS: 31 Dec 2025

Overview

Challenge Books

All books added

The Box Man
Kōbō Abe with E. Dale Saunders (Translator)

192 pages • paperback • 1973 (editions)

fiction literary mysterious slow-paced

The Box Man

Kōbō Abe with E. Dale Saunders (Translator)

192 pages • paperback • 1973

fiction literary mysterious slow-paced

The Blanket Cats
Kiyoshi Shigematsu with Jesse Kirkwood (Translator)

304 pages • hardcover • 2008 (editions)

fiction contemporary emotional reflective sad medium-paced

The Blanket Cats

Kiyoshi Shigematsu with Jesse Kirkwood (Translator)

304 pages • hardcover • 2008

fiction contemporary emotional reflective sad medium-paced

Mild Vertigo
Mieko Kanai with Polly Barton (Translator)

169 pages • paperback • 1997 (editions)

fiction literary emotional reflective medium-paced

Mild Vertigo

Mieko Kanai with Polly Barton (Translator)

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 with Samuel Malissa (Translator)

128 pages • paperback • 2007 (editions)

fiction contemporary emotional medium-paced

The End of the Moment We Had

Toshiki Okada with Samuel Malissa (Translator)

128 pages • paperback • 2007

fiction contemporary emotional medium-paced

Hit Parade of Tears
Izumi Suzuki with Sam Bett (Translator), David Boyd (Translator), Daniel Joseph (Translator), Helen O'Horan (Translator)

276 pages • paperback • 2023 (editions)

fiction literary science fiction short stories dark mysterious medium-paced

Hit Parade of Tears

Izumi Suzuki with Sam Bett (Translator), David Boyd (Translator), Daniel Joseph (Translator), Helen O'Horan (Translator)

276 pages • paperback • 2023

fiction literary science fiction short stories dark mysterious medium-paced

Harlequin Butterfly
Toh EnJoe with David Boyd (Translator)

112 pages • paperback • 2012 (editions)

fiction literary magical realism mystery challenging mysterious reflective fast-paced

Harlequin Butterfly

Toh EnJoe with David Boyd (Translator)

112 pages • paperback • 2012

fiction literary magical realism mystery challenging mysterious reflective fast-paced

The Bookshop Woman
Nanako Hanada with Cat Anderson (Translator)

218 pages • hardcover • 2018 (editions)

nonfiction contemporary memoir hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

The Bookshop Woman

Nanako Hanada with Cat Anderson (Translator)

218 pages • hardcover • 2018

nonfiction contemporary memoir hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

The Full Moon Coffee Shop by Mai Mochizuki

The Full Moon Coffee Shop
The Full Moon Coffee Shop #1

Mai Mochizuki with Jesse Kirkwood (Translator)

265 pages • paperback • 2020 (editions)

fiction fantasy hopeful lighthearted reflective fast-paced

The Full Moon Coffee Shop

The Full Moon Coffee Shop #1

Mai Mochizuki with Jesse Kirkwood (Translator)

265 pages • paperback • 2020

fiction fantasy hopeful lighthearted reflective fast-paced

The Bear and the Paving Stone by Toshiyuki Horie

The Bear and the Paving Stone
Toshiyuki Horie with Geraint Howells (Translator)

123 pages • paperback • 2001 (editions)

fiction short stories adventurous slow-paced

The Bear and the Paving Stone

Toshiyuki Horie with Geraint Howells (Translator)

123 pages • paperback • 2001

fiction short stories adventurous slow-paced

Set My Heart on Fire
Izumi Suzuki with Helen O'Horan (Translator)

192 pages • paperback • 1983 (editions)

fiction literary

Set My Heart on Fire

Izumi Suzuki with Helen O'Horan (Translator)

192 pages • paperback • 1983

fiction literary

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