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#20BooksByAsianAuthors

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139 participants (1,003 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 Boy, the Mountain, and the Serpent Who Ate the Moon by Caris Avendaño Cruz

The Boy, the Mountain, and the Serpent Who Ate the Moon

Caris Avendaño Cruz

320 pages • digital • 2025

fiction fantasy middle grade
Mooncakes by Suzanne Walker

Mooncakes

Suzanne Walker

256 pages • digital • 2019

fiction fantasy graphic novel lgbtqia+ young adult adventurous lighthearted fast-paced
The Dragon Republic by R.F. Kuang

The Dragon Republic

The Poppy War #2

R.F. Kuang

688 pages • digital • 2019

fiction fantasy historical adventurous dark tense medium-paced
The Proposal by Bae Myung-hoon

The Proposal

Bae Myung-hoon

150 pages • paperback • 2024

fiction science fiction adventurous mysterious medium-paced
The Buddha in the Attic by Julie Otsuka

The Buddha in the Attic

Julie Otsuka

144 pages • hardcover • 2011

fiction historical emotional reflective slow-paced
The Bridegroom Was a Dog by Yōko Tawada

The Bridegroom Was a Dog

Yōko Tawada

60 pages • paperback • 1993

fiction short stories funny mysterious fast-paced
The First State of Being by Erin Entrada Kelly

The First State of Being

Erin Entrada Kelly

253 pages • hardcover • 2024

fiction middle grade science fiction adventurous emotional hopeful medium-paced
Park Avenue by Renée Ahdieh

Park Avenue

Renée Ahdieh

11 hours, 4 minutes • audio • 2025

fiction contemporary emotional mysterious fast-paced
Her Radiant Curse by Elizabeth Lim

Her Radiant Curse

Six Crimson Cranes #0.5

Elizabeth Lim

13 hours, 17 minutes • audio • 2023

fiction fantasy young adult adventurous emotional medium-paced
The Girl from the Other Side: Siúil, a Rún Deluxe Edition I by Nagabe

The Girl from the Other Side: Siúil, a Rún Deluxe Edition I

The Girl From the Other Side: Siúil, a Rún [とつくにの少女 / Totsukuni no shōjo] #01-03

Nagabe

540 pages • hardcover • 2022

fiction fantasy manga adventurous dark medium-paced