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#20BooksByAsianAuthors

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139 participants (1,010 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
City of Night Birds by Juhea Kim

City of Night Birds

Juhea Kim

320 pages • digital • 2024

fiction literary emotional reflective medium-paced
Hard Damage by Aria Aber

Hard Damage

Aria Aber

126 pages • paperback • 2019

nonfiction poetry challenging emotional reflective slow-paced
An Asian American A to Z: A Children's Guide to Our History by Cathy Linh Che, Kyle Lucia Wu

An Asian American A to Z: A Children's Guide to Our History

Cathy Linh Che, Kyle Lucia Wu

40 pages • hardcover • 2023

nonfiction childrens medium-paced
Earth in the Attic by Fady Joudah

Earth in the Attic

Fady Joudah

77 pages • paperback • 2008

nonfiction poetry challenging reflective slow-paced
Entitlement by Rumaan Alam

Entitlement

Rumaan Alam

288 pages • digital • 2024

fiction literary dark reflective tense medium-paced
Winter Love by Han Suyin

Winter Love

Han Suyin

3 hours, 49 minutes • audio • 1962 user-added

fiction historical lgbtqia+ literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Squire by Nadia Shammas, Sara Alfageeh

Squire

Nadia Shammas, Sara Alfageeh

336 pages • digital • 2022

fiction fantasy graphic novel young adult adventurous fast-paced
The Cat Who Saved the Library by Sōsuke Natsukawa

The Cat Who Saved the Library

The Cat Who... #2

Sōsuke Natsukawa

5 hours, 57 minutes • audio • 2024 user-added

fiction fantasy magical realism adventurous hopeful reflective medium-paced
When We Were Orphans by Kazuo Ishiguro

When We Were Orphans

Kazuo Ishiguro

368 pages • paperback • 2000

fiction historical literary emotional mysterious reflective slow-paced
The Patient Assassin: A True Tale of Massacre, Revenge, and India's Quest for Independence by Anita Anand

The Patient Assassin: A True Tale of Massacre, Revenge, and India's Quest for Independence

Anita Anand

10 hours, 48 minutes • audio • 2019

nonfiction history true crime dark informative medium-paced