#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
A Torch Against the Night by Sabaa Tahir

A Torch Against the Night

An Ember in the Ashes #2

Sabaa Tahir

452 pages • paperback • 2016

fiction fantasy young adult adventurous dark tense medium-paced
Land of Milk and Honey by C Pam Zhang

Land of Milk and Honey

C Pam Zhang

240 pages • digital • 2023

fiction dystopian lgbtqia+ literary dark mysterious reflective medium-paced
Louder Than the Lies: Asian American Identity, Solidarity, and Self-Love by Ellie Yang Camp

Louder Than the Lies: Asian American Identity, Solidarity, and Self-Love

Ellie Yang Camp

7 hours, 39 minutes • audio • 2024

nonfiction sociology informative reflective medium-paced
Arsenic and Adobo by Mia P. Manansala

Arsenic and Adobo

A Tita Rosie's Kitchen Mystery #1

Mia P. Manansala

308 pages • paperback • 2021

fiction mystery funny lighthearted mysterious medium-paced
All These Bodies by Kendare Blake

All These Bodies

Kendare Blake

288 pages • hardcover • 2021

fiction mystery young adult dark mysterious tense medium-paced
The Trunk by Kim Ryeo-ryeong

The Trunk

Kim Ryeo-ryeong

248 pages • paperback • 2015

fiction literary thriller dark mysterious reflective medium-paced
The Black Swan Mystery by Tetsuya Ayukawa

The Black Swan Mystery

Tetsuya Ayukawa

352 pages • digital • 1959 user-added

fiction classics mystery medium-paced
Gingko Season by Naomi Xu Elegant

Gingko Season

Naomi Xu Elegant

272 pages • paperback • 2025

fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective medium-paced
The Island of Sea Women by Lisa See

The Island of Sea Women

Lisa See

13 hours, 22 minutes • audio • 2019

fiction historical emotional informative sad medium-paced
Under Lock & Skeleton Key by Gigi Pandian

Under Lock & Skeleton Key

Secret Staircase Mystery #1

Gigi Pandian

9 hours, 44 minutes • audio • 2022

fiction mystery adventurous mysterious medium-paced