#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
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
An Ember in the Ashes by Sabaa Tahir

An Ember in the Ashes

An Ember in the Ashes #1

Sabaa Tahir

480 pages • paperback • 2015

fiction fantasy romance young adult adventurous dark tense medium-paced
Forest Euphoria: The Abounding Queerness of Nature by Patricia Ononiwu Kaishian

Forest Euphoria: The Abounding Queerness of Nature

Patricia Ononiwu Kaishian

259 pages • hardcover • 2025

nonfiction essays lgbtqia+ nature science informative inspiring reflective medium-paced
The Clothesline Swing by Danny Ramadan

The Clothesline Swing

Danny Ramadan

288 pages • paperback

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ emotional hopeful medium-paced
This American Woman: A One-In-A-Billion Memoir by Zarna Garg

This American Woman: A One-In-A-Billion Memoir

Zarna Garg

320 pages • digital • 2025

nonfiction memoir emotional funny inspiring fast-paced
The Cabinet by Un-su Kim

The Cabinet

Un-su Kim

299 pages • digital • 2006

fiction literary science fiction challenging dark reflective medium-paced
Rising from the Ashes: How the 1992 Los Angeles Uprising Bridged Two Communities by Paula Yoo

Rising from the Ashes: How the 1992 Los Angeles Uprising Bridged Two Communities

Paula Yoo

7 hours, 19 minutes • audio • 2024

nonfiction history race young adult informative tense medium-paced