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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
Almond by Won-pyung Sohn

Almond

Won-pyung Sohn

259 pages • digital • 2016

fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective sad fast-paced
This One Summer by Mariko Tamaki

This One Summer

Mariko Tamaki

317 pages • hardcover • 2014

fiction contemporary graphic novel young adult emotional reflective fast-paced
Some People Need Killing: A Memoir of Murder in My Country by Patricia Evangelista

Some People Need Killing: A Memoir of Murder in My Country

Patricia Evangelista

428 pages • hardcover • 2023

nonfiction history memoir politics true crime dark informative sad medium-paced
Death in the Cards by Mia P. Manansala

Death in the Cards

Mia P. Manansala

352 pages • hardcover • 2025

fiction mystery young adult adventurous mysterious medium-paced
Flux by Jinwoo Chong

Flux

Jinwoo Chong

341 pages • paperback • 2023

fiction literary science fiction adventurous challenging mysterious medium-paced
Chlorine by Jade Song

Chlorine

Jade Song

256 pages • digital • 2023

fiction horror lgbtqia+ literary dark tense medium-paced
The Travelling Cat Chronicles by Hiro Arikawa

The Travelling Cat Chronicles

Hiro Arikawa

277 pages • hardcover • 2012

fiction contemporary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Lord of Ruin by K.M. Enright

Lord of Ruin

The Age of Blood #2

K.M. Enright

432 pages • hardcover • 2025

fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Dauntless by Elisa A. Bonnin

Dauntless

Elisa A. Bonnin

384 pages • hardcover • 2022

fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ young adult adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced
The Manor of Dreams by Christina Li

The Manor of Dreams

Christina Li

352 pages • hardcover • 2025

fiction horror lgbtqia+ dark emotional mysterious medium-paced