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#20BooksByAsianAuthors

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139 participants (1,011 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
Double Victory: A Multicultural History of America in World War II by Ronald Takaki

Double Victory: A Multicultural History of America in World War II

Ronald Takaki

8 hours, 4 minutes • audio • 2000

nonfiction history race informative medium-paced
Biting the Hand: Growing Up Asian in Black and White America by Julia Lee

Biting the Hand: Growing Up Asian in Black and White America

Julia Lee

7 hours, 5 minutes • audio • 2023

nonfiction memoir race challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
The Unconsoled by Kazuo Ishiguro

The Unconsoled

Kazuo Ishiguro

544 pages • paperback • 1995

fiction contemporary literary challenging mysterious reflective slow-paced
Mother of Strangers by Suad Amiry

Mother of Strangers

Suad Amiry

7 hours, 51 minutes • audio • 2022

fiction historical emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Tehrangeles by Porochista Khakpour

Tehrangeles

Porochista Khakpour

10 hours, 34 minutes • audio • 2024

fiction literary funny lighthearted medium-paced
Winners Take All: The Elite Charade of Changing the World by Anand Giridharadas

Winners Take All: The Elite Charade of Changing the World

Anand Giridharadas

9 hours, 46 minutes • audio • 2018

nonfiction business economics politics challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Grass by Keum Suk Gendry-Kim

Grass

Keum Suk Gendry-Kim

471 pages • digital • 2017

nonfiction biography graphic novel history dark emotional sad medium-paced
A Study in Secrets by Debbi Michiko Florence

A Study in Secrets

Last Chance Academy #1

Debbi Michiko Florence

304 pages • hardcover • 2025

fiction middle grade mystery adventurous lighthearted mysterious medium-paced
The Night Parade: A Speculative Memoir by Jami Nakamura Lin

The Night Parade: A Speculative Memoir

Jami Nakamura Lin

352 pages • digital • 2023

nonfiction memoir dark emotional reflective medium-paced
Marriage of a Thousand Lies by SJ Sindu

Marriage of a Thousand Lies

SJ Sindu

7 hours, 45 minutes • audio • 2017

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ literary emotional reflective slow-paced