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#20BooksByAsianAuthors

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139 participants (1,012 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 True Happiness Company: A Memoir by Veena Dinavahi

The True Happiness Company: A Memoir

Veena Dinavahi

9 hours, 58 minutes • audio • 2025

nonfiction memoir religion challenging dark emotional medium-paced
Dear Wendy by Ann Zhao

Dear Wendy

Ann Zhao

368 pages • digital • 2024

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ young adult emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced
First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers by Loung Ung

First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers

Daughter of Cambodia #1

Loung Ung

274 pages • digital • 2000 user-added

nonfiction history memoir dark emotional informative medium-paced
America Is Not the Heart by Elaine Castillo

America Is Not the Heart

Elaine Castillo

16 hours, 24 minutes • audio • 2018

fiction historical lgbtqia+ literary emotional reflective slow-paced
Tomie by Junji Ito

Tomie

Tomie #1-3

Junji Ito

742 pages • hardcover • 1987

fiction horror manga dark mysterious tense fast-paced
Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro

Never Let Me Go

Kazuo Ishiguro

304 pages • digital • 2005

fiction dystopian literary science fiction emotional reflective sad slow-paced
Always Be My Bibi by Priyanka Taslim

Always Be My Bibi

Priyanka Taslim

368 pages • hardcover • 2025

fiction romance young adult emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced
The Ghost Bride by Yangsze Choo

The Ghost Bride

Yangsze Choo

373 pages • digital • 2013 user-added

fiction fantasy historical adventurous mysterious medium-paced
Notes of a Crocodile by Qiu Miaojin

Notes of a Crocodile

Qiu Miaojin

242 pages • paperback • 1994

fiction classics lgbtqia+ literary dark emotional reflective medium-paced
Rani Choudhury Must Die by Adiba Jaigirdar

Rani Choudhury Must Die

Adiba Jaigirdar

8 hours, 56 minutes • audio • 2024

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ romance young adult emotional funny lighthearted fast-paced