#20BooksByAsianAuthors

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140 participants (1,019 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
Eating More Asian America: A Food Studies Reader by Robert Ji-Song Ku, Anita Mannur, Martin F. Manalansan IV

Eating More Asian America: A Food Studies Reader

Robert Ji-Song Ku, Anita Mannur, Martin F. Manalansan IV

416 pages • paperback

nonfiction food and drink sociology
My Nemesis by Charmaine Craig

My Nemesis

Charmaine Craig

208 pages • digital • 2023

fiction contemporary literary challenging dark reflective medium-paced
The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches by Sangu Mandanna

The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches

Sangu Mandanna

318 pages • digital • 2022

fiction contemporary fantasy romance funny hopeful lighthearted medium-paced
Don't Sleep with the Dead by Nghi Vo

Don't Sleep with the Dead

Nghi Vo

2 hours, 38 minutes • audio • 2025

fiction fantasy historical lgbtqia+ adventurous emotional medium-paced
The Artisans: The Legacy of the Ancestors of Shen Village by Shen Fuyu

The Artisans: The Legacy of the Ancestors of Shen Village

Shen Fuyu

256 pages • hardcover • 2022

nonfiction informative reflective sad medium-paced
The Romance Rivalry by Susan Lee

The Romance Rivalry

Susan Lee

8 hours, 3 minutes • audio • 2025

fiction contemporary romance young adult funny lighthearted medium-paced
Martyr! by Kaveh Akbar

Martyr!

Kaveh Akbar

331 pages • digital • 2024

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ literary dark emotional reflective medium-paced
Reading the Room: A Bookseller's Tale by Paul Yamazaki

Reading the Room: A Bookseller's Tale

Paul Yamazaki

100 pages • paperback • 2024

nonfiction memoir informative inspiring reflective fast-paced
Code Dependent: Living in the Shadow of AI by Madhumita Murgia

Code Dependent: Living in the Shadow of AI

Madhumita Murgia

9 hours, 25 minutes • audio • 2024

nonfiction politics technology challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Tea and Murder: Stories of the Xuya Universe: The Citadel of Weeping Pearls & The Tea Master and the Detective by Aliette de Bodard

Tea and Murder: Stories of the Xuya Universe: The Citadel of Weeping Pearls & The Tea Master and the Detective

Aliette de Bodard

6 hours, 42 minutes • audio • 2021

fiction science fiction adventurous mysterious medium-paced