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#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
Afterparties by Anthony Veasna So

Afterparties

Anthony Veasna So

260 pages • hardcover • 2021 user-added

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ literary short stories emotional funny reflective medium-paced
Flirting With Disaster by Naina Kumar

Flirting With Disaster

Naina Kumar

300 pages • paperback • 2025

fiction contemporary romance emotional hopeful medium-paced
Defy: The Power of No in a World That Demands Yes by Sunita Sah

Defy: The Power of No in a World That Demands Yes

Sunita Sah

280 pages • hardcover • 2025

nonfiction health self help hopeful informative inspiring medium-paced
Anne of Greenville by Mariko Tamaki

Anne of Greenville

Mariko Tamaki

7 hours, 57 minutes • audio • 2022

fiction lgbtqia+ romance young adult emotional reflective medium-paced
A Forgery of Fate by Elizabeth Lim

A Forgery of Fate

Elizabeth Lim

470 pages • hardcover • 2025

fiction fantasy young adult adventurous emotional medium-paced
Quackery: A Brief History of the Worst Ways to Cure Everything by Nate Pedersen, Lydia Kang

Quackery: A Brief History of the Worst Ways to Cure Everything

Nate Pedersen, Lydia Kang

10 hours, 29 minutes • audio • 2017

nonfiction history science funny informative medium-paced
The Swinging Bridge by Ramabai Espinet

The Swinging Bridge

Ramabai Espinet

305 pages • 2003

fiction historical literary challenging emotional reflective slow-paced
The Emperor of Gladness by Ocean Vuong

The Emperor of Gladness

Ocean Vuong

416 pages • digital • 2025

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ literary emotional reflective sad slow-paced
The Lovers by Yumna Kassab

The Lovers

Yumna Kassab

3 hours, 21 minutes • audio • 2022

fiction literary emotional reflective medium-paced
The Lantern of Lost Memories by Sanaka Hiiragi

The Lantern of Lost Memories

Sanaka Hiiragi

4 hours, 55 minutes • audio • 2019

fiction contemporary magical realism emotional reflective sad fast-paced