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#20BooksByAsianAuthors

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140 participants (1,023 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
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
Hunger by Choi Jin-young

Hunger

Choi Jin-young

208 pages • digital • 2015 user-added

fiction contemporary literary dark emotional sad fast-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
Sakamoto Days, Vol. 1 by Yuto Suzuki

Sakamoto Days, Vol. 1

Sakamoto Days #1

Yuto Suzuki

189 pages • paperback • 2021

fiction fantasy manga adventurous funny lighthearted fast-paced
The Heart Asks Pleasure First by Karuna Ezara Parikh

The Heart Asks Pleasure First

Karuna Ezara Parikh

320 pages • hardcover • 2020

fiction contemporary emotional slow-paced
Dreamover by Dani Diaz

Dreamover

Dani Diaz

320 pages • digital • 2025 user-added

fiction graphic novel magical realism young adult emotional hopeful lighthearted medium-paced
Delicious in Dungeon, Vol. 9 by Ryoko Kui

Delicious in Dungeon, Vol. 9

Delicious in Dungeon #9

Ryoko Kui

208 pages • paperback • 2020

fiction fantasy manga adventurous funny fast-paced
The Dream Hotel by Laila Lalami

The Dream Hotel

Laila Lalami

322 pages • hardcover • 2025

fiction dystopian literary dark reflective tense medium-paced