#20BooksByAsianAuthors

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140 participants (1,024 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
Tracks in the Snow by Wong Herbert Yee

Tracks in the Snow

Wong Herbert Yee

32 pages • hardcover • 2003

nonfiction childrens mysterious slow-paced
Under Your Wings by Tiffany Tsao

Under Your Wings

Tiffany Tsao

288 pages • digital • 2018

fiction contemporary literary thriller dark mysterious reflective slow-paced
8 Lives of a Century-Old Trickster by Mirinae Lee

8 Lives of a Century-Old Trickster

Mirinae Lee

273 pages • digital • 2023

fiction historical literary dark emotional mysterious medium-paced
Dust Child by Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai

Dust Child

Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai

336 pages • digital • 2023

fiction historical emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Violets by Kyung-sook Shin

Violets

Kyung-sook Shin

212 pages • paperback • 2001

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ emotional reflective sad slow-paced
Bat Eater and Other Names for Cora Zeng by Kylie Lee Baker

Bat Eater and Other Names for Cora Zeng

Kylie Lee Baker

298 pages • hardcover • 2025

fiction horror thriller dark emotional tense medium-paced
In Sensorium: Notes for My People by Tanaïs

In Sensorium: Notes for My People

Tanaïs

368 pages • hardcover • 2022

nonfiction essays feminism lgbtqia+ challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
Natural Beauty by Ling Ling Huang

Natural Beauty

Ling Ling Huang

203 pages • digital • 2023

fiction horror lgbtqia+ literary dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Dandelion by Jamie Chai Yun Liew

Dandelion

Jamie Chai Yun Liew

262 pages • digital • 2022

fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective medium-paced
Claudia and the Bad Joke by Ann M. Martin, Arley Nopra

Claudia and the Bad Joke

The Baby-sitters Club Graphic Novel Series #15

Ann M. Martin, Arley Nopra

192 pages • paperback • 2023

fiction graphic novel middle grade adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced