#20BooksByAsianAuthors

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140 participants (1,025 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
Little Mambabatok: A Modern Tattoo Tale by Kristian Kabuay

Little Mambabatok: A Modern Tattoo Tale

Kristian Kabuay

39 pages • paperback

fiction childrens
Where We Go When All We Were Is Gone by Sequoia Nagamatsu

Where We Go When All We Were Is Gone

Sequoia Nagamatsu

4 hours, 6 minutes • audio • 2016

fiction fantasy magical realism short stories emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced
Strange Houses by Uketsu

Strange Houses

Uketsu

208 pages • paperback • 2021

fiction mystery thriller dark mysterious tense fast-paced
A Disappearance in Fiji by Nilima Rao

A Disappearance in Fiji

Sergeant Akal Singh #1

Nilima Rao

276 pages • hardcover • 2023

fiction historical mystery adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced
Bashir Boutros and the Jewel of the Nile by George Jreije

Bashir Boutros and the Jewel of the Nile

George Jreije

304 pages • hardcover user-added

adventurous emotional lighthearted medium-paced
Heaven Official's Blessing: Tian Guan Ci Fu (Novel) Vol. 8 by Mo Xiang Tong Xiu

Heaven Official's Blessing: Tian Guan Ci Fu (Novel) Vol. 8

Heaven Official's Blessing: Tian Guan Ci Fu (Novel) #8

Mo Xiang Tong Xiu

384 pages • paperback • 2017

fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ romance emotional sad tense medium-paced
Heaven Official's Blessing: Tian Guan Ci Fu (Novel) Vol. 7 by Mo Xiang Tong Xiu

Heaven Official's Blessing: Tian Guan Ci Fu (Novel) Vol. 7

Heaven Official's Blessing: Tian Guan Ci Fu (Novel) #7

Mo Xiang Tong Xiu

404 pages • paperback • 2017

fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ romance adventurous emotional tense medium-paced
Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows by Balli Kaur Jaswal

Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows

Balli Kaur Jaswal

10 hours, 34 minutes • audio • 2017

fiction contemporary mystery emotional funny medium-paced
Under a Painted Sky by Stacey Lee

Under a Painted Sky

Stacey Lee

384 pages • hardcover • 2015

fiction historical young adult emotional medium-paced
The Chosen and the Beautiful by Nghi Vo

The Chosen and the Beautiful

Nghi Vo

262 pages • hardcover • 2021

fiction historical lgbtqia+ literary magical realism dark mysterious reflective medium-paced