#20BooksByAsianAuthors

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139 participants (956 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

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Undivided: The Quest for Racial Solidarity in an American Church by Hahrie Han

Undivided: The Quest for Racial Solidarity in an American Church

Hahrie Han

8 hours, 11 minutes • audio • 2024

nonfiction religion emotional hopeful informative medium-paced
The Samurai Detectives by Shōtarō Ikenami

The Samurai Detectives

The Samurai Detectives #1

Shōtarō Ikenami

253 pages • paperback • 1973 user-added

fiction classics crime historical mystery
Light from Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki

Light from Uncommon Stars

Ryka Aoki

372 pages • hardcover • 2021

fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ science fiction adventurous emotional hopeful medium-paced
Magnolia Wu Unfolds It All by Chanel Miller

Magnolia Wu Unfolds It All

Chanel Miller

145 pages • hardcover • 2024

fiction contemporary middle grade emotional funny hopeful fast-paced
Meet Me in Mumbai by Sabina Khan

Meet Me in Mumbai

Sabina Khan

320 pages • hardcover • 2022

fiction young adult emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced
Something about Living by Lena Khalaf Tuffaha

Something about Living

Lena Khalaf Tuffaha

81 pages • digital • 2024

nonfiction poetry emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Unusual Fragments: 20th Century Japanese Fiction by Sarah Coolidge

Unusual Fragments: 20th Century Japanese Fiction

Sarah Coolidge

200 pages • paperback • 2025

fiction literary short stories
Horse Barbie by Geena Rocero

Horse Barbie

Geena Rocero

320 pages • hardcover • 2023

nonfiction lgbtqia+ memoir hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced
When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi

When Breath Becomes Air

Paul Kalanithi

5 hours, 36 minutes • audio • 2016

nonfiction health memoir emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Park Avenue by Renée Ahdieh

Park Avenue

Renée Ahdieh

320 pages • digital • 2025

fiction contemporary emotional mysterious fast-paced