#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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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
Pick a Colour by Souvankham Thammavongsa

Pick a Colour

Souvankham Thammavongsa

208 pages • digital • 2025

fiction literary reflective fast-paced
Fundamentally by Nussaibah Younis

Fundamentally

Nussaibah Younis

321 pages • hardcover • 2025

fiction lgbtqia+ literary adventurous funny medium-paced
The Book of Disappearance by Ibtisam Azem

The Book of Disappearance

Ibtisam Azem

239 pages • paperback • 2014

fiction literary speculative fiction emotional reflective sad medium-paced
River East, River West by Aube Rey Lescure

River East, River West

Aube Rey Lescure

342 pages • paperback • 2024

fiction historical literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Number One Chinese Restaurant by Lillian Li

Number One Chinese Restaurant

Lillian Li

329 pages • paperback • 2018

fiction contemporary emotional reflective slow-paced
UFO in Her Eyes by Xiaolu Guo

UFO in Her Eyes

Xiaolu Guo

200 pages • paperback • 2009

fiction contemporary science fiction challenging reflective fast-paced