#20BooksByAsianAuthors

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139 participants (957 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
The Roof Beneath Their Feet by Geetanjali Shree

The Roof Beneath Their Feet

Geetanjali Shree

177 pages • hardcover • 2013

fiction literary emotional reflective medium-paced
A Concise Chinese-English Dictionary for Lovers by Xiaolu Guo

A Concise Chinese-English Dictionary for Lovers

Xiaolu Guo

354 pages • paperback • 2007

fiction contemporary race romance challenging emotional reflective slow-paced
The Persians by Sanam Mahloudji

The Persians

Sanam Mahloudji

371 pages • hardcover • 2025

fiction literary emotional funny reflective slow-paced
A Hero Born by Jin Yong

A Hero Born

Legends of the Condor Heroes #1

Jin Yong

416 pages • paperback • 1959 user-added

fiction fantasy adventurous medium-paced
The Chinese Groove by Kathryn Ma

The Chinese Groove

Kathryn Ma

304 pages • hardcover • 2023

fiction literary emotional funny hopeful fast-paced
Land of Milk and Honey by C Pam Zhang

Land of Milk and Honey

C Pam Zhang

8 hours, 4 minutes • audio • 2023

fiction dystopian lgbtqia+ literary dark mysterious reflective medium-paced
The Honjin Murders by Seishi Yokomizo

The Honjin Murders

Detective Kosuke Kindaichi #1

Seishi Yokomizo

189 pages • paperback • 1946

fiction crime mystery mysterious fast-paced
My Brain is Different: Stories of ADHD and Other Developmental Disorders by Monzusu

My Brain is Different: Stories of ADHD and Other Developmental Disorders

Monzusu

184 pages • paperback • 2020

nonfiction essays manga emotional informative reflective medium-paced
Lonely Castle in the Mirror by Mizuki Tsujimura

Lonely Castle in the Mirror

Mizuki Tsujimura

384 pages • digital • 2017

fiction fantasy magical realism young adult emotional hopeful mysterious medium-paced
From the Stars in the Sky to the Fish in the Sea by Kai Cheng Thom

From the Stars in the Sky to the Fish in the Sea

Kai Cheng Thom

40 pages • hardcover • 2017

fiction childrens lgbtqia+ emotional medium-paced