#20BooksByAsianAuthors

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93 participants (177 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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Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi

Before the Coffee Gets Cold

Before the Coffee Gets Cold #1

Toshikazu Kawaguchi

6 hours, 52 minutes • first pub 2015 (editions)

fiction contemporary literary magical realism emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced
Pachinko by Min Jin Lee

Pachinko

Min Jin Lee

18 hours, 15 minutes • first pub 2017 (editions)

fiction historical literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Tales from the Café by Toshikazu Kawaguchi

Tales from the Café

Before the Coffee Gets Cold #2

Toshikazu Kawaguchi

5 hours, 32 minutes • first pub 2017 (editions)

fiction literary magical realism emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced
Fault Lines by Emily Itami

Fault Lines

Emily Itami

224 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction contemporary literary romance emotional reflective medium-paced
Peri Peri Paprika by Leanne Su

Peri Peri Paprika

Leanne Su

228 pages • missing pub info (editions)

fiction science fiction
Cinema Love by Jiaming Tang

Cinema Love

Jiaming Tang

294 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Goddess of the River by Vaishnavi Patel

Goddess of the River

Vaishnavi Patel

432 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

fiction fantasy historical adventurous emotional medium-paced
The Drunkard by Liu Yichang

The Drunkard

Hong Kong Literature

Liu Yichang

300 pages • missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction classics literary dark medium-paced
A Pale View of Hills by Kazuo Ishiguro

A Pale View of Hills

Kazuo Ishiguro

183 pages • first pub 1982 (editions)

fiction historical literary dark mysterious reflective slow-paced
How to Stand Up to a Dictator by Maria Ressa

How to Stand Up to a Dictator

Maria Ressa

304 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

nonfiction memoir politics challenging informative reflective medium-paced