#20BooksByAsianAuthors

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97 participants (192 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 Face of Another by Kōbō Abe

The Face of Another

Kōbō Abe

256 pages • first pub 1964 (editions)

fiction classics horror science fiction reflective slow-paced
The Right to Sex: Feminism in the Twenty-First Century by Amia Srinivasan

The Right to Sex: Feminism in the Twenty-First Century

Amia Srinivasan

304 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction essays feminism sociology challenging informative reflective medium-paced
A Spoonful of Time by Flora Ahn

A Spoonful of Time

Flora Ahn

7 hours, 51 minutes • first pub 2023 (editions) user-added

fiction contemporary middle grade science fiction emotional lighthearted reflective medium-paced
Blood Over Bright Haven by M.L. Wang

Blood Over Bright Haven

M.L. Wang

15 hours, 21 minutes • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction fantasy dark emotional tense medium-paced
Die Legende vom Tränenvogel: Das Blut der Herzlosen by Young-do Lee

Die Legende vom Tränenvogel: Das Blut der Herzlosen

The Bird That Drinks Tears #1

Young-do Lee

560 pages • first pub 2003 (editions)

fiction fantasy adventurous medium-paced
Strange Pictures by Uketsu

Strange Pictures

Uketsu

240 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction horror mystery dark mysterious tense medium-paced
The Candid Life of Meena Dave by Namrata Patel

The Candid Life of Meena Dave

Namrata Patel

349 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction contemporary emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced
Sweet Bean Paste by Durian Sukegawa

Sweet Bean Paste

Durian Sukegawa

224 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

fiction contemporary literary emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced
Martyr! by Kaveh Akbar

Martyr!

Kaveh Akbar

331 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ literary dark emotional reflective medium-paced
The Dark Becomes Her by Judy I. Lin

The Dark Becomes Her

Judy I. Lin

10 hours, 53 minutes • first pub 2024 (editions) user-added

fiction horror young adult adventurous dark mysterious fast-paced