#20BooksByAsianAuthors

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96 participants (191 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
Jade War by Fonda Lee

Jade War

The Green Bone Saga #2

Fonda Lee

590 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

fiction fantasy adventurous dark tense medium-paced
Good Soil: The Education of an Accidental Farmhand by Jeff Chu

Good Soil: The Education of an Accidental Farmhand

Jeff Chu

336 pages • first pub 2025 (editions)

nonfiction food and drink memoir religion emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced
Die Legende vom Tränenvogel: Der träumende Krieger by Young-do Lee

Die Legende vom Tränenvogel: Der träumende Krieger

The Bird That Drinks Tears #2

Young-do Lee

624 pages • first pub 2003 (editions)

fiction fantasy
The Travelling Cat Chronicles by Hiro Arikawa

The Travelling Cat Chronicles

Hiro Arikawa

249 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

fiction contemporary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Paper Names by Susie Luo

Paper Names

Susie Luo

284 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction historical emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Joan Is Okay by Weike Wang

Joan Is Okay

Weike Wang

212 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective medium-paced
Docile: Memoirs of a Not-So-Perfect Asian Girl by Hyeseung Song

Docile: Memoirs of a Not-So-Perfect Asian Girl

Hyeseung Song

294 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

nonfiction memoir emotional reflective medium-paced
Audition: A Novel by Katie Kitamura

Audition: A Novel

Katie Kitamura

240 pages • first pub 2025 (editions)

fiction literary
Memory Piece by Lisa Ko

Memory Piece

Lisa Ko

286 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

fiction lgbtqia+ literary dark emotional reflective medium-paced
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