#20BooksByAsianAuthors

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104 participants (261 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 Parted Earth by Anjali Enjeti

The Parted Earth

Anjali Enjeti

272 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction historical literary emotional reflective slow-paced
Sailor Moon 1 (Naoko Takeuchi Collection) by Naoko Takeuchi

Sailor Moon 1 (Naoko Takeuchi Collection)

美少女戦士セーラームーン 完全版 Bishōjo senshi Sailor Moon Kanzenban #1

Naoko Takeuchi

304 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

fiction fantasy manga young adult adventurous funny lighthearted fast-paced
Guardians of Dawn: Zhara by S Jae-Jones

Guardians of Dawn: Zhara

S Jae-Jones

416 pages • missing pub info (editions)

fiction fantasy young adult
Minor Detail by Adania Shibli

Minor Detail

Adania Shibli

3 hours, 57 minutes • first pub 2017 (editions)

fiction contemporary historical literary dark sad tense medium-paced
They Say Blue by Jillian Tamaki

They Say Blue

Jillian Tamaki

38 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

fiction childrens adventurous medium-paced
The Salt Grows Heavy by Cassandra Khaw

The Salt Grows Heavy

Cassandra Khaw

128 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction fantasy horror lgbtqia+ dark mysterious fast-paced
Unassimilable: An Asian Diasporic Manifesto for the Twenty-First Century by Bianca Mabute-Louie

Unassimilable: An Asian Diasporic Manifesto for the Twenty-First Century

Bianca Mabute-Louie

240 pages • first pub 2025 (editions)

nonfiction race sociology
Flamer by Mike Curato

Flamer

Mike Curato

366 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction contemporary graphic novel lgbtqia+ young adult emotional hopeful medium-paced
Mina's Matchbox: A Novel by Yōko Ogawa

Mina's Matchbox: A Novel

Yōko Ogawa

288 pages • first pub 2006 (editions)

fiction historical literary reflective slow-paced
Monster: The Perfect Edition, Vol. 6 by Naoki Urasawa

Monster: The Perfect Edition, Vol. 6

Naoki Urasawa's Monster: Kanzenban #6

Naoki Urasawa

406 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

fiction crime manga mystery thriller adventurous dark mysterious fast-paced