#20BooksByAsianAuthors

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130 participants (611 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
Rejection: Fiction by Tony Tulathimutte

Rejection: Fiction

Tony Tulathimutte

8 hours, 2 minutes • audio • 2024

fiction contemporary literary short stories challenging dark funny medium-paced
The Factory by Hiroko Oyamada

The Factory

Hiroko Oyamada

128 pages • paperback • 2013

fiction contemporary magical realism reflective medium-paced
Things in Nature Merely Grow by Yiyun Li

Things in Nature Merely Grow

Yiyun Li

192 pages • digital • 2025

nonfiction memoir
Here After by Amy Lin

Here After

Amy Lin

3 hours, 37 minutes • audio • 2024

nonfiction memoir emotional reflective sad fast-paced
The River Has Roots by Amal El-Mohtar

The River Has Roots

Amal El-Mohtar

133 pages • hardcover • 2025

fiction fantasy adventurous emotional mysterious fast-paced
Lady Knight by Amalie Howard

Lady Knight

The Diamonds #2

Amalie Howard

384 pages • hardcover • 2025

fiction historical romance young adult medium-paced
Against the Loveless World by Susan Abulhawa

Against the Loveless World

Susan Abulhawa

13 hours, 10 minutes • audio • 2020

fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Midnight's Children by Salman Rushdie

Midnight's Children

Salman Rushdie

647 pages • paperback • 1981

fiction classics literary magical realism challenging reflective slow-paced
Feeding Ghosts by Tessa Hulls

Feeding Ghosts

Tessa Hulls

400 pages • digital • 2024

nonfiction graphic novel memoir dark emotional reflective medium-paced
More Days at the Morisaki Bookshop by Satoshi Yagisawa

More Days at the Morisaki Bookshop

森崎書店の日々(Days at the Morisaki Bookshop) #2

Satoshi Yagisawa

5 hours, 34 minutes • audio • 2011 user-added

fiction contemporary emotional lighthearted slow-paced