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#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

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Beyond the Gender Binary by Alok Vaid-Menon

Beyond the Gender Binary

Pocket Change Collective

Alok Vaid-Menon

1 hour, 8 minutes • audio • 2020

nonfiction gender lgbtqia+ young adult informative inspiring reflective fast-paced
The Thirty Names of Night by Zeyn Joukhadar

The Thirty Names of Night

Zeyn Joukhadar

291 pages • hardcover • 2020

fiction contemporary historical lgbtqia+ literary emotional reflective medium-paced
Jaded by Ela Lee

Jaded

Ela Lee

384 pages • hardcover • 2024

fiction literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Umma's Table by Yeon-Sik Hong

Umma's Table

Yeon-Sik Hong

360 pages • digital • 2015

fiction autobiography graphic novel emotional medium-paced
Spy x Family, Vol. 7 by Tatsuya Endo

Spy x Family, Vol. 7

SPY×FAMILY #7

Tatsuya Endo

200 pages • paperback • 2021

fiction manga funny lighthearted mysterious fast-paced
The Incendiaries by R.O. Kwon

The Incendiaries

R.O. Kwon

5 hours, 13 minutes • audio • 2018

fiction contemporary literary dark reflective tense medium-paced
Lion of the Sky by Ritu Hemnani

Lion of the Sky

Ritu Hemnani

410 pages • hardcover • 2024

fiction historical poetry young adult emotional hopeful informative medium-paced
The Oleander Sword by Tasha Suri

The Oleander Sword

The Burning Kingdoms #2

Tasha Suri

489 pages • paperback • 2022

fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ adventurous dark emotional medium-paced
Julie Chan Is Dead by Liann Zhang

Julie Chan Is Dead

Liann Zhang

320 pages • digital • 2025

fiction contemporary thriller dark mysterious tense fast-paced
Heart of Night and Fire by Nisha J. Tuli

Heart of Night and Fire

The Nightfire Quartet #1

Nisha J. Tuli

379 pages • digital • 2023

fiction fantasy romance adventurous mysterious medium-paced