#20BooksByAsianAuthors

Hosted by ktlee_writes

75 participants, 107 books added

Starts: Wednesday, 01 January 2025

Ends: Wednesday, 31 December 2025

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). 

All books added
Docile: Memoirs of a Not-So-Perfect Asian Girl by Hyeseung Song

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

Hyeseung Song

304 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
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
Butter: A Novel of Food and Murder by Asako Yuzuki

Butter: A Novel of Food and Murder

Asako Yuzuki

17 hours, 12 minutes • first pub 2017 (editions)

fiction contemporary crime literary dark mysterious reflective slow-paced
Die Legende vom Tränenvogel: Das Blut der Herzlosen by Yeong-Do Lee

Die Legende vom Tränenvogel: Das Blut der Herzlosen

The Bird That Drinks Tears #1

Yeong-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