#20BooksByAsianAuthors

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117 participants (360 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
A Bánh Mì for Two by Trinity Nguyen

A Bánh Mì for Two

Trinity Nguyen

220 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

fiction lgbtqia+ romance young adult emotional hopeful lighthearted medium-paced
The Genesis of Misery by Neon Yang

The Genesis of Misery

Neon Yang

432 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction lgbtqia+ science fiction adventurous mysterious medium-paced
Dragonfruit by Makiia Lucier

Dragonfruit

Makiia Lucier

368 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

fiction fantasy romance young adult adventurous emotional medium-paced
Karnak Café by Naguib Mahfouz

Karnak Café

Naguib Mahfouz

101 pages • first pub 1974 (editions)

fiction reflective slow-paced
Rooftops of Tehran by Mahbod Seraji

Rooftops of Tehran

Mahbod Seraji

348 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)

fiction historical romance emotional fast-paced
A Stone is Most Precious Where it Belongs by Gulchehra Hoja

A Stone is Most Precious Where it Belongs

Gulchehra Hoja

224 pages • first pub 2023 (editions) user-added

nonfiction memoir emotional informative reflective medium-paced
How We End by L.M. Juniper

How We End

How We Survive #1

L.M. Juniper

487 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction dystopian lgbtqia+ science fiction dark emotional sad medium-paced
Lies and Weddings by Kevin Kwan

Lies and Weddings

Kevin Kwan

15 hours, 8 minutes • first pub 2024 (editions)

fiction contemporary romance funny lighthearted medium-paced
I'm Laughing Because I'm Crying by Youngmi Mayer

I'm Laughing Because I'm Crying

Youngmi Mayer

8 hours, 10 minutes • first pub 2024 (editions)

nonfiction memoir
The Hundred Years' War on Palestine by Rashid Khalidi

The Hundred Years' War on Palestine

Rashid Khalidi

10 hours, 30 minutes • first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction history politics challenging informative medium-paced