#20BooksByAsianAuthors

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127 participants (551 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 Song to Drown Rivers by Ann Liang

A Song to Drown Rivers

Ann Liang

324 pages • hardcover • 2024

fiction fantasy historical adventurous emotional sad medium-paced
There's Something About Sweetie by Sandhya Menon

There's Something About Sweetie

Dimple and Rishi #2

Sandhya Menon

11 hours, 36 minutes • audio • 2019

fiction contemporary romance young adult emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced
Kiss of Snow by Nalini Singh

Kiss of Snow

Psy-Changeling #10

Nalini Singh

13 hours, 56 minutes • audio • 2011

fiction fantasy romance adventurous emotional medium-paced
Code Dependent: How AI Is Changing Our Lives by Madhumita Murgia

Code Dependent: How AI Is Changing Our Lives

Madhumita Murgia

320 pages • paperback

nonfiction science self help technology
In the Miso Soup by Ryū Murakami

In the Miso Soup

Ryū Murakami

217 pages • paperback • 1997

fiction horror mystery thriller dark mysterious tense fast-paced
How to Tell When We Will Die: On Pain, Disability, and Doom by Johanna Hedva

How to Tell When We Will Die: On Pain, Disability, and Doom

Johanna Hedva

15 hours, 2 minutes • audio • 2024

nonfiction essays lgbtqia+ memoir challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro

Never Let Me Go

Kazuo Ishiguro

9 hours, 40 minutes • audio • 2005

fiction dystopian literary science fiction emotional reflective sad slow-paced
The Poppy War by R.F. Kuang

The Poppy War

The Poppy War #1

R.F. Kuang

544 pages • digital • 2018

fiction fantasy historical adventurous dark tense medium-paced
Sunlight Playing over a Mountain by Selina Li Bi

Sunlight Playing over a Mountain

Selina Li Bi

320 pages

fiction young adult
Real Americans by Rachel Khong

Real Americans

Rachel Khong

399 pages • hardcover • 2024

fiction literary emotional reflective medium-paced