#20BooksByAsianAuthors

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127 participants (555 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).

#20BooksByAsianAuthors

ktlee_writes Host

127 participants (555 books)

STARTS: 01 Jan 2025ENDS: 31 Dec 2025

Overview

Challenge Books

All books added

Boat Baby: A Memoir
Vicky Nguyen

320 pages • hardcover (editions)

nonfiction biography memoir

Boat Baby: A Memoir

Vicky Nguyen

320 pages • hardcover

nonfiction biography memoir

Small Beauty
Jia Qing Wilson-Yang

160 pages • paperback • 2016 (editions)

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ challenging emotional reflective slow-paced

Small Beauty

Jia Qing Wilson-Yang

160 pages • paperback • 2016

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ challenging emotional reflective slow-paced

Snow Country
Yasunari Kawabata with Edward G. Seidensticker (Translator)

192 pages • paperback • 1948 (editions)

fiction classics literary romance reflective sad slow-paced

Snow Country

Yasunari Kawabata with Edward G. Seidensticker (Translator)

192 pages • paperback • 1948

fiction classics literary romance reflective sad slow-paced

Human Acts
Han Kang with Deborah Smith (Translator)

226 pages • paperback • 2014 (editions)

fiction historical literary dark emotional sad medium-paced

Human Acts

Han Kang with Deborah Smith (Translator)

226 pages • paperback • 2014

fiction historical literary dark emotional sad medium-paced

Night Sky with Exit Wounds by Ocean Vuong

Night Sky with Exit Wounds
Ocean Vuong

89 pages • paperback • 2016 (editions)

nonfiction lgbtqia+ poetry emotional reflective sad medium-paced

Night Sky with Exit Wounds

Ocean Vuong

89 pages • paperback • 2016

nonfiction lgbtqia+ poetry emotional reflective sad medium-paced

The Stardust Grail
Yume Kitasei with Katharine Chin (Narrator)

11 hours, 40 minutes • audio • 2024 (editions)

fiction science fiction adventurous mysterious medium-paced

The Stardust Grail

Yume Kitasei with Katharine Chin (Narrator)

11 hours, 40 minutes • audio • 2024

fiction science fiction adventurous mysterious medium-paced

Nicky, la aprendiz de bruja by Eiko Kadono

Nicky, la aprendiz de bruja
魔女の宅急便 / Kiki's Delivery Service #1

Eiko Kadono with Rumi Sato (Translator), Akiko Hayashi (Illustrator)

208 pages • digital • 1985 (editions)

fiction fantasy middle grade adventurous lighthearted fast-paced

Nicky, la aprendiz de bruja

魔女の宅急便 / Kiki's Delivery Service #1

Eiko Kadono with Rumi Sato (Translator), Akiko Hayashi (Illustrator)

208 pages • digital • 1985

fiction fantasy middle grade adventurous lighthearted fast-paced

When We Were Orphans
Kazuo Ishiguro with Michael Maloney (Narrator)

320 pages • paperback • 2000 (editions)

fiction historical literary emotional mysterious reflective slow-paced

When We Were Orphans

Kazuo Ishiguro with Michael Maloney (Narrator)

320 pages • paperback • 2000

fiction historical literary emotional mysterious reflective slow-paced

Dyke (geology)
Sabrina Imbler

23 pages • digital • 2020 (editions)

nonfiction lgbtqia+ literary emotional informative reflective fast-paced

Dyke (geology)

Sabrina Imbler

23 pages • digital • 2020

nonfiction lgbtqia+ literary emotional informative reflective fast-paced

Waiting for Hanami
J. P. TAKAHASHI with HifuMiyo (Illustrator)

40 pages • hardcover • 2025 (editions)

fiction childrens

Waiting for Hanami

J. P. TAKAHASHI with HifuMiyo (Illustrator)

40 pages • hardcover • 2025

fiction childrens

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