#20BooksByAsianAuthors

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113 participants (334 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
Connie: A Memoir by Connie Chung

Connie: A Memoir

Connie Chung

11 hours, 35 minutes • first pub 2024 (editions)

nonfiction memoir informative inspiring reflective medium-paced
The Amazing Absorbing Boy by Rabindranath Maharaj

The Amazing Absorbing Boy

Rabindranath Maharaj

327 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

fiction comics young adult emotional slow-paced
Salt Houses by Hala Alyan

Salt Houses

Hala Alyan

312 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

fiction historical emotional reflective medium-paced
Life Ceremony by Sayaka Murata

Life Ceremony

Sayaka Murata

256 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction contemporary horror literary short stories dark reflective medium-paced
Much Ado about Nada by Uzma Jalaluddin

Much Ado about Nada

Uzma Jalaluddin

9 hours, 42 minutes • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction contemporary romance adventurous reflective medium-paced
The Infinity Particle by Wendy Xu

The Infinity Particle

Wendy Xu

272 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction graphic novel romance science fiction young adult emotional reflective medium-paced
The Teller of Small Fortunes by Julie Leong

The Teller of Small Fortunes

Julie Leong

322 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

fiction fantasy adventurous hopeful lighthearted medium-paced
I Want to Die but I Want to Eat Tteokbokki by Baek Se-hee

I Want to Die but I Want to Eat Tteokbokki

I Want to Die but I Want to Eat Tteokbokki #1

Baek Se-hee

3 hours, 56 minutes • first pub 2018 (editions)

nonfiction memoir psychology emotional reflective medium-paced
Rejection by Tony Tulathimutte

Rejection

Tony Tulathimutte

272 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

fiction contemporary literary short stories dark funny reflective medium-paced
The Five Stages of Courting Dalisay Ramos by Melissa de la Cruz

The Five Stages of Courting Dalisay Ramos

Melissa de la Cruz

298 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

fiction romance emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced