#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
A Holly Jolly Diwali by Sonya Lalli

A Holly Jolly Diwali

Sonya Lalli

336 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction contemporary romance emotional lighthearted reflective medium-paced
Lunar New Year Love Story by Gene Luen Yang

Lunar New Year Love Story

Gene Luen Yang

350 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

fiction graphic novel magical realism romance young adult emotional hopeful fast-paced
Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning by Cathy Park Hong

Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning

Cathy Park Hong

224 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction essays memoir race challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Flowers of a Moment by Ko Un

Flowers of a Moment

Ko Un

103 pages • first pub 2005 (editions)

poetry reflective slow-paced
Air Gear, Vol. 1 by Oh! Great

Air Gear, Vol. 1

Air Gear #1

Oh! Great

224 pages • first pub 2003 (editions)

fiction manga science fiction sports adventurous funny lighthearted slow-paced
We Have Always Been Here: A Queer Muslim Memoir by Samra Habib

We Have Always Been Here: A Queer Muslim Memoir

Samra Habib

272 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction lgbtqia+ memoir emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced
Spirits Abroad: And Other Stories by Zen Cho

Spirits Abroad: And Other Stories

Zen Cho

338 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

fiction fantasy literary science fiction short stories emotional funny reflective medium-paced
Lunar Love by Lauren Kung Jessen

Lunar Love

Lauren Kung Jessen

328 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction contemporary romance funny lighthearted medium-paced
Flip the Script by Lyla Lee

Flip the Script

Lyla Lee

291 pages • first pub 2022 (editions) user-added

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ romance young adult emotional inspiring lighthearted medium-paced
Good Talk: A Memoir in Conversations by Mira Jacob

Good Talk: A Memoir in Conversations

Mira Jacob

358 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction graphic novel lgbtqia+ memoir race emotional funny reflective medium-paced