A group of Asian book bloggers have come together to host this awesome challenge for May (Asian American Heritage Month).

All the details can be found here 

Eligible Books:

• Fiction books should have an Asian main character (can be one of several main characters) and be by an Asian author to qualify. It does not have to be #ownvoices, but reading #ownvoices books is strongly encouraged!
• Nonfiction books should be by an Asian author with a focus on Asian people, whether it’s a[n] [auto]biography, history book, essay collection, etc. A nonfiction book can count for prompts other than the nonfiction square provided that it that focuses on a person/group that corresponds to that prompt (e.g. an autobiography of a Asian trans woman could count for either the nonfiction category or the LGBTQIAP+ Asian MC category).
• The free space is for any book with an Asian main character by an Asian author.

I have to admit that some of the topics are quite tricky! I know that there is no way I can read books to fill ALL the squares but I still want to write up a TBR list, to push myself to think about books that I don’t immediately reach for. I hope to complete at least one line somewhere!

East Asian MC – Hotel Iris by Yoko Ozawa 

Asian Refugee MC – The Best We Could Do by Thi Bui 

Asian Immigrant MC – Mãn by Kim Thuy

Asian MC with a Disability – A time to dance by Padma Venkatraman

Multiracial/Multiethnic Asian MC – The Girl From Everywhere by Heidi Heilig

LGBTQIAP+ Asian MC – Funny Boy by Shyam Selvadurai

West Asian MC – House Without Windows by Nadia Hashimi

Asian Muslim AC – Does my head look big in this? by Randa Abdel-Fattah

Religious Asian MC – A Tale for the Time Being by Ruth Ozeki

Poor or Working Class Asian MC – Lotus by Lijia Zhang

SFF with Asian MC – Ninefox Gambit by Yoon Ha Lee

Historical Fiction with Asian MC – Pachinko by Min Jin Lee

Retelling with Asian MC – Goddess Chronicle by Natsuo Kirino

Contemporary with Asian MC – The Love Wife by Gish Jen

Graphic Novel with Asian MC – Turning Japanese by MariNaomi (does it count? It’s a graphic memoir)

Queer Romance with Asian MC – If You Could Be Mine by Sara Farizan

Romance w/ POC/Indigenous Love Interest – The Bollywood Bride by Sonali Dev

Central Asian MC ? (Because my library doesn’t seem to have any)

Translated Work by an Asian Author  – Malice by Keigo Higashino

Southeast Asian MC – Pioneer Girl by Bich Minh Nguyen

Asian Superhero MC – Ms Marvel Vol 6 by G Willow Wilson and Adrian Alphona  

Asian Transracial Adoptee MC – Lucky Girl by Mei-Ling Hopgood

Non-Fiction by an Asian Author – I Am Malala by Malala Yousafzai

South Asian MC – What Lies Between Us by Nayomi Munaweera