2024 Asian Readathon Challenges - hosted by readwithcindy

Read a book that feels timeless.
This could be a book that spans across time, an older book that's still relevant today, a book that sets place in the past or future but the themes are timeless, a reread that you want to read time and time again, etc.
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A Man of Two Faces: A Memoir, A History, A Memorial by Viet Thanh Nguyen

A Man of Two Faces: A Memoir, A History, A Memorial

Viet Thanh Nguyen

400 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

nonfiction memoir dark emotional funny slow-paced
No Knives in the Kitchens of This City by Khaled Khalifa

No Knives in the Kitchens of This City

Khaled Khalifa

7 hours, 22 minutes • first pub 2013 (editions) user-added

fiction historical emotional reflective slow-paced
The Underground Village by Kang Kyeong-ae

The Underground Village

Kang Kyeong-ae

288 pages • first pub 1936 (editions)

fiction classics short stories emotional reflective medium-paced
Thorn by Intisar Khanani

Thorn

Dauntless Path #1

Intisar Khanani

512 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction fantasy young adult adventurous emotional 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

Baek Se-hee

194 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction memoir psychology emotional reflective medium-paced
The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh Nguyen

The Sympathizer

The Sympathizer #1

Viet Thanh Nguyen

384 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

fiction historical literary thriller challenging dark tense slow-paced
The Bruising of Qilwa by Naseem Jamnia

The Bruising of Qilwa

Naseem Jamnia

179 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction fantasy historical lgbtqia+ adventurous emotional mysterious fast-paced
These Violent Delights by Chloe Gong

These Violent Delights

Secret Shanghai Universe #1

Chloe Gong

449 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction fantasy historical romance young adult adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced
Thousand Autumns: Qian Qiu, Vol. 3 by Meng Xi Shi

Thousand Autumns: Qian Qiu, Vol. 3

Thousand Autumns: Qian Qiu (Seven Seas Edition) #3

Meng Xi Shi

460 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

fiction fantasy historical lgbtqia+ romance medium-paced
Feminism and Nationalism in the Third World by Kumari Jayawardena

Feminism and Nationalism in the Third World

Kumari Jayawardena

304 pages • first pub 1982 (editions)

nonfiction feminism history politics challenging informative slow-paced