25 BIPOC books in 2025

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01 Jan 2025—31 Dec 2025

Overview

Read 25 books by BIPOC authors featuring BIPOC characters in 2025.

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The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett

The Vanishing Half

Brit Bennett

389 pages • 2020 • 127 editions

fiction historical literary emotional reflective medium-paced
The Poisons We Drink by Bethany Baptiste

The Poisons We Drink

Bethany Baptiste

466 pages • 2024 • 17 editions

fiction contemporary fantasy young adult dark emotional tense medium-paced
Exhibit by R.O. Kwon

Exhibit

R.O. Kwon

208 pages • 2024 • 8 editions

fiction lgbtqia+ literary challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
Temple of Swoon by Jo Segura

Temple of Swoon

Jo Segura

10h 24m • 2025 • 11 editions

fiction contemporary romance adventurous funny lighthearted medium-paced
Picky: From Fussy Child to Professional Gourmet by Jimi Famurewa

Picky: From Fussy Child to Professional Gourmet

Jimi Famurewa

384 pages • 1 edition

nonfiction essays food and drink
The Premonition by Banana Yoshimoto

The Premonition

Banana Yoshimoto

133 pages • 1988 • 14 editions

fiction contemporary dark emotional reflective slow-paced
How Far the Light Reaches: A Life in Ten Sea Creatures by Sabrina Imbler

How Far the Light Reaches: A Life in Ten Sea Creatures

Sabrina Imbler

5h 41m • 2022 • 25 editions

nonfiction essays lgbtqia+ memoir race science emotional informative reflective medium-paced
Don't Sleep with the Dead by Nghi Vo

Don't Sleep with the Dead

Nghi Vo

101 pages • 2025 • 4 editions

fiction fantasy historical lgbtqia+ adventurous emotional medium-paced
Dear Senthuran: A Black Spirit Memoir by Akwaeke Emezi

Dear Senthuran: A Black Spirit Memoir

Akwaeke Emezi

8h 43m • 2021 • 17 editions

nonfiction gender lgbtqia+ memoir emotional reflective medium-paced
Death Takes Me by Cristina Rivera Garza

Death Takes Me

Cristina Rivera Garza

290 pages • 2007 • 14 editions

fiction literary mystery dark medium-paced