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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Pet by Akwaeke Emezi

PET #1

Pet

Akwaeke Emezi

204 pages • 2019 • 32 editions

fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ young adult dark emotional reflective fast-paced
Barracoon: The Story of the Last "Black Cargo" by Zora Neale Hurston

Barracoon: The Story of the Last "Black Cargo"

Zora Neale Hurston

193 pages • 2018 • 29 editions

nonfiction biography history race emotional informative reflective medium-paced
They Bloom at Night by Trang Thanh Tran

They Bloom at Night

Trang Thanh Tran

262 pages • 2025 • 11 editions

fiction fantasy horror lgbtqia+ young adult dark emotional mysterious medium-paced
Amari and the Despicable Wonders by B.B. Alston

Amari Supernatural Investigations #3

Amari and the Despicable Wonders

B.B. Alston

389 pages • 2024 • 20 editions

fiction fantasy middle grade adventurous dark medium-paced
The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin

The Broken Earth #1

The Fifth Season

N.K. Jemisin

432 pages • 2015 • 80 editions

fiction fantasy science fiction adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced
Just Pursuit: A Black Prosecutor's Fight for Fairness by Laura Coates

Just Pursuit: A Black Prosecutor's Fight for Fairness

Laura Coates

272 pages • 2022 • 4 editions

nonfiction memoir emotional informative reflective medium-paced
Junie by Erin Crosby Eckstine

Junie

Erin Crosby Eckstine

361 pages • 2025 • 7 editions

fiction historical literary dark emotional tense medium-paced
You'll Never Believe Me: A Life of Lies, Second Tries, and Things I Should Only Tell My Therapist by Kari Ferrell, Kari Ferrell

You'll Never Believe Me: A Life of Lies, Second Tries, and Things I Should Only Tell My Therapist

Kari Ferrell, Kari Ferrell

missing page info • 2025 • 8 editions

nonfiction autobiography memoir funny hopeful reflective fast-paced
Eloquent Rage: A Black Feminist Discovers Her Superpower by Brittney Cooper

Eloquent Rage: A Black Feminist Discovers Her Superpower

Brittney Cooper

6h 57m • 2018 • 8 editions

nonfiction essays feminism memoir race challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Until I Am Free: Fannie Lou Hamer's Enduring Message to America by Keisha N. Blain

Until I Am Free: Fannie Lou Hamer's Enduring Message to America

Keisha N. Blain

240 pages • 2021 • 5 editions

nonfiction biography feminism politics race challenging informative reflective medium-paced