25 BIPOC books in 2025

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01 Jan 2025—31 Dec 2025

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

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If I Stopped Haunting You by Colby Wilkens

If I Stopped Haunting You

Colby Wilkens

320 pages • 2024 • 5 editions

fiction horror romance dark mysterious medium-paced
Deviants by Santanu Bhattacharya

Deviants

Santanu Bhattacharya

304 pages • 2025 • 5 editions

fiction lgbtqia+ literary emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced
Trial of the Sun Queen by Nisha J. Tuli

Artefacts of Ouranos #1

Trial of the Sun Queen

Nisha J. Tuli

392 pages • 2022 • 63 editions

fiction fantasy romance adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced
Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky by Kwame Mbalia

Tristan Strong #1

Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky

Kwame Mbalia

496 pages • 2019 • 23 editions

fiction fantasy middle grade adventurous emotional lighthearted medium-paced
Fractured by Tl Combs

Fractured

Tl Combs

188 pages • 2025 • 1 edition

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fiction contemporary romance thriller
Such a Fun Age by Kiley Reid

Such a Fun Age

Kiley Reid

320 pages • 2019 • 69 editions

fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective medium-paced
Portrait of a Feminist: A Memoir in Essays by Marianna Marlowe

Portrait of a Feminist: A Memoir in Essays

Marianna Marlowe

288 pages • 1 edition

nonfiction essays memoir
Abandon Me: Memoirs by Melissa Febos

Abandon Me: Memoirs

Melissa Febos

320 pages • 2017 • 5 editions

nonfiction essays memoir challenging reflective slow-paced
Time Is a Mother by Ocean Vuong

Time Is a Mother

Ocean Vuong

113 pages • 2022 • 27 editions

nonfiction lgbtqia+ poetry emotional reflective sad medium-paced
What the River Knows by Isabel Ibañez

Secrets of the Nile #1

What the River Knows

Isabel Ibañez

404 pages • 2023 • 61 editions

fiction fantasy historical romance young adult adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced