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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De dag dat de leider werd vermoord by Naguib Mahfouz

De dag dat de leider werd vermoord

Naguib Mahfouz

74 pages • 1983 • 9 editions

fiction historical dark reflective sad fast-paced
Skraelings: Clashes in the Old Arctic by Sean Qitsualik-Tinsley, Rachel Qitsualik-Tinsley

Skraelings: Clashes in the Old Arctic

Sean Qitsualik-Tinsley, Rachel Qitsualik-Tinsley

123 pages • 2013 • 3 editions

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fiction historical young adult adventurous emotional fast-paced
Last Violent Call by Chloe Gong

Secret Shanghai Universe #3.5

Last Violent Call

Chloe Gong

240 pages • 2023 • 36 editions

fiction historical mystery young adult adventurous lighthearted mysterious fast-paced
Marriage & Masti by Nisha Sharma

If Shakespeare was an Auntie #3

Marriage & Masti

Nisha Sharma

384 pages • 2024 • 11 editions

fiction romance emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced
Shelf Life: Chronicles of a Cairo Bookseller by Nadia Wassef

Shelf Life: Chronicles of a Cairo Bookseller

Nadia Wassef

240 pages • 2021 • 22 editions

nonfiction memoir funny informative reflective medium-paced
Empress Orchid by Anchee Min

Empress Orchid #1

Empress Orchid

Anchee Min

336 pages • 2003 • 34 editions

fiction historical romance informative mysterious tense medium-paced
Harriet Tubman: Live in Concert by Bob the Drag Queen

Harriet Tubman: Live in Concert

Bob the Drag Queen

4h 18m • 2025 • 10 editions

fiction lgbtqia+ literary funny informative reflective fast-paced
None of the Above: Reflections on Life Beyond the Binary by Travis Alabanza

None of the Above: Reflections on Life Beyond the Binary

Travis Alabanza

6h 44m • 2022 • 7 editions

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nonfiction gender lgbtqia+ memoir race emotional informative reflective medium-paced
Never Whistle at Night: An Indigenous Dark Fiction Anthology by Shane Hawk, Theodore C. Van Alst Jr.

Never Whistle at Night: An Indigenous Dark Fiction Anthology

Shane Hawk, Theodore C. Van Alst Jr.

400 pages • 2023 • 17 editions

fiction horror mystery short stories thriller dark mysterious tense medium-paced
You Dreamed of Empires by Álvaro Enrigue

You Dreamed of Empires

Álvaro Enrigue

224 pages • 2022 • 15 editions

fiction historical literary adventurous challenging dark medium-paced