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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May You Have Delicious Meals by Junko Takase

May You Have Delicious Meals

Junko Takase

144 pages • 2022 • 14 editions

fiction contemporary funny reflective fast-paced
Under the Eye of the Big Bird by Hiromi Kawakami

Under the Eye of the Big Bird

Hiromi Kawakami

278 pages • 2016 • 14 editions

fiction literary science fiction speculative fiction mysterious reflective medium-paced
Death of the Author by Nnedi Okorafor

Death of the Author

Nnedi Okorafor

435 pages • 2025 • 18 editions

fiction literary science fiction thriller adventurous emotional reflective medium-paced
The Convenience Store by the Sea by Sonoko Machida

The Convenience Store by the Sea

Sonoko Machida

282 pages • 2019 • 13 editions

fiction contemporary hopeful lighthearted reflective medium-paced
The Rib King by Ladee Hubbard

The Rib King

Ladee Hubbard

384 pages • 2021 • 8 editions

fiction historical literary race emotional medium-paced
Our Sister Killjoy by Ama Ata Aidoo

Our Sister Killjoy

Ama Ata Aidoo

174 pages • 1977 • 9 editions

fiction literary challenging reflective medium-paced
Bat Eater by Kylie Lee Baker

Bat Eater

Kylie Lee Baker

304 pages • 2025 • 14 editions

fiction horror thriller dark emotional tense medium-paced
The Science of Racism: Everything You Need to Know but Probably Don't—Yet by Keon West

The Science of Racism: Everything You Need to Know but Probably Don't—Yet

Keon West

320 pages • 2025 • 6 editions

nonfiction race science sociology challenging informative reflective fast-paced
Two Trees Make a Forest: A Story of Memory, Migration, and Taiwan by Jessica J. Lee

Two Trees Make a Forest: A Story of Memory, Migration, and Taiwan

Jessica J. Lee

256 pages • 2019 • 14 editions

nonfiction memoir nature reflective slow-paced
Darius The Great Deserves Better by Adib Khorram

Darius The Great #2

Darius The Great Deserves Better

Adib Khorram

346 pages • 2020 • 10 editions

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ young adult emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced