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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The How: Notes on the Great Work of Meeting Yourself by Yrsa Daley-Ward

The How: Notes on the Great Work of Meeting Yourself

Yrsa Daley-Ward

155 pages • 2021 • 5 editions

nonfiction poetry psychology self help challenging reflective medium-paced
Constructing a Nervous System by Margo Jefferson

Constructing a Nervous System

Margo Jefferson

197 pages • 2022 • 5 editions

nonfiction memoir challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
The Prophets by Robert Jones Jr.

The Prophets

Robert Jones Jr.

388 pages • 2021 • 31 editions

fiction historical lgbtqia+ literary challenging emotional sad slow-paced
The Fraud by Zadie Smith

The Fraud

Zadie Smith

454 pages • 2023 • 39 editions

fiction historical literary challenging informative reflective medium-paced
When We Were Birds by Ayanna Lloyd Banwo

When We Were Birds

Ayanna Lloyd Banwo

304 pages • 2022 • 27 editions

fiction literary magical realism romance emotional mysterious medium-paced
The Gilded Ones by Namina Forna

Deathless #1

The Gilded Ones

Namina Forna

418 pages • 2021 • 52 editions

fiction fantasy young adult adventurous dark emotional medium-paced
If You Live to 100, You Might as Well Be Happy: Essays on Ordinary Joy by Rhee Kun Hoo

If You Live to 100, You Might as Well Be Happy: Essays on Ordinary Joy

Rhee Kun Hoo

208 pages • 2024 • 6 editions

nonfiction self help informative inspiring reflective medium-paced
She Who Became the Sun by Shelley Parker-Chan

The Radiant Emperor Duology #1

She Who Became the Sun

Shelley Parker-Chan

414 pages • 2021 • 69 editions

fiction fantasy historical lgbtqia+ adventurous dark tense medium-paced
Breasts and Eggs by Mieko Kawakami

Breasts and Eggs

Mieko Kawakami

430 pages • 2008 • 76 editions

fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective slow-paced
Tremors in the Blood: Murder, Obsession, and the Birth of the Lie Detector by Amit Katwala

Tremors in the Blood: Murder, Obsession, and the Birth of the Lie Detector

Amit Katwala

335 pages • 2022 • 9 editions

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nonfiction history true crime dark mysterious tense medium-paced