2025 Diverse Reading Challenge - 50 Books by BIPOC Authors

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32 participants (544 books)

01 Jan 2025—31 Dec 2025

Overview

In order to be more intentional about reading diverse books I'm challenging myself to read at least 50 books by BIPOC authors in 2025.

Challenge Books

All books added
Black Convicts by Santilla Chingaipe

Black Convicts

Santilla Chingaipe

320 pages • paperback • 2024

nonfiction history race challenging emotional informative medium-paced
The Perfect World of Miwako Sumida by Clarissa Goenawan

The Perfect World of Miwako Sumida

Clarissa Goenawan

288 pages • digital • 2020

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ magical realism emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced
Make Room for Love by Darcy Liao

Make Room for Love

Darcy Liao

323 pages • digital • 2024

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ romance emotional hopeful lighthearted medium-paced
Lone Women by Victor LaValle

Lone Women

Victor LaValle

281 pages • hardcover • 2023

fiction fantasy historical horror lgbtqia+ dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Miss Major Speaks: Conversations with a Black Trans Revolutionary by Miss Major Griffin-Gracy

Miss Major Speaks: Conversations with a Black Trans Revolutionary

Miss Major Griffin-Gracy

167 pages • digital • 2023

nonfiction lgbtqia+ memoir hopeful informative reflective medium-paced
Cash Delgado Is Living the Dream by Tehlor Kay Mejia

Cash Delgado Is Living the Dream

Tehlor Kay Mejia

276 pages • digital • 2024

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ romance emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced
Feminism is for Everybody by bell hooks

Feminism is for Everybody

bell hooks

123 pages • paperback • 2000

nonfiction feminism politics challenging informative reflective medium-paced
The Broposal by Sonora Reyes

The Broposal

Sonora Reyes

10 hours, 23 minutes • audio • 2025

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ romance emotional funny sad medium-paced
Oathbound by Tracy Deonn

Oathbound

The Legendborn Cycle #3

Tracy Deonn

650 pages • hardcover • 2025

fiction fantasy young adult adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced
The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin

The Fifth Season

The Broken Earth #1

N.K. Jemisin

512 pages • paperback • 2015

fiction fantasy science fiction adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced