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
The Berry Pickers by Amanda Peters

The Berry Pickers

Amanda Peters

8 hours, 44 minutes • audio • 2023

fiction historical literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Cat + Gamer, Volume 1 by Wataru Nadatani

Cat + Gamer, Volume 1

猫暮らしのゲーマーさん / Neko Gurashi no Gamer-san #1

Wataru Nadatani

186 pages • paperback • 2022

fiction contemporary manga funny lighthearted relaxing fast-paced
The Girls Who Grew Big: A Novel by Leila Mottley

The Girls Who Grew Big: A Novel

Leila Mottley

352 pages • digital • 2025

fiction literary emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced
Nav's Foolproof Guide to Falling in Love by Jessica Lewis

Nav's Foolproof Guide to Falling in Love

Jessica Lewis

384 pages • digital • 2025

fiction lgbtqia+ romance young adult emotional funny hopeful medium-paced
Rejection by Tony Tulathimutte

Rejection

Tony Tulathimutte

272 pages • hardcover • 2024

fiction contemporary literary short stories challenging dark funny medium-paced
Red Clay by Charles B. Fancher

Red Clay

Charles B. Fancher

10 hours, 34 minutes • audio • 2025 user-added

fiction historical challenging dark reflective fast-paced
Stories of Your Life and Others by Ted Chiang

Stories of Your Life and Others

Ted Chiang

338 pages • paperback • 2002

fiction science fiction short stories challenging reflective medium-paced
A Pair of Wings by Carole Hopson

A Pair of Wings

Carole Hopson

415 pages • hardcover • 2021 user-added

fiction historical adventurous informative inspiring medium-paced
The Birchbark House by Louise Erdrich

The Birchbark House

Birchbark House #1

Louise Erdrich

244 pages • paperback • 1999

fiction historical middle grade emotional informative reflective medium-paced
West Side Love Story by Priscilla Oliveras

West Side Love Story

Queens of Mariachi #1

Priscilla Oliveras

313 pages • paperback • 2022

fiction contemporary romance emotional lighthearted medium-paced