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
This Poison Heart by Kalynn Bayron

This Poison Heart

This Poison Heart #1

Kalynn Bayron

10 hours, 17 minutes • audio • 2021

fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ young adult adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced
This Wicked Fate by Kalynn Bayron

This Wicked Fate

This Poison Heart #2

Kalynn Bayron

9 hours, 16 minutes • audio • 2022

fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ young adult adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced
Pardon My Frenchie by Farrah Rochon

Pardon My Frenchie

Farrah Rochon

9 hours, 53 minutes • audio • 2024

fiction contemporary romance funny hopeful lighthearted medium-paced
Daughter of the Moon Goddess by Sue Lynn Tan

Daughter of the Moon Goddess

The Celestial Kingdom #1

Sue Lynn Tan

512 pages • paperback • 2022

fiction fantasy romance adventurous emotional medium-paced
Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese

Cutting for Stone

Abraham Verghese

541 pages • hardcover • 2009

fiction historical emotional slow-paced
Society of Lies by Lauren Ling Brown

Society of Lies

Lauren Ling Brown

365 pages • hardcover • 2024

fiction thriller dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Asking for a Friend by Kara H. L. Chen

Asking for a Friend

Kara H. L. Chen

336 pages • hardcover • 2024

fiction contemporary romance young adult adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced
Junie by Erin Crosby Eckstine

Junie

Erin Crosby Eckstine

13 hours, 29 minutes • audio • 2025

fiction historical literary dark emotional tense medium-paced
The Sword of Kaigen by M.L. Wang

The Sword of Kaigen

Theonite

M.L. Wang

633 pages • paperback • 2018

fiction fantasy adventurous dark emotional medium-paced
The Lotus Empire by Tasha Suri

The Lotus Empire

The Burning Kingdoms #3

Tasha Suri

512 pages • paperback • 2024

fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ adventurous emotional tense medium-paced