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
Guantánamo Diary by Mohamedou Ould Slahi

Guantánamo Diary

Mohamedou Ould Slahi

379 pages • 2015 • 29 editions

nonfiction memoir politics dark emotional sad medium-paced
The Restaurant of Lost Recipes by Hisashi Kashiwai

The Kamogawa Food Detectives #2

The Restaurant of Lost Recipes

Hisashi Kashiwai

210 pages • 2014 • 37 editions

fiction literary mystery emotional lighthearted reflective medium-paced
Twenty-Four Seconds From Now by Jason Reynolds

Twenty-Four Seconds From Now

Jason Reynolds

256 pages • 2024 • 14 editions

fiction romance young adult emotional hopeful lighthearted fast-paced
The Truth of the Aleke by Moses Ose Utomi

Forever Desert #2

The Truth of the Aleke

Moses Ose Utomi

103 pages • 2024 • 5 editions

fiction fantasy adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced
Content Warning: Everything by Akwaeke Emezi

Content Warning: Everything

Akwaeke Emezi

47 pages • 2022 • 15 editions

nonfiction lgbtqia+ poetry dark emotional reflective fast-paced
Halfway There: A Graphic Memoir of Self-Discovery by Christine Mari

Halfway There: A Graphic Memoir of Self-Discovery

Christine Mari

304 pages • 2024 • 4 editions

nonfiction graphic novel memoir young adult emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced
The Maid and the Crocodile by Jordan Ifueko

Raybearer

The Maid and the Crocodile

Jordan Ifueko

304 pages • 2024 • 12 editions

fiction fantasy romance young adult adventurous emotional hopeful medium-paced
Vinegar and Char: Verse from the Southern Foodways Alliance by

Vinegar and Char: Verse from the Southern Foodways Alliance

128 pages • 2 editions

nonfiction essays food and drink poetry emotional informative reflective medium-paced
The Other Black Girl by Zakiya Dalila Harris

The Other Black Girl

Zakiya Dalila Harris

13h 33m • 2021 • 41 editions

fiction literary thriller dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Devour by Jazmine Joyner

Devour

Jazmine Joyner

208 pages • 2024 • 2 editions

fiction fantasy graphic novel horror dark mysterious tense fast-paced