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
I Got Abducted by Aliens and Now I'm Trapped in a Rom-Com by Kimberly Lemming

I Got Abducted by Aliens and Now I'm Trapped in a Rom-Com

Cosmic Chaos #1

Kimberly Lemming

9 hours, 24 minutes • audio • 2025

fiction fantasy romance science fiction adventurous funny lighthearted fast-paced
The Marrow Thieves by Cherie Dimaline

The Marrow Thieves

The Marrow Thieves #1

Cherie Dimaline

234 pages • paperback • 2017

fiction dystopian young adult emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Listen to Your Sister by Neena Viel

Listen to Your Sister

Neena Viel

352 pages • paperback • 2025

fiction horror thriller adventurous emotional mysterious slow-paced
Just Our Luck by Denise Williams

Just Our Luck

Denise Williams

384 pages • digital • 2025

fiction contemporary romance funny hopeful lighthearted medium-paced
All We Were Promised by Ashton Lattimore

All We Were Promised

Ashton Lattimore

357 pages • hardcover • 2024

fiction historical informative inspiring medium-paced
The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store by James McBride

The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store

James McBride

385 pages • hardcover • 2023

fiction historical literary emotional reflective medium-paced
Needy Little Things by Channelle Desamours

Needy Little Things

Channelle Desamours

8 hours, 6 minutes • audio • 2025

fiction mystery speculative fiction young adult emotional mysterious tense medium-paced
White Tears / Brown Scars: How White Feminism Betrays Women of Color by Ruby Hamad

White Tears / Brown Scars: How White Feminism Betrays Women of Color

Ruby Hamad

304 pages • paperback • 2019

nonfiction feminism politics race challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Never Whistle at Night: An Indigenous Dark Fiction Anthology by Shane Hawk, Theodore C. Van Alst Jr.

Never Whistle at Night: An Indigenous Dark Fiction Anthology

Shane Hawk, Theodore C. Van Alst Jr.

400 pages • paperback • 2023

fiction horror mystery short stories thriller dark mysterious tense medium-paced
The Saint of Bright Doors by Vajra Chandrasekera

The Saint of Bright Doors

Vajra Chandrasekera

356 pages • digital • 2023

fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ challenging dark mysterious medium-paced