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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

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The Vegetarian by Han Kang

The Vegetarian

Han Kang

188 pages • 2007 • 164 editions

fiction contemporary literary dark sad tense medium-paced
Skin of the Sea by Natasha Bowen

Of Mermaids and Orisa #1

Skin of the Sea

Natasha Bowen

309 pages • 2021 • 26 editions

fiction fantasy young adult adventurous emotional medium-paced
The Unrelenting Earth by Kritika H. Rao

The Rages Trilogy #2

The Unrelenting Earth

Kritika H. Rao

560 pages • 2024 • 4 editions

fiction fantasy science fiction adventurous emotional tense medium-paced
How the Boogeyman Became a Poet by Tony Keith Jr.

How the Boogeyman Became a Poet

Tony Keith Jr.

5h 3m • 2024 • 6 editions

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nonfiction lgbtqia+ memoir poetry young adult emotional inspiring reflective fast-paced
Everything's Trash, But It's Okay by Phoebe Robinson

Everything's Trash, But It's Okay

Phoebe Robinson

336 pages • 2018 • 6 editions

nonfiction essays memoir funny lighthearted fast-paced
You Can't Touch My Hair: And Other Things I Still Have to Explain by Phoebe Robinson

You Can't Touch My Hair: And Other Things I Still Have to Explain

Phoebe Robinson

7h 41m • 2016 • 8 editions

nonfiction essays memoir funny informative reflective fast-paced
One of Us Knows by Alyssa Cole

One of Us Knows

Alyssa Cole

10h 14m • 2024 • 10 editions

fiction thriller dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Things You May Find Hidden in My Ear: Poems from Gaza by Mosab Abu Toha

Things You May Find Hidden in My Ear: Poems from Gaza

Mosab Abu Toha

126 pages • 2022 • 6 editions

nonfiction memoir poetry emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Flirting With Disaster by Naina Kumar

Flirting With Disaster

Naina Kumar

321 pages • 2025 • 9 editions

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fiction contemporary romance emotional hopeful medium-paced
Little Rot by Akwaeke Emezi

Little Rot

Akwaeke Emezi

276 pages • 2024 • 17 editions

fiction lgbtqia+ literary challenging dark tense fast-paced