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
Babel by R.F. Kuang

Babel

R.F. Kuang

544 pages • hardcover • 2022

fiction fantasy historical literary challenging dark emotional medium-paced
Just Playing House by Farah Heron

Just Playing House

Farah Heron

368 pages • digital • 2024

fiction romance emotional hopeful medium-paced
Fundamentally by Nussaibah Younis

Fundamentally

Nussaibah Younis

352 pages • hardcover • 2025

fiction lgbtqia+ literary adventurous funny medium-paced
Prohibido nacer: Memorias de racismo, rabia y risa by Trevor Noah

Prohibido nacer: Memorias de racismo, rabia y risa

Trevor Noah

326 pages • hardcover • 2016

nonfiction memoir race emotional funny informative reflective medium-paced
Twin Tides by Hien Nguyen

Twin Tides

Hien Nguyen

352 pages • hardcover • 2025

fiction horror speculative fiction thriller young adult
Thirsty by Jas Hammonds

Thirsty

Jas Hammonds

318 pages • hardcover • 2024

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ young adult challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
La vegetariana by Han Kang

La vegetariana

Han Kang

177 pages • paperback • 2007

fiction contemporary literary dark sad tense medium-paced
This Thread of Gold: A Celebration of Black Womanhood by Catherine Joy White

This Thread of Gold: A Celebration of Black Womanhood

Catherine Joy White

272 pages • hardcover

nonfiction feminism race
Out There Screaming by Jordan Peele, John Joseph Adams

Out There Screaming

Jordan Peele, John Joseph Adams

386 pages • hardcover • 2023

fiction horror short stories dark mysterious tense medium-paced
My Annihilation by Fuminori Nakamura

My Annihilation

Fuminori Nakamura

264 pages • hardcover • 2022

fiction crime challenging dark mysterious fast-paced