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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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
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 • 9 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 • 9 editions

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

Flirting With Disaster

Naina Kumar

321 pages • 2025 • 10 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
Outdrawn by Deanna Grey

Outdrawn

Deanna Grey

328 pages • 2023 • 8 editions

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ romance emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced
We Will Rest!: The Art of Escape by Tricia Hersey

Rest is Resistance #2

We Will Rest!: The Art of Escape

Tricia Hersey

160 pages • 2024 • 3 editions

nonfiction philosophy politics race self help hopeful inspiring reflective fast-paced
Learning to Love Midlife: 12 Reasons Why Life Gets Better with Age by Chip Conley

Learning to Love Midlife: 12 Reasons Why Life Gets Better with Age

Chip Conley

240 pages • 3 editions

nonfiction psychology self help informative medium-paced
Whiskey Tender by Deborah Jackson Taffa

Whiskey Tender

Deborah Jackson Taffa

304 pages • 2024 • 7 editions

nonfiction memoir challenging emotional reflective fast-paced