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
The 7-10 Split by Karmen Lee

Peach Blossom #1

The 7-10 Split

Karmen Lee

286 pages • 2024 • 10 editions

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ romance lighthearted medium-paced
Chrysalis and Requiem by Quinton Li

Chrysalis and Requiem

Quinton Li

310 pages • 2024 • 4 editions

fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ thriller dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Holding Change: The Way of Emergent Strategy Facilitation and Mediation by adrienne maree brown

Emergent Strategy #4

Holding Change: The Way of Emergent Strategy Facilitation and Mediation

adrienne maree brown

198 pages • 2021 • 2 editions

nonfiction business informative reflective medium-paced
Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates

Between the World and Me

Ta-Nehisi Coates

176 pages • 2015 • 43 editions

nonfiction memoir race emotional informative reflective medium-paced
Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants by Robin Wall Kimmerer

Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants

Robin Wall Kimmerer

391 pages • 2013 • 46 editions

nonfiction essays nature science informative inspiring reflective slow-paced
Better Than Fiction by Alexa Martin

Better Than Fiction

Alexa Martin

322 pages • 2022 • 15 editions

fiction contemporary romance emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced
Unbecoming by Seema Yasmin

Unbecoming

Seema Yasmin

352 pages • 2024 • 3 editions

fiction contemporary young adult emotional informative fast-paced
Arsenic and Adobo by Mia P. Manansala

A Tita Rosie's Kitchen Mystery #1

Arsenic and Adobo

Mia P. Manansala

308 pages • 2021 • 12 editions

fiction mystery funny lighthearted mysterious medium-paced
You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty by Akwaeke Emezi

You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty

Akwaeke Emezi

279 pages • 2022 • 33 editions

fiction contemporary romance emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced
You Exist Too Much by Zaina Arafat

You Exist Too Much

Zaina Arafat

7h 59m • 2020 • 14 editions

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ literary challenging emotional reflective medium-paced