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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Violets by Kyung-sook Shin

Violets

Kyung-sook Shin

212 pages • 2001 • 19 editions

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ emotional reflective sad slow-paced
The Siren, the Song, and the Spy by Maggie Tokuda-Hall

The Mermaid, the Witch, and the Sea #2

The Siren, the Song, and the Spy

Maggie Tokuda-Hall

320 pages • 2023 • 6 editions

fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ young adult adventurous emotional hopeful medium-paced
The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison

The Bluest Eye

Toni Morrison

224 pages • 1970 • 111 editions

fiction classics historical literary dark emotional sad medium-paced
Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo

Last Night at the Telegraph Club

Malinda Lo

12h 26m • 2021 • 47 editions

fiction historical lgbtqia+ romance young adult emotional hopeful medium-paced
Four Eids and a Funeral by Adiba Jaigirdar, Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé

Four Eids and a Funeral

Adiba Jaigirdar, Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé

8h 23m • 2024 • 14 editions

fiction romance young adult emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced
Asiri and the Amaru by Natalia Hernandez

Pisqu Sweet and Sour #1

Asiri and the Amaru

Natalia Hernandez

306 pages • 2023 • 3 editions

fiction fantasy romance adventurous funny lighthearted medium-paced
Bat Eater and Other Names for Cora Zeng by Kylie Lee Baker

Bat Eater and Other Names for Cora Zeng

Kylie Lee Baker

304 pages • 2025 • 14 editions

fiction horror thriller dark emotional tense medium-paced
Calling In by Loretta J. Ross

Calling In

Loretta J. Ross

288 pages • 2025 • 5 editions

nonfiction feminism memoir race sociology hopeful informative reflective medium-paced
Death of the Author by Nnedi Okorafor

Death of the Author

Nnedi Okorafor

435 pages • 2025 • 18 editions

fiction literary science fiction thriller adventurous emotional reflective medium-paced
So You Survived the End of the World by K.C. Cordell

So you survived the end of the world #3

So You Survived the End of the World

K.C. Cordell

173 pages • 2023 • 1 edition

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fiction dystopian