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 River Has Roots by Amal El-Mohtar

The River Has Roots

Amal El-Mohtar

144 pages • hardcover • 2025

fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ romance adventurous emotional mysterious fast-paced
The Girl and the Ghost by Hanna Alkaf

The Girl and the Ghost

Hanna Alkaf

277 pages • hardcover • 2020

fiction fantasy middle grade emotional fast-paced
Interstellar Megachef by Lavanya Lakshminarayan

Interstellar Megachef

Flavour Hacker #1

Lavanya Lakshminarayan

453 pages • paperback • 2024

fiction lgbtqia+ science fiction adventurous emotional medium-paced
The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World by Robin Wall Kimmerer

The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World

Robin Wall Kimmerer

1 hour, 56 minutes • audio • 2024

nonfiction economics essays nature science hopeful informative inspiring fast-paced
Eagle Drums by Nasuġraq Rainey Hopson

Eagle Drums

Nasuġraq Rainey Hopson

256 pages • hardcover • 2023

fiction magical realism middle grade adventurous hopeful reflective medium-paced
Black Salt Queen by Samantha Bansil

Black Salt Queen

Letters from Maynara #1

Samantha Bansil

416 pages • digital • 2025

fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced
Night for Day by Roselle Lim

Night for Day

Roselle Lim

352 pages • digital • 2024

fiction contemporary fantasy romance emotional mysterious medium-paced
The Art Thieves by Andrea L. Rogers

The Art Thieves

Andrea L. Rogers

400 pages • hardcover • 2024

fiction dystopian science fiction young adult adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced
Bitter Honey by Lọlá Ákínmádé Åkerström

Bitter Honey

Lọlá Ákínmádé Åkerström

448 pages • digital • 2025

fiction contemporary historical emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced
American Spy by Lauren Wilkinson

American Spy

Lauren Wilkinson

292 pages • hardcover • 2019

fiction mystery thriller adventurous mysterious reflective slow-paced