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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Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood by Marjane Satrapi

Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood

Persepolis #1-2

Marjane Satrapi

153 pages • hardcover • 2000

nonfiction graphic novel historical memoir emotional informative sad fast-paced
Shadow Life by Hiromi Goto

Shadow Life

Hiromi Goto

368 pages • hardcover • 2021

fiction graphic novel lgbtqia+ magical realism emotional funny reflective medium-paced
Losing Sight by Tati Richardson

Losing Sight

Tati Richardson

320 pages • digital • 2025

fiction contemporary romance emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced
Red Bird Danced by Dawn Quigley

Red Bird Danced

Dawn Quigley

176 pages • hardcover • 2023

fiction childrens contemporary middle grade poetry emotional sad fast-paced
I Am Not Jessica Chen by Ann Liang

I Am Not Jessica Chen

Ann Liang

320 pages • hardcover • 2025

fiction contemporary magical realism young adult emotional reflective medium-paced
Come Home to My Heart by Riley Redgate

Come Home to My Heart

Riley Redgate

327 pages • hardcover • 2025

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ romance young adult emotional hopeful sad medium-paced
Sick Houses: Haunted Homes and the Architecture of Dread by Leila Taylor

Sick Houses: Haunted Homes and the Architecture of Dread

Leila Taylor

240 pages • digital • 2025

nonfiction horror informative medium-paced
The Garden of Evening Mists by Tan Twan Eng

The Garden of Evening Mists

Tan Twan Eng

15 hours, 40 minutes • audio • 2011

fiction historical literary emotional reflective sad slow-paced
Cat + Gamer, Volume 3 by Wataru Nadatani

Cat + Gamer, Volume 3

猫暮らしのゲーマーさん / Neko Gurashi no Gamer-san #3

Wataru Nadatani

168 pages • paperback • 2020

fiction contemporary manga funny lighthearted relaxing fast-paced
All This and More by Peng Shepherd

All This and More

Peng Shepherd

469 pages • hardcover • 2024

fiction dystopian literary thriller adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced