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
Red Bird Danced by Dawn Quigley

Red Bird Danced

Dawn Quigley

176 pages • 2023 • 4 editions

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 • 2025 • 9 editions

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 • 2025 • 2 editions

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 • 2025 • 3 editions

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

The Garden of Evening Mists

Tan Twan Eng

15h 40m • 2011 • 40 editions

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

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

Cat + Gamer, Volume 3

Wataru Nadatani

168 pages • 2020 • 3 editions

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

All This and More

Peng Shepherd

469 pages • 2024 • 6 editions

fiction dystopian literary thriller adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced
Lunar Boy by Jes Wibowo, Cin Wibowo

Lunar Boy

Jes Wibowo, Cin Wibowo

240 pages • 2024 • 5 editions

fiction gender graphic novel lgbtqia+ middle grade science fiction emotional hopeful medium-paced
Blood Over Bright Haven by M.L. Wang

Blood Over Bright Haven

M.L. Wang

527 pages • 2023 • 57 editions

fiction fantasy dark emotional tense medium-paced
A Tempest of Tea by Hafsah Faizal

Blood and Tea #1

A Tempest of Tea

Hafsah Faizal

352 pages • 2024 • 53 editions

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fiction fantasy young adult adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced