Read 40 Books by BIPOC Authors in 2025

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14 participants (336 books)

01 Jan 2025—01 Jan 2026

Overview

All types of books welcomed, from picture books to manga to audiobooks! 

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Assata: An Autobiography by Assata Shakur

Assata: An Autobiography

Assata Shakur

416 pages • 1987 • 21 editions

nonfiction autobiography memoir politics race challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Plantains and Our Becoming: Poems by Melania Luisa Marte

Plantains and Our Becoming: Poems

Melania Luisa Marte

3h 44m • 2023 • 3 editions

nonfiction poetry emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced
Wayward Lives, Beautiful Experiments: Intimate Histories of Social Upheaval by Saidiya Hartman

Wayward Lives, Beautiful Experiments: Intimate Histories of Social Upheaval

Saidiya Hartman

10h 5m • 2019 • 17 editions

nonfiction feminism history lgbtqia+ race challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Viral Justice: How We Grow the World We Want by Ruha Benjamin

Viral Justice: How We Grow the World We Want

Ruha Benjamin

13h 24m • 2022 • 5 editions

nonfiction memoir politics race hopeful informative inspiring medium-paced
You're the Only One I've Told: The Stories Behind Abortion by Meera Shah

You're the Only One I've Told: The Stories Behind Abortion

Meera Shah

304 pages • 2020 • 5 editions

nonfiction feminism emotional informative reflective medium-paced
The Girl Who Smiled Beads: A Story of War and What Comes After by Clemantine Wamariya

The Girl Who Smiled Beads: A Story of War and What Comes After

Clemantine Wamariya

8h 59m • 2018 • 19 editions

nonfiction autobiography memoir challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
Barracoon: The Story of the Last "Black Cargo" by Zora Neale Hurston

Barracoon: The Story of the Last "Black Cargo"

Zora Neale Hurston

3h 50m • 2018 • 29 editions

nonfiction biography history race emotional informative reflective medium-paced
Know My Name by Chanel Miller

Know My Name

Chanel Miller

15h 24m • 2019 • 63 editions

nonfiction memoir emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced
Climate Optimism: Celebrating Systemic Change Around the World by Zahra Biabani

Climate Optimism: Celebrating Systemic Change Around the World

Zahra Biabani

4h 49m • 2023 • 3 editions

nonfiction nature self help challenging informative medium-paced
Notes of a Native Son by James Baldwin

Notes of a Native Son

James Baldwin

5h 5m • 1955 • 58 editions

nonfiction classics essays race challenging reflective slow-paced