Read 40 Books by BIPOC Authors in 2025

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14 participants (336 books)

01 Jan 2025—01 Jan 2026

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

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Fearing the Black Body: The Racial Origins of Fat Phobia by Sabrina Strings

Fearing the Black Body: The Racial Origins of Fat Phobia

Sabrina Strings

7h 26m • 2019 • 8 editions

nonfiction feminism history race challenging informative reflective slow-paced
The Last Girl: My Story of Captivity, and My Fight Against the Islamic State by Nadia Murad

The Last Girl: My Story of Captivity, and My Fight Against the Islamic State

Nadia Murad

320 pages • 2017 • 71 editions

nonfiction memoir politics emotional informative sad medium-paced
This Arab Is Queer: An Anthology by LGBTQ+ Arab Writers by Elias Jahshan

Hamed Sino

This Arab Is Queer: An Anthology by LGBTQ+ Arab Writers

Elias Jahshan

216 pages • 2022 • 3 editions

nonfiction essays lgbtqia+ emotional informative reflective medium-paced
Waiting to Be Arrested at Night by Tahir Hamut Izgil

Waiting to Be Arrested at Night

Tahir Hamut Izgil

7h 41m • 2023 • 11 editions

nonfiction autobiography memoir race religion emotional informative sad medium-paced
Queer Palestine and the Empire of Critique by Sa'ed Atshan

Queer Palestine and the Empire of Critique

Sa'ed Atshan

273 pages • 2020 • 6 editions

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nonfiction history lgbtqia+ politics challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Lagoon by Nnedi Okorafor

Lagoon

Nnedi Okorafor

320 pages • 2014 • 20 editions

fiction fantasy science fiction adventurous mysterious medium-paced
How Dare the Sun Rise: Memoirs of a War Child by Sandra Uwiringiyimana

How Dare the Sun Rise: Memoirs of a War Child

Sandra Uwiringiyimana

6h 25m • 2017 • 8 editions

nonfiction memoir challenging emotional informative medium-paced
Trace Evidence by Charif Shanahan

Trace Evidence

Charif Shanahan

112 pages • 2023 • 3 editions

nonfiction lgbtqia+ poetry race emotional reflective medium-paced
How We Get Free: Black Feminism and the Combahee River Collective by Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor

How We Get Free: Black Feminism and the Combahee River Collective

Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor

6h 39m • 2012 • 5 editions

nonfiction feminism history race informative inspiring reflective medium-paced
Light in Gaza: Writings Born of Fire by Jehad Abusalim, Jennifer Bing, Mike Merryman-Lotze

Light in Gaza: Writings Born of Fire

Jehad Abusalim, Jennifer Bing, Mike Merryman-Lotze

280 pages • 2022 • 5 editions

nonfiction essays history politics emotional informative reflective medium-paced