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! 

Challenge Books

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Ain't I a Woman: Black Women and Feminism by bell hooks

Ain't I a Woman: Black Women and Feminism

bell hooks

8h 55m • 1981 • 26 editions

nonfiction feminism history race challenging informative inspiring slow-paced
From the River to the Sea: Essays for a Free Palestine by Michal Schatz, Sai Englert, Rosie Warren

From the River to the Sea: Essays for a Free Palestine

Michal Schatz, Sai Englert, Rosie Warren

366 pages • 2023 • 2 editions

nonfiction essays history politics emotional informative reflective medium-paced
We Hunt the Flame by Hafsah Faizal

Sands of Arawiya #1

We Hunt the Flame

Hafsah Faizal

472 pages • 2019 • 73 editions

fiction fantasy young adult adventurous mysterious medium-paced
Confessions of a Mask by Yukio Mishima

Confessions of a Mask

Yukio Mishima

256 pages • 1949 • 96 editions

fiction classics lgbtqia+ literary dark emotional reflective slow-paced
The Light of the World by Elizabeth Alexander

The Light of the World

Elizabeth Alexander

3h 45m • 2015 • 9 editions

nonfiction memoir poetry emotional reflective sad medium-paced
A Wolf Steps in Blood by Tamara Jerée

A Wolf Steps in Blood

Tamara Jerée

152 pages • 2024 • 5 editions

fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ romance dark emotional medium-paced
Turn Me Loose: The Unghosting of Medgar Evers by Frank X. Walker

Turn Me Loose: The Unghosting of Medgar Evers

Frank X. Walker

71 pages • 2013 • 2 editions

nonfiction history poetry emotional reflective slow-paced
Refusing Compulsory Sexuality: A Black Asexual Lens on Our Sex-Obsessed Culture by Sherronda J. Brown

Refusing Compulsory Sexuality: A Black Asexual Lens on Our Sex-Obsessed Culture

Sherronda J. Brown

6h 54m • 2022 • 7 editions

nonfiction lgbtqia+ race sociology challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Mediocre: The Dangerous Legacy of White Male America by Ijeoma Oluo

Mediocre: The Dangerous Legacy of White Male America

Ijeoma Oluo

10h 6m • 2020 • 14 editions

nonfiction history politics race challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Consumed: The Need for Collective Change: Colonialism, Climate Change, and Consumerism by Aja Barber

Consumed: The Need for Collective Change: Colonialism, Climate Change, and Consumerism

Aja Barber

8h 17m • 2021 • 14 editions

nonfiction politics informative inspiring reflective medium-paced