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! 

Challenge Books

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African Europeans: An Untold History by Olivette Otele

African Europeans: An Untold History

Olivette Otele

8h 36m • 2019 • 14 editions

nonfiction history politics race challenging informative slow-paced
A Caribbean Heiress in Paris by Adriana Herrera

Las Léonas #1

A Caribbean Heiress in Paris

Adriana Herrera

344 pages • 2022 • 11 editions

fiction historical romance emotional lighthearted medium-paced
How Europe Underdeveloped Africa by Walter Rodney

How Europe Underdeveloped Africa

Walter Rodney

13h 21m • 1972 • 24 editions

nonfiction history politics informative reflective slow-paced
The Essential Gwendolyn Brooks by Gwendolyn Brooks

American Poets Project

The Essential Gwendolyn Brooks

Gwendolyn Brooks

200 pages • 3 editions

nonfiction poetry challenging emotional reflective slow-paced
One Earth: People of Color Protecting Our Planet by Anuradha Rao

One Earth: People of Color Protecting Our Planet

Anuradha Rao

208 pages • 2020 • 2 editions

nonfiction politics informative reflective medium-paced
Wild Tongues Can't Be Tamed: 15 Voices from the Latinx Diaspora by Meg Medina, Mark Oshiro, Jasminne Mendez, Cristina Arreola, Ibi Zoboi, Naima Coster, Ingrid Rojas Contreras, Julian Randall, Saraciea J. Fennell, Janel Martinez, Zakiya Jamal, Natasha Díaz, Lilliam Rivera, Kahlil Haywood, Elizabeth Acevedo

Wild Tongues Can't Be Tamed: 15 Voices from the Latinx Diaspora

Meg Medina, Mark Oshiro, Jasminne Mendez, Cristina Arreola, Ibi Zoboi, Naima Coster, Ingrid Rojas Contreras, Julian Randall, Saraciea J. Fennell, Janel Martinez, Zakiya Jamal, Natasha Díaz, Lilliam Rivera, Kahlil Haywood, Elizabeth Acevedo

7h 19m • 2021 • 5 editions

nonfiction poetry short stories young adult emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced
Where Rivers Part: A Story of My Mother's Life by Kao Kalia Yang

Where Rivers Part: A Story of My Mother's Life

Kao Kalia Yang

12h 2m • 2024 • 6 editions

nonfiction biography memoir emotional reflective sad slow-paced
Reclaiming Two-Spirits: Sexuality, Spiritual Renewal & Sovereignty in Native America by Gregory D. Smithers

Reclaiming Two-Spirits: Sexuality, Spiritual Renewal & Sovereignty in Native America

Gregory D. Smithers

11h 4m • 2022 • 5 editions

nonfiction gender history lgbtqia+ challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Forest of Noise: Poems by Mosab Abu Toha

Forest of Noise: Poems

Mosab Abu Toha

80 pages • 2024 • 7 editions

nonfiction memoir poetry dark emotional reflective fast-paced
Soul of the Sword by Julie Kagawa

Shadow of the Fox #2

Soul of the Sword

Julie Kagawa

384 pages • 2019 • 31 editions

fiction fantasy young adult adventurous medium-paced