40 Books by BIPOC Authors

secretaltruism Host

18 participants (224 books)

01 Jan 2025—31 Dec 2025

Overview

Obviously preferably #OwnVoices, but 40 books written by authors that aren't white. Black / Blak, Indigenous, First Nations, and people of colour

Challenge Books

All books added
Under Solomon Skies by Berni Sorga-Millwood

Under Solomon Skies

Berni Sorga-Millwood

4h 36m • 2020 • 3 editions

user-added

fiction literary reflective fast-paced
The First Woman by Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi

The First Woman

Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi

7h 54m • 2020 • 20 editions

user-added

fiction historical emotional reflective slow-paced
Tiddas by Anita Heiss

Tiddas

Anita Heiss

368 pages • 2014 • 5 editions

fiction contemporary emotional hopeful reflective slow-paced
Poems: Just Give Me a Cool Drink of Water 'Fore I Diiie/Oh Pray My Wings Are Gonna Fit Me Well/And Still I Rise/Shaker, Why D by Maya Angelou

Poems: Just Give Me a Cool Drink of Water 'Fore I Diiie/Oh Pray My Wings Are Gonna Fit Me Well/And Still I Rise/Shaker, Why D

Maya Angelou

224 pages • 1994 • 16 editions

nonfiction classics feminism poetry emotional reflective slow-paced
Razorblade Tears by S.A. Cosby

Razorblade Tears

S.A. Cosby

12h 22m • 2021 • 54 editions

fiction crime mystery thriller dark emotional tense fast-paced
Against the Loveless World by Susan Abulhawa

Against the Loveless World

Susan Abulhawa

13h 10m • 2020 • 44 editions

fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
If You Still Recognise Me by Cynthia So

If You Still Recognise Me

Cynthia So

409 pages • 2022 • 14 editions

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ romance young adult emotional lighthearted fast-paced
Vera Wong's Guide to Snooping (on a Dead Man) by Jesse Q. Sutanto

Vera Wong #2

Vera Wong's Guide to Snooping (on a Dead Man)

Jesse Q. Sutanto

324 pages • 2025 • 19 editions

fiction mystery funny lighthearted mysterious medium-paced
The Lesbiana's Guide to Catholic School by Sonora Reyes

The Lesbiana's Guide to Catholic School

Sonora Reyes

9h 28m • 2022 • 33 editions

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ young adult emotional funny hopeful medium-paced
Where Shadows Meet by Patrice Caldwell

Heirs of Shadows #1

Where Shadows Meet

Patrice Caldwell

9h 50m • 2025 • 11 editions

fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ young adult adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced