40 Books by BIPOC Authors

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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

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Booked by Kwame Alexander

The Crossover #2

Booked

Kwame Alexander

320 pages • 2016 • 9 editions

fiction middle grade poetry sports emotional hopeful lighthearted fast-paced
Heart-Shaped Lies by Elizabeth Agyemang

Heart-Shaped Lies

Elizabeth Agyemang

11h 31m • 2024 • 4 editions

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fiction mystery young adult adventurous mysterious tense slow-paced
Silver Nitrate by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

Silver Nitrate

Silvia Moreno-Garcia

368 pages • 2023 • 26 editions

fiction horror lgbtqia+ dark mysterious tense medium-paced
An Unkindness of Ghosts by Rivers Solomon

An Unkindness of Ghosts

Rivers Solomon

349 pages • 2017 • 19 editions

fiction lgbtqia+ literary science fiction challenging dark emotional medium-paced
A School Frozen in Time, Volume 3 by Naoshi Arakawa, Mizuki Tsujimura

A School Frozen in Time #3

A School Frozen in Time, Volume 3

Naoshi Arakawa, Mizuki Tsujimura

210 pages • 2009 • 4 editions

fiction horror manga mystery dark emotional mysterious fast-paced
A School Frozen in Time, Volume 4 by Naoshi Arakawa, Mizuki Tsujimura

A School Frozen in Time #4

A School Frozen in Time, Volume 4

Naoshi Arakawa, Mizuki Tsujimura

264 pages • 2009 • 4 editions

fiction horror manga mystery dark emotional mysterious fast-paced
The First to Die at the End by Adam Silvera

Death-Cast #0.5

The First to Die at the End

Adam Silvera

4h 9m • 2022 • 79 editions

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fiction lgbtqia+ speculative fiction young adult emotional sad medium-paced
Harriet Tubman: Live in Concert by Bob the Drag Queen

Harriet Tubman: Live in Concert

Bob the Drag Queen

240 pages • 2025 • 10 editions

fiction lgbtqia+ literary funny informative reflective fast-paced
The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead

The Nickel Boys

Colson Whitehead

6h 46m • 2019 • 93 editions

fiction historical literary dark emotional sad medium-paced
Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race by Reni Eddo-Lodge

Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race

Reni Eddo-Lodge

2h 57m • 2017 • 47 editions

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nonfiction race challenging informative reflective medium-paced