Read 40 BIPOC Authors

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15 participants (220 books)

01 Jan 2025—31 Dec 2025

Overview

read books from 40 different BIPOC authors!

goal is to read 40 books by all different authors (no multiples in a series, etc.) to help diversify your reading.

if you’re joining this challenge, find me on bookstagram @mals.reads!! i’d love to connect and share our reading <3

Challenge Books

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The Kiss Countdown by Etta Easton

The Kiss Countdown

Etta Easton

336 pages • 2024 • 13 editions

fiction contemporary romance emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced
Before I Let Go by Kennedy Ryan

Skyland #1

Before I Let Go

Kennedy Ryan

391 pages • 2022 • 41 editions

fiction contemporary romance emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced
Where the Library Hides by Isabel Ibañez

Secrets of the Nile #2

Where the Library Hides

Isabel Ibañez

388 pages • 2024 • 38 editions

fiction fantasy historical romance young adult adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced
Sarang Saves the School by Korena Di Roma Howley

Sarang Saves the School

Korena Di Roma Howley

32 pages • 2025 • 1 edition

fiction childrens lighthearted medium-paced
Kissing Girls on Shabbat: A Memoir by Sara Glass

Kissing Girls on Shabbat: A Memoir

Sara Glass

288 pages • 2024 • 5 editions

nonfiction lgbtqia+ memoir religion emotional informative sad medium-paced
All The Things We Never Said by Yasmin Rahman

All The Things We Never Said

Yasmin Rahman

10h 31m • 2019 • 9 editions

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fiction contemporary thriller young adult dark reflective tense medium-paced
There's Something About Mira by Sonali Dev

There's Something About Mira

Sonali Dev

317 pages • 2025 • 12 editions

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fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ romance challenging emotional slow-paced
Captain Momo's Secret Base Volume 1 by Kenji Tsuruta

Captain Momo's Secret Base Volume 1

Kenji Tsuruta

140 pages • 2024 • 2 editions

fiction manga science fiction speculative fiction funny lighthearted mysterious fast-paced
The Spear Cuts Through Water by Simon Jimenez

The Spear Cuts Through Water

Simon Jimenez

17h 17m • 2022 • 37 editions

fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ literary adventurous dark emotional medium-paced
Bluebird, Bluebird by Attica Locke

A Highway 59 Novel #1

Bluebird, Bluebird

Attica Locke

320 pages • 2017 • 22 editions

fiction crime mystery dark reflective tense medium-paced