25 BIPOC books in 2025

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61 participants (381 books)

01 Jan 2025—31 Dec 2025

Overview

Read 25 books by BIPOC authors featuring BIPOC characters in 2025.

Challenge Books

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A Little Devil in America: Notes in Praise of Black Performance by Hanif Abdurraqib

A Little Devil in America: Notes in Praise of Black Performance

Hanif Abdurraqib

312 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction history music race emotional informative reflective medium-paced
Come & Get It by Kiley Reid

Come & Get It

Kiley Reid

12 hours, 52 minutes • first pub 2024 (editions)

fiction contemporary literary emotional funny reflective medium-paced
Fundamentally by Nussaibah Younis

Fundamentally

Nussaibah Younis

352 pages • first pub 2025 (editions)

fiction lgbtqia+ literary adventurous funny medium-paced
Women's Liberation and the African Freedom Struggle by Thomas Sankara

Women's Liberation and the African Freedom Struggle

Thomas Sankara

72 pages • first pub 1990 (editions)

nonfiction feminism politics challenging informative slow-paced
The Golden House by Salman Rushdie

The Golden House

Salman Rushdie

400 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

fiction contemporary literary challenging reflective slow-paced
Quichotte by Salman Rushdie

Quichotte

Salman Rushdie

416 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

fiction literary adventurous challenging lighthearted slow-paced
Midnight's Children by Salman Rushdie

Midnight's Children

Salman Rushdie

533 pages • first pub 1981 (editions)

fiction literary magical realism challenging reflective slow-paced
Big Chicas Don't Cry by Annette Chavez Macias

Big Chicas Don't Cry

Annette Chavez Macias

360 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction romance emotional funny hopeful medium-paced
Needy Little Things by Channelle Desamours

Needy Little Things

Channelle Desamours

8 hours, 6 minutes • first pub 2025 (editions)

fiction mystery speculative fiction young adult
They Said This Would Be Fun: Race, Campus Life, and Growing Up by Eternity Martis

They Said This Would Be Fun: Race, Campus Life, and Growing Up

Eternity Martis

250 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction memoir race challenging emotional reflective slow-paced