12 Books by Underrepresented Authors

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13 participants (61 books)

01 Jan 2025—31 Dec 2025

Overview

I want to read more books by underrepresented authors, such as BIPOC, queer, Asian, neurodiverse, disabled, etc.

Challenge Books

All books added
The Poppy War by R.F. Kuang

The Poppy War

The Poppy War #1

R.F. Kuang

584 pages • first pub 2018 (editions) user-added

fiction fantasy historical adventurous dark tense medium-paced
Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants by Robin Wall Kimmerer

Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants

Robin Wall Kimmerer

400 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

nonfiction essays nature science informative inspiring reflective slow-paced
Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler

Parable of the Sower

Earthseed #1

Octavia E. Butler

317 pages • first pub 1993 (editions)

fiction classics dystopian literary challenging dark tense medium-paced
sWitch: a dark sapphic rom-com by Kat Blackthorne

sWitch: a dark sapphic rom-com

Kat Blackthorne

201 pages • missing pub info (editions)

adventurous emotional lighthearted fast-paced
Somewhere Beyond the Sea by TJ Klune

Somewhere Beyond the Sea

Cerulean Chronicles #2

TJ Klune

15 hours, 48 minutes • first pub 2024 (editions)

fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ emotional funny hopeful medium-paced
The White Guy Dies First: 13 Scary Stories of Fear and Power by Terry J. Benton-Walker

The White Guy Dies First: 13 Scary Stories of Fear and Power

Terry J. Benton-Walker

304 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

fiction horror lgbtqia+ short stories young adult dark mysterious tense medium-paced
All About Love: New Visions by bell hooks

All About Love: New Visions

Love Trilogy #1

bell hooks

272 pages • first pub 1999 (editions)

nonfiction essays feminism gender informative inspiring reflective medium-paced
Son of the Storm by Suyi Davies Okungbowa

Son of the Storm

The Nameless Republic #1

Suyi Davies Okungbowa

487 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction fantasy adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced
James by Percival Everett

James

Percival Everett

303 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

fiction historical literary adventurous emotional tense fast-paced
A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara

A Little Life

Hanya Yanagihara

816 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ literary dark emotional sad slow-paced