Read 10 books by POC authors

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57 participants (198 books)

01 Jan 2025—31 Dec 2025

Overview

Diversify your reading in 2025 by focusing on the works of Black, Indigenous, and other authors of color. 

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What My Bones Know: A Memoir of Healing from Complex Trauma by Stephanie Foo

What My Bones Know: A Memoir of Healing from Complex Trauma

Stephanie Foo

325 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

nonfiction memoir psychology emotional informative reflective medium-paced
I'm Laughing Because I'm Crying by Youngmi Mayer

I'm Laughing Because I'm Crying

Youngmi Mayer

256 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

nonfiction memoir
Men We Reaped by Jesmyn Ward

Men We Reaped

Jesmyn Ward

272 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

nonfiction memoir race emotional reflective sad medium-paced
We Had a Little Real Estate Problem: The Unheralded Story of Native Americans & Comedy by Kliph Nesteroff

We Had a Little Real Estate Problem: The Unheralded Story of Native Americans & Comedy

Kliph Nesteroff

336 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction history funny informative medium-paced
Africa Is Not A Country: Breaking Stereotypes of Modern Africa by Dipo Faloyin

Africa Is Not A Country: Breaking Stereotypes of Modern Africa

Dipo Faloyin

380 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

nonfiction history race informative reflective medium-paced
The Distance Between Us: A Memoir by Reyna Grande

The Distance Between Us: A Memoir

Reyna Grande

11 hours, 36 minutes • first pub 2012 (editions)

nonfiction biography memoir challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
Interior Chinatown by Charles Yu

Interior Chinatown

Charles Yu

270 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction contemporary literary funny reflective fast-paced
The Other Madisons: The Lost History of a President's Black Family by Bettye Kearse

The Other Madisons: The Lost History of a President's Black Family

Bettye Kearse

7 hours, 48 minutes • first pub 2020 (editions) user-added

nonfiction
The Last Story of Mina Lee by Nancy Jooyoun Kim

The Last Story of Mina Lee

Nancy Jooyoun Kim

304 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction contemporary historical mystery emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Stay with Me by Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀

Stay with Me

Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀

260 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

fiction contemporary historical literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced