25 BIPOC books in 2025

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23 participants (49 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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Let's Talk About Love by Claire Kann

Let's Talk About Love

Claire Kann

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

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ romance young adult emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin

Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow

Gabrielle Zevin

401 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Iron Widow by Xiran Jay Zhao

Iron Widow

Iron Widow #1

Xiran Jay Zhao

394 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ science fiction young adult adventurous dark tense fast-paced
Circling Back to You by Julie Tieu

Circling Back to You

Julie Tieu

339 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction contemporary romance emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced
Waiting to Exhale by Terry McMillan

Waiting to Exhale

Waiting To Exhale #1

Terry McMillan

400 pages • first pub 1992 (editions)

fiction contemporary literary romance funny lighthearted medium-paced
No One Knows Who Dies at the End by Adam Silvera
No One Knows Who Dies at the End
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Adam Silvera

No One Knows Who Dies at the End

Death-Cast #2

Adam Silvera

missing page info • first pub 2025 (editions)

fiction lgbtqia+ speculative fiction young adult
Runnin' No More by G.T. Dípè

Runnin' No More

G.T. Dípè

345 pages • first pub 2025 (editions)

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ romance emotional reflective fast-paced
The Dallergut Dream Department Store by Mi-Ye Lee 이미예

The Dallergut Dream Department Store

Dallergut Dream Department Store #1

Mi-Ye Lee 이미예

287 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction literary magical realism speculative fiction hopeful lighthearted relaxing medium-paced
How to Solve a Problem: The Rise (and Falls) of a Rock-Climbing Champion by Ashima Shiraishi, Yao Xiao

How to Solve a Problem: The Rise (and Falls) of a Rock-Climbing Champion

Ashima Shiraishi, Yao Xiao

40 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction memoir sports informative fast-paced
James by Percival Everett

James

Percival Everett

303 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

fiction historical literary adventurous emotional tense fast-paced