25 BIPOC books in 2025

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51 participants (215 books)

01 Jan 2025—31 Dec 2025

Overview

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

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May You Have Delicious Meals by Junko Takase

May You Have Delicious Meals

Junko Takase

208 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction contemporary funny reflective fast-paced
Under the Eye of the Big Bird by Hiromi Kawakami

Under the Eye of the Big Bird

Hiromi Kawakami

278 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

fiction science fiction mysterious reflective medium-paced
Death of the Author by Nnedi Okorafor

Death of the Author

Nnedi Okorafor

435 pages • first pub 2025 (editions)

fiction literary science fiction thriller adventurous emotional reflective medium-paced
The Convenience Store by the Sea by Sonoko Machida

The Convenience Store by the Sea

Sonoko Machida

320 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

fiction contemporary medium-paced
The Rib King by Ladee Hubbard

The Rib King

Ladee Hubbard

384 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction historical literary race emotional medium-paced
Our Sister Killjoy by Ama Ata Aidoo

Our Sister Killjoy

Ama Ata Aidoo

256 pages • first pub 1977 (editions)

fiction poetry challenging reflective medium-paced
Bat Eater by Kylie Lee Baker

Bat Eater

Kylie Lee Baker

304 pages • first pub 2025 (editions)

fiction horror dark emotional tense medium-paced
The Science of Racism: Everything You Need to Know but Probably Don't—Yet by Keon West

The Science of Racism: Everything You Need to Know but Probably Don't—Yet

Keon West

320 pages • first pub 2025 (editions)

nonfiction race science sociology challenging informative reflective fast-paced
Hunchback by Saou Ichikawa

Hunchback

Saou Ichikawa

112 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction literary dark reflective fast-paced
Two Trees Make a Forest: A Story of Memory, Migration, and Taiwan by Jessica J. Lee

Two Trees Make a Forest: A Story of Memory, Migration, and Taiwan

Jessica J. Lee

256 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction memoir nature reflective slow-paced