40 Books by BIPOC Authors

secretaltruism Host

17 participants (61 books)

01 Jan 2025—31 Dec 2025

Overview

Obviously preferably #OwnVoices, but 40 books written by authors that aren't white. Black / Blak, Indigenous, First Nations, and people of colour

Challenge Books

All books added
Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates

Between the World and Me

Ta-Nehisi Coates

176 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

nonfiction memoir race emotional informative reflective medium-paced
Model Home by Rivers Solomon

Model Home

Rivers Solomon

8 hours, 27 minutes • first pub 2024 (editions)

fiction horror lgbtqia+ literary thriller dark emotional tense medium-paced
Dear Wendy by Ann Zhao

Dear Wendy

Ann Zhao

358 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ young adult emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced
Make Room for Love by Darcy Liao

Make Room for Love

Darcy Liao

299 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ romance emotional hopeful lighthearted medium-paced
Darius the Great Deserves Better by Adib Khorram

Darius the Great Deserves Better

Darius The Great #2

Adib Khorram

352 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ young adult emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced
Lunar New Year Love Story by Gene Luen Yang

Lunar New Year Love Story

Gene Luen Yang

350 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

fiction graphic novel magical realism romance young adult emotional hopeful fast-paced
Queen of the Tiles by Hanna Alkaf

Queen of the Tiles

Hanna Alkaf

294 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction contemporary mystery young adult emotional mysterious tense medium-paced
As You Walk on By by Julian Winters

As You Walk on By

Julian Winters

336 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction lgbtqia+ young adult emotional funny hopeful medium-paced
Spy x Family, Vol. 13 by Tatsuya Endo

Spy x Family, Vol. 13

SPY×FAMILY #13

Tatsuya Endo

200 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

fiction manga adventurous funny lighthearted fast-paced
Wearing My Mother's Heart by Sophia Thakur

Wearing My Mother's Heart

Sophia Thakur

112 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

nonfiction poetry young adult emotional inspiring reflective fast-paced