40 Books by BIPOC Authors

secretaltruism Host

18 participants (75 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
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
Bila Yarrudhanggalangdhuray by Anita Heiss

Bila Yarrudhanggalangdhuray

Anita Heiss

10 hours, 5 minutes • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction historical emotional reflective sad medium-paced
The Truth According to Ember by Danica Nava

The Truth According to Ember

Danica Nava

371 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

fiction contemporary romance emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced
Hockey Night in Kenya by Danson Mutinda, Eric Walters

Hockey Night in Kenya

Danson Mutinda, Eric Walters

69 pages • first pub 2020 (editions) user-added

fiction emotional informative fast-paced
The Burning God by R.F. Kuang

The Burning God

The Poppy War #3

R.F. Kuang

622 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction fantasy historical dark emotional tense medium-paced
This is How You Lose the Time War by Max Gladstone, Amal El-Mohtar

This is How You Lose the Time War

Max Gladstone, Amal El-Mohtar

198 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

fiction lgbtqia+ romance science fiction adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced