25 BIPOC books in 2025

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61 participants (388 books)

01 Jan 2025—31 Dec 2025

Overview

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

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Fractured by Tl Combs

Fractured

Tl Combs

188 pages • first pub 2025 (editions) user-added

fiction contemporary romance thriller
Such a Fun Age by Kiley Reid

Such a Fun Age

Kiley Reid

320 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective medium-paced
Portrait of a Feminist: A Memoir in Essays by Marianna Marlowe

Portrait of a Feminist: A Memoir in Essays

Marianna Marlowe

288 pages • missing pub info (editions)

Abandon Me: Memoirs by Melissa Febos

Abandon Me: Memoirs

Melissa Febos

320 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

nonfiction essays memoir challenging reflective slow-paced
Time Is a Mother by Ocean Vuong

Time Is a Mother

Ocean Vuong

113 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

nonfiction lgbtqia+ poetry emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Dear America: Notes of an Undocumented Citizen by Jose Antonio Vargas

Dear America: Notes of an Undocumented Citizen

Jose Antonio Vargas

256 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

nonfiction memoir politics challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
What the River Knows by Isabel Ibañez

What the River Knows

Secrets of the Nile #1

Isabel Ibañez

404 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction fantasy historical romance young adult adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced
Say You'll Remember Me by Abby Jimenez

Say You'll Remember Me

Say You’ll Remember Me #1

Abby Jimenez

368 pages • first pub 2025 (editions)

fiction contemporary romance emotional hopeful reflective fast-paced
A Little Devil in America: Notes in Praise of Black Performance by Hanif Abdurraqib

A Little Devil in America: Notes in Praise of Black Performance

Hanif Abdurraqib

312 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction history music race emotional informative reflective medium-paced
Come & Get It by Kiley Reid

Come & Get It

Kiley Reid

12 hours, 52 minutes • first pub 2024 (editions)

fiction contemporary literary emotional funny reflective medium-paced