Read 40 BIPOC Authors

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15 participants (134 books)

01 Jan 2025—31 Dec 2025

Overview

read books from 40 different BIPOC authors!

goal is to read 40 books by all different authors (no multiples in a series, etc.) to help diversify your reading.

if you’re joining this challenge, find me on bookstagram @mals.reads!! i’d love to connect and share our reading <3

Challenge Books

All books added
The Secret to a Southern Wedding by Synithia Williams

The Secret to a Southern Wedding

Peachtree Cove #1

Synithia Williams

384 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction romance hopeful lighthearted medium-paced
Lakelore by Anna-Marie McLemore

Lakelore

Anna-Marie McLemore

6 hours, 28 minutes • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction lgbtqia+ magical realism young adult emotional hopeful mysterious medium-paced
A Shadow Crown by Melissa Blair

A Shadow Crown

The Halfling Saga #2

Melissa Blair

468 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced
Sultana's Dream and Padmarag by Rokeya Hossain

Sultana's Dream and Padmarag

Rokeya Hossain

7 hours, 8 minutes • first pub 1905 (editions)

fiction classics science fiction challenging reflective slow-paced
Hitting a Straight Lick with a Crooked Stick by Zora Neale Hurston

Hitting a Straight Lick with a Crooked Stick

Zora Neale Hurston

291 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction classics short stories reflective slow-paced
The Pain Gap: How Sexism and Racism in Healthcare Kill Women by Anushay Hossain

The Pain Gap: How Sexism and Racism in Healthcare Kill Women

Anushay Hossain

304 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction feminism health race science challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Never Cross a Highlander by Lisa Rayne

Never Cross a Highlander

Lisa Rayne

428 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction historical romance emotional tense medium-paced
One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This by Omar El Akkad

One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This

Omar El Akkad

5 hours, 20 minutes • first pub 2025 (editions)

nonfiction politics race sociology challenging informative reflective medium-paced
The Boy from the Mish by Gary Lonesborough

The Boy from the Mish

Gary Lonesborough

6 hours, 8 minutes • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction lgbtqia+ romance young adult emotional reflective medium-paced
His Only Wife by Peace Adzo Medie

His Only Wife

Peace Adzo Medie

288 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction literary emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced