25 BIPOC books in 2025

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01 Jan 2025—31 Dec 2025

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

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The Djinn Waits a Hundred Years by Shubnum Khan

The Djinn Waits a Hundred Years

Shubnum Khan

320 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

fiction historical horror dark emotional mysterious medium-paced
Indian Horse by Richard Wagamese

Indian Horse

Richard Wagamese

232 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

fiction historical challenging emotional sad medium-paced
Insurrecto by Gina Apostol

Insurrecto

Gina Apostol

336 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

fiction historical literary challenging informative reflective slow-paced
A Woman of Endurance by Dahlma Llanos-Figueroa

A Woman of Endurance

Dahlma Llanos-Figueroa

352 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction historical dark emotional reflective medium-paced
Yellow Wife by Sadeqa Johnson

Yellow Wife

Sadeqa Johnson

288 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction historical dark emotional sad medium-paced
Skin of the Sea by Natasha Bowen

Skin of the Sea

Of Mermaids and Orisa #1

Natasha Bowen

309 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction fantasy young adult adventurous emotional medium-paced
The Court Dancer by Kyung-sook Shin

The Court Dancer

Kyung-sook Shin

364 pages • first pub 2007 (editions)

fiction historical challenging emotional reflective slow-paced
The Woman Who Breathed Two Worlds by Selina Siak Chin Yoke

The Woman Who Breathed Two Worlds

Malayan #1

Selina Siak Chin Yoke

473 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

fiction historical emotional informative reflective slow-paced
Ring Shout by P. Djèlí Clark

Ring Shout

P. Djèlí Clark

185 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction fantasy historical horror adventurous dark tense fast-paced
Lone Women by Victor LaValle

Lone Women

Victor LaValle

281 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction fantasy historical horror dark mysterious tense medium-paced