40 Books by BIPOC Authors

secretaltruism Host

18 participants (82 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
My Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite

My Sister, the Serial Killer

Oyinkan Braithwaite

4 hours, 15 minutes • first pub 2018 (editions)

fiction contemporary crime literary thriller dark tense fast-paced
That Time I Got Drunk and Saved a Human by Kimberly Lemming

That Time I Got Drunk and Saved a Human

Mead Mishaps #3

Kimberly Lemming

336 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction fantasy romance adventurous funny lighthearted fast-paced
A Promised Land by Barack Obama

A Promised Land

The Presidential Memoirs #1

Barack Obama

29 hours, 10 minutes • first pub 2020 (editions) user-added

nonfiction memoir politics informative inspiring reflective slow-paced
Lark & ​​Kasim Start a Revolution by Kacen Callender

Lark & ​​Kasim Start a Revolution

Kacen Callender

336 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ young adult emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced
Black Sun by Rebecca Roanhorse

Black Sun

Between Earth and Sky #1

Rebecca Roanhorse

454 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction fantasy historical lgbtqia+ adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced
Where Sleeping Girls Lie by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé

Where Sleeping Girls Lie

Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé

563 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ mystery young adult dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Society of Lies by Lauren Ling Brown

Society of Lies

Lauren Ling Brown

11 hours, 18 minutes • first pub 2024 (editions) user-added

fiction thriller dark mysterious tense medium-paced
The Labyrinth's Archivist by Day Al-Mohamed

The Labyrinth's Archivist

Broken Cities #1

Day Al-Mohamed

132 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ science fiction adventurous mysterious fast-paced
The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin

The Fire Next Time

James Baldwin

106 pages • first pub 1963 (editions)

nonfiction classics essays memoir race challenging informative reflective medium-paced
The Fire This Time: A New Generation Speaks about Race by Jesmyn Ward

The Fire This Time: A New Generation Speaks about Race

Jesmyn Ward

240 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

nonfiction essays poetry race challenging emotional reflective medium-paced