40 Books by BIPOC Authors

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18 participants (92 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

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Blood & Brujas by Mikayla D. Hornedo

Blood & Brujas

Fate of the Acna #1

Mikayla D. Hornedo

480 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced
Country: Future Fire, Future Farming by Bill Gammage, Bruce Pascoe

Country: Future Fire, Future Farming

First Knowledges #3

Bill Gammage, Bruce Pascoe

214 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction reference challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Blood Over Bright Haven by M.L. Wang

Blood Over Bright Haven

M.L. Wang

428 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction fantasy dark emotional tense medium-paced
The School for Good Mothers by Jessamine Chan

The School for Good Mothers

Jessamine Chan

319 pages • first pub 2022 (editions) user-added

fiction dystopian literary science fiction dark emotional sad medium-paced
I Got Abducted by Aliens and Now I'm Trapped in a Rom-Com by Kimberly Lemming

I Got Abducted by Aliens and Now I'm Trapped in a Rom-Com

Cosmic Chaos #1

Kimberly Lemming

304 pages • first pub 2025 (editions)

fiction romance science fiction adventurous funny lighthearted fast-paced
Seven Days in June by Tia Williams

Seven Days in June

Tia Williams

325 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction romance emotional hopeful medium-paced
Wild Seed by Octavia E. Butler

Wild Seed

Patternist #1

Octavia E. Butler

11 hours, 9 minutes • first pub 1980 (editions)

fiction science fiction adventurous dark tense medium-paced
Cinderella Is Dead by Kalynn Bayron

Cinderella Is Dead

Kalynn Bayron

389 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ young adult adventurous dark hopeful mysterious fast-paced
Just Another Epic Love Poem by Parisa Akhbari

Just Another Epic Love Poem

Parisa Akhbari

350 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

fiction lgbtqia+ romance young adult emotional reflective medium-paced
The Wicked Remain by Laura Pohl

The Wicked Remain

Grimrose Girls #2

Laura Pohl

464 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ mystery young adult dark emotional mysterious medium-paced