12 Books by Underrepresented Authors

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13 participants (55 books)

01 Jan 2025—31 Dec 2025

Overview

I want to read more books by underrepresented authors, such as BIPOC, queer, Asian, neurodiverse, disabled, etc.

Challenge Books

All books added
Son of the Storm by Suyi Davies Okungbowa

Son of the Storm

The Nameless Republic #1

Suyi Davies Okungbowa

487 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction fantasy adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced
James by Percival Everett

James

Percival Everett

303 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

fiction historical literary adventurous emotional tense fast-paced
A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara

A Little Life

Hanya Yanagihara

816 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ literary dark emotional sad slow-paced
Soil: The Story of a Black Mother's Garden by Camille T. Dungy

Soil: The Story of a Black Mother's Garden

Camille T. Dungy

10 hours, 16 minutes • first pub 2023 (editions)

nonfiction memoir nature race challenging informative reflective medium-paced
World Running Down by Al Hess

World Running Down

Al Hess

400 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction lgbtqia+ romance science fiction adventurous emotional hopeful medium-paced
Where the Library Hides by Isabel Ibañez

Where the Library Hides

Secrets of the Nile #2

Isabel Ibañez

388 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

fiction fantasy historical romance young adult adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced
Being Ace: An Anthology of Queer, Trans, Femme, and Disabled Stories of Asexual Love and Connection by Madeline Dyer

Being Ace: An Anthology of Queer, Trans, Femme, and Disabled Stories of Asexual Love and Connection

Madeline Dyer

286 pages • first pub 2023 (editions) user-added

fiction lgbtqia+ short stories young adult adventurous emotional reflective fast-paced
Continuum by Chella Man

Continuum

Pocket Change Collective

Chella Man

1 hour, 5 minutes • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction lgbtqia+ race young adult informative inspiring reflective fast-paced
Onyx Storm by Rebecca Yarros

Onyx Storm

The Empyrean #3

Rebecca Yarros

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

fiction fantasy romance adventurous emotional tense medium-paced
The Gentleman's Guide to Getting Lucky by Mackenzi Lee

The Gentleman's Guide to Getting Lucky

Montague Siblings #1.5

Mackenzi Lee

2 hours • first pub 2019 (editions)

fiction historical lgbtqia+ romance young adult funny lighthearted fast-paced