40 Books by BIPOC Authors

secretaltruism Host

18 participants (123 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
Let Me Be Yours by Lily X.

Let Me Be Yours

Seventh Star #1

Lily X.

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

fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ romance adventurous emotional medium-paced
Merciless Saviours by H.E. Edgmon

Merciless Saviours

The Ouroboros #2

H.E. Edgmon

340 pages • first pub 2024 (editions) user-added

fiction contemporary fantasy lgbtqia+ young adult adventurous dark emotional medium-paced
Not That Bad: Dispatches from Rape Culture by Roxane Gay

Not That Bad: Dispatches from Rape Culture

Roxane Gay

368 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

nonfiction essays feminism memoir sociology challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
All Boys Aren't Blue by George M. Johnson

All Boys Aren't Blue

George M. Johnson

5 hours, 12 minutes • first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction lgbtqia+ memoir race young adult emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced
Julie Chan Is Dead by Liann Zhang

Julie Chan Is Dead

Liann Zhang

310 pages • first pub 2025 (editions)

fiction horror mystery dark mysterious tense fast-paced
Fevered Star by Rebecca Roanhorse

Fevered Star

Between Earth and Sky #2

Rebecca Roanhorse

388 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ adventurous dark tense medium-paced
Things You May Find Hidden in My Ear: Poems from Gaza by Mosab Abu Toha

Things You May Find Hidden in My Ear: Poems from Gaza

Mosab Abu Toha

129 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

nonfiction memoir poetry emotional reflective sad medium-paced
James by Percival Everett

James

Percival Everett

7 hours, 49 minutes • first pub 2024 (editions)

fiction historical literary adventurous emotional tense fast-paced
Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler

Parable of the Sower

Earthseed #1

Octavia E. Butler

311 pages • first pub 1993 (editions)

fiction classics dystopian literary challenging dark tense medium-paced
Godly Heathens by H.E. Edgmon

Godly Heathens

The Ouroboros #1

H.E. Edgmon

13 hours, 54 minutes • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction contemporary fantasy lgbtqia+ young adult dark emotional funny fast-paced