Book Riot 2025 #1 - 2025 Release by a BIPOC Author

1.
Katabasis
Katabasis 3.94 avg rating — 1,662 ratings
2.
Immortal
Immortal 3.85 avg rating — 11,966 ratings
3.
The Buffalo Hunter Hunter
The Buffalo Hunter Hunter 4.11 avg rating — 15,101 ratings
4.
Vera Wong's Guide to Snooping [On a Dead Man] (Vera Wong, #2)
Vera Wong's Guide to Snooping [On a Dead Man] (Vera Wong, #2) 4.23 avg rating — 30,148 ratings
5.
Death of the Author
Death of the Author 4.06 avg rating — 10,797 ratings
6.
Listen to Your Sister
Listen to Your Sister 3.22 avg rating — 3,518 ratings
7.
I Am Not Jessica Chen
I Am Not Jessica Chen
by: Ann Liang
4.05 avg rating — 12,830 ratings
8.
They Bloom at Night
They Bloom at Night 3.49 avg rating — 3,439 ratings
8.
Can't Get Enough (Skylands, 3)
Can't Get Enough (Skylands, 3) 4.44 avg rating — 17,636 ratings
8.
The Baby Dragon Café (The Baby Dragon, #1)
The Baby Dragon Café (The Baby Dragon, #1) 3.21 avg rating — 9,278 ratings
8.
You Started It
You Started It 3.98 avg rating — 660 ratings
8.
Always Be My Bibi
Always Be My Bibi 4.15 avg rating — 72 ratings
8.
When Sleeping Women Wake
When Sleeping Women Wake 4.21 avg rating — 328 ratings
8.
The Isle in the Silver Sea
The Isle in the Silver Sea 4.13 avg rating — 147 ratings
8.
Harlem Rhapsody
Harlem Rhapsody 4.11 avg rating — 5,391 ratings
8.
Along Came Amor (Primas of Power, #3)
Along Came Amor (Primas of Power, #3) 4.03 avg rating — 1,370 ratings
8.
Somadina
Somadina 4.11 avg rating — 722 ratings
8.
His Face Is the Sun (Throne of Khetara, #1)
His Face Is the Sun (Throne of Khetara, #1) 4.17 avg rating — 1,060 ratings
19.
Dream Count
Dream Count 3.86 avg rating — 23,588 ratings
19.
All the Noise at Once
All the Noise at Once 4.53 avg rating — 326 ratings
19.
Alchemised
Alchemised
by: SenLinYu
4.64 avg rating — 560 ratings
19.
a body more tolerable
a body more tolerable 4.29 avg rating — 68 ratings
19.
Too Soon
Too Soon 3.91 avg rating — 1,005 ratings
24.
Good Dirt
Good Dirt 4.03 avg rating — 36,838 ratings
24.
This Ends in Embers (Divine Traitors, #2)
This Ends in Embers (Divine Traitors, #2) 3.81 avg rating — 834 ratings
26.
The Original Daughter
The Original Daughter 3.73 avg rating — 2,978 ratings
27.
The Emperor of Gladness
The Emperor of Gladness 4.05 avg rating — 20,015 ratings
28.
Julie Chan Is Dead
Julie Chan Is Dead 3.47 avg rating — 17,423 ratings
29.
Water Moon
Water Moon 3.79 avg rating — 30,290 ratings
30.
Hammajang Luck
Hammajang Luck 3.61 avg rating — 2,982 ratings
31.
The Dream Hotel
The Dream Hotel 3.62 avg rating — 18,146 ratings
32.
The Manor of Dreams
The Manor of Dreams 3.66 avg rating — 2,428 ratings
33.
The Starlight Heir
The Starlight Heir 3.36 avg rating — 6,628 ratings
34.
Needy Little Things
Needy Little Things 4.01 avg rating — 2,262 ratings
35.
Oathbound (The Legendborn Cycle, #3)
Oathbound (The Legendborn Cycle, #3) 4.30 avg rating — 18,412 ratings
36.
Black in Blues: How a Color Tells the Story of My People
Black in Blues: How a Color Tells the Story of My People 4.33 avg rating — 1,332 ratings