10,000 Experiences: Read a book by a BIPOC author

Looking for help finishing your 10,000 Experiences summer reading challenges? Check out these recommendation from BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and Other People of Color) authors.

Updated May 27, 2025
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How much of these hills is gold
Zhang, C Pam
Paper Book
A NEW YORK TIMES  NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEAR A WASHINGTON POST NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEAR ONE OF BARACK OBAMA'S FAVORITE BOOKS OF THE YEAR ONE OF NPR'S BEST BOOKS OF 2020  LONGLISTED FOR THE 2020 BOOKER PRIZE...
The magnificent ruins
Roy, Nayantara
Paper Book
In this "rare feast" of a novel, a young Indian American book editor inherits her estranged family's ancestral home-and their long-buried secrets (Rachel Lyon, author of Self-Portrait With Boy). It is the summer of 2015, and Lila De is on the verge of a breakthrough in her...
Maya's laws of love
Khawaja, Alina
Paper Book
"A charming, funny, and unique twist on challenging the laws and traditions that shape us." --Abby Jimenez, New York Times bestselling author of Yours Truly A bride-to-be convinced she's cursed in romance finds her luck changing--at exactly the...
Harlem rhapsody
Murray, Victoria Christopher
Paper Book
"A gripping narrative, don't miss this historical fiction about the woman who kicked off the Harlem Renaissance."-People Magazine "A page turner and history lesson at once, Harlem Rhapsody reminds us that our stories are our generational wealth."-Tayari Jones,...
HOMESEEKING
Chen, Karissa.
Paper Book
The buffalo hunter hunter
Jones, Stephen Graham
Paper Book
Bingsu for Two
Witherspoon, Sujin
Paper Book
This outrageously charming and infuriatingly adorable enemies-to-lovers coffee shop romance is perfect for fans of YA books by Jenny Han and Better Than the Movies. Meet River Langston-Lee. In the past 24 hours, he's dumped his...
We Do Not Part
Kang, Han.
Paper Book
Beginning one morning in December, We Do Not Part traces the path of Kyungha as she travels from the city of Seoul into the forests of Jeju Island, to the home of her old friend Inseon. Hospitalized following an accident, Inseon has begged Kyungha to hasten there to feed her beloved pet bird,...
The river has roots
El-Mohtar, Amal
Paper Book
AN INDIE NEXT AND LIBRARYREADS PICK! The River Has Roots is the hugely anticipated solo debut of the New York Times bestselling and Hugo Award winning author Amal El-Mohtar. Follow the river Liss to the small town of Thistleford, on the edge of Faerie, and...
Katabasis
Kuang, R. F.
Paper Book
'a formidable, timeless work, destined to be a modern classic' OLIVIE BLAKE 'A novel to savour. This book is an experience. I envy those who get to read it for the first time' REBECCA ROSS 'A witty, gory, harrowing ride' LEIGH BARDUGO 'Literary super-stardom doesn't seem too...

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