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
" A single choice can define an entire life. Haiwen is buying bananas at a 99 Ranch Market in Los Angeles when he looks up and sees Suchi, his Suchi, for the first time in sixty years. To recently widowed Haiwen it feels like a second chance, but Suchi...
The buffalo hunter hunter
Jones, Stephen Graham
Paper Book
Etsy Beaucarne is an academic who needs to get published. So when a journal written in 1912 by Arthur Beaucarne, a Lutheran pastor and her grandfather, is discovered within a wall during renovations, she sees her chance. She can uncover the lost secrets of her family, and get tenure. As...
Bingsu for Two: An outrageously charming Korean-American coffee shop romcom
Witherspoon, Sujin.
Paper Book
An enemies-to-lovers coffee shop romance, slow-roasted to perfection. Ideal for fans of Jenny Han and Better Than the Movies.
We Do Not Part
Kang, Han.
Paper Book
One morning in December, Kyungha is called to her friend Inseons hospital bedside. Airlifted to Seoul for an operation following a wood-chopping accident, Inseon is bedridden and begs Kyungha to take the first plane to her home on Jeju Island to feed her pet bird, who will quickly die unless it...
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
Prepare for one hell of a journey... 'A big, bold fantasy romp' GUARDIAN 'R.F. Kuang is making magic' ELLE '[A] truly original and spellbinding hero's-journey story' VOGUE 'I devoured it' RED Katabasis, noun, Ancient Greek. The story of a hero's...

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