books recommended by Roxane Gay

Roxane Gay is an American writer, professor, editor, and social commentator. Gay is the author of The New York Times best-selling essay collection Bad Feminist, as well as the short story collection Ayiti, the novel An Untamed State, the short story collection Difficult Women, and the memoir Hunger.

books recommended by Roxane Gay

Last Updated Jan 31, 2024

Anna Karenina

Anna Karenina

Leo Tolstoy

Evicted

Evicted

Matthew Desmond

A Little Life

A Little Life

Hanya Yanagihara

Pachinko

Pachinko

Min Jin Lee

The Library Book

The Library Book

Susan Orlean

The Age of Innocence

The Age of Innocence

Edith Wharton

Commonwealth

Commonwealth

Ann Patchett

Friday Black

Friday Black

Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah

The Nickel Boys

The Nickel Boys

Colson Whitehead

Don’t Call Us Dead

Don’t Call Us Dead

Danez Smith

We Are Never Meeting In Real Life

We Are Never Meeting In Real Life

Samantha Irby

Things We Lost in the Fire

Things We Lost in the Fire

Mariana Enriquez

China Rich Girlfriend

China Rich Girlfriend

Kevin Kwan

The Round House

The Round House

Louise Erdrich

I Am a Magical Teenage Princess

I Am a Magical Teenage Princess

Luke Geddes

Homegoing

Homegoing

Yaa Gyasi

Heavy

Heavy

Kiese Laymon

Big World

Big World

Mary Miller

The Wedding Date

The Wedding Date

Jasmine Guillory

Sing for Your Life

Sing for Your Life

Daniel Bergner

Bad Marie

Bad Marie

Marcy Dermansky

Queenie

Queenie

Candice Carty-Williams

I Can't Date Jesus

I Can't Date Jesus

Michael Arceneaux

The Pretty One

The Pretty One

Keah Brown

Possessing The Secret Of Joy

Possessing The Secret Of Joy

Alice Walker

Tampa

Tampa

Alissa Nutting

We Cast a Shadow

We Cast a Shadow

Maurice Carlos Ruffin

Thick

Thick

Tressie McMillan Cottom

Break Any Woman Down

Break Any Woman Down

Dana Johnson

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