Peter Jay Fernandez

23 books

Known and Strange Things by Teju Cole

Known and Strange Things

Teju Cole

416 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

nonfiction art essays politics challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Light It Up by Kekla Magoon

Light It Up

How It Went Down #2

Kekla Magoon

368 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

fiction contemporary young adult dark informative medium-paced
Never Look an American in the Eye: A Memoir of Flying Turtles, Colonial Ghosts, and the Making of a Nigerian American by Okey Ndibe

Never Look an American in the Eye: A Memoir of Flying Turtles, Colonial Ghosts, and the Making of a Nigerian American

Okey Ndibe

210 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

nonfiction memoir challenging informative reflective slow-paced
No Longer at Ease by Chinua Achebe

No Longer at Ease

The African Trilogy #3

Chinua Achebe

208 pages • first pub 1960 (editions)

fiction classics challenging reflective slow-paced
Parable of the Talents by Octavia E. Butler

Parable of the Talents

Earthseed #2

Octavia E. Butler

390 pages • first pub 1998 (editions)

fiction dystopian speculative fiction challenging dark emotional medium-paced
The Time of Our Singing by Richard Powers

The Time of Our Singing

Richard Powers

640 pages • first pub 2002 (editions)

fiction historical emotional reflective slow-paced
Will in the World: How Shakespeare Became Shakespeare by Stephen Greenblatt

Will in the World: How Shakespeare Became Shakespeare

Stephen Greenblatt

464 pages • first pub 2004 (editions)

nonfiction biography history informative reflective slow-paced
Destined to Witness: Growing Up Black in Nazi Germany by Hans J. Massaquoi, Hans J. Massaquoi

Destined to Witness: Growing Up Black in Nazi Germany

Hans J. Massaquoi, Hans J. Massaquoi

480 pages • first pub 1999 (editions)

nonfiction biography history emotional reflective slow-paced
Getting Away with Murder The True Story of the Emmett Till Case by Chris Crowe, Peter Jay Fernandez

Getting Away with Murder The True Story of the Emmett Till Case

Chris Crowe, Peter Jay Fernandez

3 pages • first pub 2003 (editions)

fiction historical history true crime emotional informative reflective slow-paced
Holy Bible: Contemporary English Version (CEV) by

Holy Bible: Contemporary English Version (CEV)

1347 pages • missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction religion medium-paced