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Roxane Gay Book Recommendations

Roxane Gay is an American writer, professor, editor, and social commentator.

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9 Books Recommended

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Craft in the Real World

Rethinking Fiction Writing and Workshopping

by Matthew Salesses

"This book is amazing. Challenging. A total reimagining of craft. A must read for every writer."- Roxane Gay (Source)

While We Were Dating

Wedding Date, Book 6

by Jasmine Guillory

"Really fun, warm, satisfying ending. Great book."- Roxane Gay (Source)

Things We Lost to the Water

by Eric Nguyen

"A gorgeous ache of a novel about a Vietnamese family in New Orleans."- Roxane Gay (Source)

Razorblade Tears

A Novel

by S. A. Cosby

"AMAZING. Shit had me on the edge of my seat. Didn't put this book down."- Roxane Gay (Source)

Matrix

by Lauren Groff

"A novel about a medieval nunnery."- Roxane Gay (Source)

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Unfollow Me

Essays on Complicity

by Jill Louise Busby

"An intelligent, provocative essay collection about identity and the ways we wield it."- Roxane Gay (Source)

My Monticello

by Jocelyn Nicole Johnson

"Really original, sharp writing that lays bare how racism and an appalling history shape our lives."- Roxane Gay (Source)

100 Boyfriends

by Brontez Purnell

"A sexy little book about queer men, their desires and obsessions and yearnings. Very transgressive and relentless."- Roxane Gay (Source)

Manhunt

by Gretchen Felker Martin

"Perfect from beginning to end. Gory, heartbreaking, sexy, riotous, infuriating. 10/10 no notes."- Roxane Gay (Source)