Peter Jay Fernandez

29 books

A Hope in the Unseen by Ron Suskind

A Hope in the Unseen

Ron Suskind

384 pages • paperback • 1998

nonfiction biography education memoir challenging emotional reflective slow-paced
How It Went Down by Kekla Magoon

How It Went Down

How It Went Down #1

Kekla Magoon

326 pages • hardcover • 2014

fiction contemporary young adult challenging emotional reflective slow-paced
The Intuitionist by Colson Whitehead

The Intuitionist

Colson Whitehead

272 pages • paperback • 1999

fiction mystery science fiction mysterious medium-paced
Known and Strange Things by Teju Cole

Known and Strange Things

Teju Cole

416 pages • paperback • 2016

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 • hardcover • 2019

fiction contemporary young adult dark informative medium-paced
A Mighty Long Way: My Journey to Justice at Little Rock Central High School by Carlotta Walls LaNier, Lisa Frazier Page

A Mighty Long Way: My Journey to Justice at Little Rock Central High School

Carlotta Walls LaNier, Lisa Frazier Page

304 pages • 2009

nonfiction history memoir race emotional informative reflective slow-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 • hardcover • 2016

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

No Longer at Ease

The African Trilogy #2

Chinua Achebe

208 pages • paperback • 1960

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 • paperback • 1998

fiction dystopian speculative fiction challenging dark emotional medium-paced
Roses Are Red by James Patterson

Roses Are Red

Alex Cross #6

James Patterson

400 pages • paperback • 2000

fiction crime mystery thriller adventurous dark tense fast-paced