Jesmyn Ward

22 books

Bloodchild and Other Stories by Octavia E. Butler

Bloodchild and Other Stories

Octavia E. Butler

214 pages • first pub 1995 (editions)

fiction fantasy science fiction short stories speculative fiction challenging dark reflective fast-paced
Cattle Haul (Electric Literature's Recommended Reading Book 1) by Jesmyn Ward, Brigid Hughes

Cattle Haul (Electric Literature's Recommended Reading Book 1)

Jesmyn Ward, Brigid Hughes

23 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

fiction short stories challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Dust Tracks on a Road by Zora Neale Hurston

Dust Tracks on a Road

Zora Neale Hurston

324 pages • first pub 1942 (editions)

nonfiction biography memoir reflective slow-paced
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

The Great Gatsby

F. Scott Fitzgerald

180 pages • first pub 1925 (editions)

fiction classics literary romance reflective medium-paced
Killing Trayvons: an Anthology of American Violence by Patricia Willimas, bell hooks, Tim Wise, Robin D.G. Kelley, Etan Thomas, Jesmyn Ward, Joann Wypijewski, June Jordan, Cornel West, Thandisizwe Chimurenga, Jeffrey St. Clair, Quassan Castro, Jesse Jackson, Tara Skurtu, Amy Goodman, Alexis Pauline Gumbs, Brenda E. Stevenson, Alexander Cockburn, Kevin Alexander Gray, Rita Dove, Vijay Prashad

Killing Trayvons: an Anthology of American Violence

Patricia Willimas, bell hooks, Tim Wise, Robin D.G. Kelley, Etan Thomas, Jesmyn Ward, Joann Wypijewski, June Jordan, Cornel West, Thandisizwe Chimurenga, Jeffrey St. Clair, Quassan Castro, Jesse Jackson, Tara Skurtu, Amy Goodman, Alexis Pauline Gumbs, Brenda E. Stevenson, Alexander Cockburn, Kevin Alexander Gray, Rita Dove, Vijay Prashad

420 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

nonfiction essays history challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Let Us Descend by Jesmyn Ward

Let Us Descend

Jesmyn Ward

305 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction historical lgbtqia+ literary dark emotional sad medium-paced
The Lonely Stories: 22 Celebrated Writers on the Joys & Struggles of Being Alone by Natalie Eve Garrett

The Lonely Stories: 22 Celebrated Writers on the Joys & Struggles of Being Alone

Natalie Eve Garrett

272 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

nonfiction essays emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Men We Reaped by Jesmyn Ward

Men We Reaped

Jesmyn Ward

272 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

nonfiction memoir race emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Navigate Your Stars by Jesmyn Ward

Navigate Your Stars

Jesmyn Ward

64 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction memoir self help hopeful inspiring reflective fast-paced
Salvage the Bones by Jesmyn Ward

Salvage the Bones

Bois Sauvage #2

Jesmyn Ward

271 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)

fiction contemporary historical literary emotional sad tense medium-paced