Laila Lalami

14 books

The Decameron Project: 29 New Stories from the Pandemic by The New York Times

The Decameron Project: 29 New Stories from the Pandemic

The New York Times

320 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction short stories emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced
Dismantle: An Anthology of Writing from the VONA/Voices Writing Workshop by Mat Johnson, Marco Fernando Navarro, Adriana Ramirez, Minal Hajratwala, Andrea Walls, Marissa Johnson-Valenzuela, Camille Acker, Justin Torres, Ching-In Chen, Cristina García, Nikky Finney, Laila Lalami, Chris Abani, Kimberly Alidio, Junot Díaz, Mitchell Jackson, Maaza Mengiste

Dismantle: An Anthology of Writing from the VONA/Voices Writing Workshop

Mat Johnson, Marco Fernando Navarro, Adriana Ramirez, Minal Hajratwala, Andrea Walls, Marissa Johnson-Valenzuela, Camille Acker, Justin Torres, Ching-In Chen, Cristina García, Nikky Finney, Laila Lalami, Chris Abani, Kimberly Alidio, Junot Díaz, Mitchell Jackson, Maaza Mengiste

275 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

fiction poetry race challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
The Moor's Account by Laila Lalami

The Moor's Account

Laila Lalami

321 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

fiction historical adventurous reflective medium-paced
The Other Americans by Laila Lalami

The Other Americans

Laila Lalami

320 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

fiction contemporary literary mystery emotional mysterious reflective slow-paced
Season of Migration to the North by Tayeb Salih

Season of Migration to the North

Tayeb Salih

159 pages • first pub 1966 (editions)

fiction historical dark reflective slow-paced
A Stranger Among Us: Stories of Cross Cultural Collision and Connection by Stacy Bierlein

A Stranger Among Us: Stories of Cross Cultural Collision and Connection

Stacy Bierlein

416 pages • first pub 2008 (editions)

fiction short stories challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Conditional Citizens: On Belonging in America by Laila Lalami

Conditional Citizens: On Belonging in America

Laila Lalami

208 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction memoir politics challenging informative reflective slow-paced
The Dream Hotel by Laila Lalami
The Dream Hotel
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Laila Lalami

The Dream Hotel

Laila Lalami

missing page info • missing pub info (editions)

The Granta Book of the African Short Story by Helon Habila

The Granta Book of the African Short Story

Helon Habila

344 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)

fiction short stories adventurous reflective slow-paced
Hope and Other Dangerous Pursuits by Laila Lalami

Hope and Other Dangerous Pursuits

Laila Lalami

197 pages • first pub 2005 (editions)

fiction short stories emotional reflective medium-paced