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• Black Buck

  a Novel

  Askaripour, Mateo

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  A chance encounter with the CEO of New York City's hottest tech startup gives Darren a job as a member of an elite sales team. Darren is the sole Black employee in this cult-like company, and to survive its cutthroat corporate culture, he reinvents…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Several People Are Typing

  a Novel

  Kasulke, Calvin

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  Told entirely through Slack messages, Several People Are Typing is a satirical take on virtual work and modern life. Gerald, a mid-level employee at a public relations firm, has his consciousness uploaded into the company's internal Slack channels.…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Convenience Store Woman

  Murata, Sayaka, 1979-

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  Keiko Furukura has never fit in — not at home, and not at school. When she starts work at a convenience store, the rules of social interaction make sense there, and she finds peace and purpose. However, after working there for eighteen years, her…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Bodyguard

  Center, Katherine

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  Hannah Brooks is hired as a bodyguard for Jack Stapleton, a movie star, to protect him from a stalker. When Jack's mother gets sick, he must go back home to his family's ranch to help out. He doesn't want his family to know he has a stalker, though,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Maid

  a Novel

  Prose, Nita

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  Twenty-five-year-old Molly Gray works as a hotel maid. After discovering a wealthy and infamous guest dead in his bed, Molly becomes the prime suspect in the case, and must search for clues to uncover what really happened. This cozy mystery is…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Other Black Girl

  a Novel

  Harris, Zakiya Dalila

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  Nella Rogers, an editorial assistant, is the only Black employee at Wagner Books, and is subjected to microaggressions and isolation. She is therefore overjoyed when Hazel, another Black woman, is hired and assigned to the cubicle next to hers.…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Killers of a Certain Age

  a Novel

  Raybourn, Deanna

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  At sixty years old, Billie, Mary Alice, Helen, and Natalie have been in their line of work for forty years. The work in question is, naturally, being assassins for an international organization. Now, the four women find themselves being targeted by…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Attachments

  Rowell, Rainbow

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  Despite knowing that their company monitors their work email, Beth and Jennifer use it to send each other gossip and personal information. Lincoln, the internet security officer, knows that he should report the two for misuse of company resources,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Cartographers

  a Novel

  Shepherd, Peng

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  Nell Young hasn't talked to her father since he fired her after an argument over an old gas station highway map, and destroyed her reputation as a cartographer. When he is found dead in his office, that same map is hidden in his desk. What Nell…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Devil Wears Prada

  Weisberger, Lauren, 1977-

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  Andrea Sachs, a small-town girl fresh out of college, lands a job as the assistant to Miranda Priestly, the high-profile editor of Runway magazine. Andrea finds herself being pushed to her limits every day, but perseveres with the goal of getting a…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Liar's Dictionary

  a Novel

  Williams, Eley

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  At the end of the nineteenth century, a lexicographer feels compelled to begin inserting unauthorized, fictitious entries into the dictionary. In present day, Mallory, a young intern hired by the publisher of the dictionary, is tasked with finding…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Interior Chinatown

  Yu, Charles

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  Written in the form of a screenplay, Interior Chinatown follows Willis Wu, an actor. He is continuously relegated to background parts rife with racial stereotyping on the set of a procedural cop show. He dreams of landing a part as a martial arts…Read moreRead more of this annotation