Kiese Laymon

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  • Bibliography:
    3 Books
  • First Book:
    June 2013
  • Latest Book:
    April 2025
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Book List in Order: 3 titles

  • Long Division

    Winner of the NAACP Image Award for FictionFrom Kiese Laymon, author of the critically acclaimed memoir Heavy, comes a “funny, astute, searching” (The Wall Street Journal) debut novel about Black teenagers that is a satirical exploration of celeb...

  • Heavy

  • City Summer, Country Summer

    A lyrical picture book from the award-winning author of Heavy, about three Black boys who form a deep connection during a transformative summer trip down South to visit family.On the ground of that garden, covered in vegetables and dirt, coated in la...



Award-Winning Books by Kiese Laymon

Long Division
2014 Saroyan Writing Prize -- Fiction


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Kiese Laymon has published 3 books.

The next book by Kiese Laymon, City Summer, Country Summer, will be published in April 2025.

The first book by Kiese Laymon, Long Division, was published in June 2013.

No. Kiese Laymon does not write books in series.
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