His first recommendation, Mama Day, the third novel from American Book Award-winner Gloria Naylor, Odamtten describes as "a novel I find myself drawn to repeatedly... not only a love story, but also a sensitively written, magical narrative."
His second pick, James Baldwin's The Fire Next Time, Odamtten hails as "one of the most powerful pieces of persuasive writing of the 20th century." Finally, Odamtten suggests My Soul to Keep, by Tananarive Due. An author whom he describes as "little-known...who deserves much more attention; especially since her work is a constant challenge to our unexamined assumptions about life, love, race and even writing."
