For other novels by J.M. Coetzee that grapple with South African history, see Disgrace and Life and Times of Michael K.
For non-fiction works that address the fraught racial history of the United States, see March by John Lewis, The Warmth of Other Suns by Isabel Wilkerson, and The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander.
For other novels written in the form of a letter, see The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga, The Color Purple by Alice Walker, or The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky.