Chariandy has two other published books, Soucouyant and I've Been Meaning to Tell You: A Letter to My Daughter. The first is a novel and the latter is a collection of essays, though both have overlapping themes with Brother, including racism, discrimination, poverty, and the immigrant struggle.
Some other books by Caribbean immigrants that deal with themes similar to Brother include Saga Boy by Antonio Michael Downing, The Book of Lost Saints by Daniel José Older, and Everything Inside: Stories by Edwidge Danticat. Reading autobiographical works may also provide additional context, including Jamaica Kincaid's An Autobiography of My Mother and Audre Lorde's Zami.
Nonfiction works that...
