Kiese Laymon’s HEAVY is an NPR Best Book of 2018, where it was a Staff Pick and also selected for Identity & Culture, Eye-Opening reads, Ladies First, Nonfiction, The States We’re In. “If there's a 2018 book that I believe everyone in America should read,” NPR says, “it's Kiese Laymon's memoir, HEAVY.” Scribner published the book on October 16, 2018.