The Other Black Girl by Zakyia Dalila Harris

This has both the expected and the unexpected wrapped into it. In the beginning Nella is the sole black woman at her prestigious publishing house. She is unsurprisingly not just on the diversity committee, but also the shaker and mover on that committee, the acknowledged expert based almost solely on her race. When Hazel McCall, another Black girl, shows up to work at the publisher, the drama is set into motion. Nella is thrilled and eager for the friendship and comradery, however it soon becomes clear that Hazel is not focused on new friendships. Instead, she strives for dominance in the workplace and seems to be edging Nella out and alienating her from her boss and her colleagues, and what plays out is somewhere between fantasy and thriller. The story starts out as a simple, charming story about a young Black woman working at a prestigious publishing house and turns into something altogether different and unexpected.