New York Times Bestsellers
Colson Whitehead has placed 2 books on the New York Times bestseller lists, spending a combined 17 weeks on the charts.
8 weeks on the Times Hardcover Fiction list · peaked at #2 · debuted Sep 2021 · 13 weeks across 2 NYT lists
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3 weeks on the Times Hardcover Fiction list · peaked at #6 · debuted Jul 2023 · 4 weeks across 2 NYT lists
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Reading Order
3 series · 12 books| ✓ | # | Book Title | Year | Awards | Buy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Harlem Shuffle | 2021 | Kirkus Prize 2021Hammett Prize 2021National Book Critics Circle Award 2021Full award history → | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | |
| 2 | Crook Manifesto | 2023 | 🏆 Hammett Prize 2023Full award history → | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | |
| 3 | Cool Machine | 2026 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia |
| ✓ | # | Book Title | Year | Awards | Buy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Intuitionist | 1999 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | ||
| 2 | John Henry Days | 2001 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | ||
| 3 | Apex Hides the Hurt | 2006 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | ||
| 4 | Sag Harbor | 2009 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | ||
| 5 | Zone One | 2011 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | ||
| 6 | The Underground Railroad | 2016 | 🎬 Adapted for film/TV → | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | |
| 7 | The Nickel Boys | 2019 | 🎬 Adapted for film/TV → | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia |
| ✓ | # | Book Title | Year | Awards | Buy |
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| 1 | The Colossus of New York | 2003 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | ||
| 2 | The Noble Hustle: Poker, Beef Jerky, and Death | 2014 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia |
Arch Colson Chipp Whitehead (born November 6, 1969) is an American novelist. His works include his 1999 debut *The Intuitionist*; *The Underground Railroad* (2016), for which he won the 2016 National Book Award for Fiction and the 2017 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction; and *The Nickel Boys*, for which he won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction again in 2020, making him one of only four writers ever to win the prize twice. He has also published two books of nonfiction.