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Percival Everett Books in Order

Standalone Novels

★ 1 NYT bestseller · 1 at #1 1 series 22 books Latest: James (2024)

Publishing since 1985, Percival Everett has 22 books to their name. The most recent release we track is James (2024).

New York Times Bestsellers

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Percival Everett has placed one book on the New York Times bestseller lists, spending a combined 38 weeks on the charts. One title reached #1.

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James
Standalone Novels

20 weeks on the Times Hardcover Fiction list · peaked at #1 · debuted Mar 2024 · 38 weeks across 2 NYT lists

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Reading Order

Standalone Novels

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1 Walk Me to the Distance 1985 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
2 For Her Dark Skin 1990 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
3 Zulus 1990 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
4 God's Country 1994 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
5 Watershed 1996 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
6 Frenzy 1996 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
7 Suder 1999 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
8 Glyph 1999 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
9 Cutting Lisa 2000 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
10 Grand Canyon, Inc. 2001 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
11 Erasure 2001 🏆 Hurston/Wright Legacy Award 2002Full award history → Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
12 A History of the African-American People 2004 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
13 American Desert 2004 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
14 Wounded 2005 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
15 Water Cure 2007 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
16 I Am Not Sidney Poitier 2009 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
17 Assumption 2011 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
18 Percival Everett by Virgil Russell 2013 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
19 So Much Blue 2017 California Book Award 2017Full award history → Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
20 Telephone 2020 Pulitzer Prize 2021Full award history → Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
21 The Trees 2021 Dublin Literary Award 2023Booker Prize 2022Full award history → Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
22 James 2024 🏆 Pulitzer Prize 2025🏆 British Book Award 2025🏆 California Book Award 2025🏆 National Book Award 2024🏆 Kirkus Prize 2024Dublin Literary Award 2025Dayton Literary Peace Prize 2025Faulkner Award for Fiction 2025+3 moreFull award history → Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
About the Author

American writer and Distinguished Professor of English at the University of Southern California.

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