New York Times Bestsellers
Yaa Gyasi has placed 2 books on the New York Times bestseller lists, spending a combined 17 weeks on the charts.
Homegoing
Yaa Gyasi Novels
11 weeks on the Times Paperback Trade Fiction list · peaked at #5 · debuted Jun 2016 · 12 weeks across 2 NYT lists
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Transcendent Kingdom
Yaa Gyasi Novels
3 weeks on the Times Hardcover Fiction list · peaked at #3 · debuted Sep 2020 · 5 weeks across 2 NYT lists
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Reading Order
Yaa Gyasi Novels
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| ✓ | # | Book Title | Year | Awards | Buy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Homegoing | — | 🏆 PEN/Hemingway Foundation Award 2017🏆 American Book Award 2017🏆 Audie Award 2017🏆 Alabama Author Award 2017🏆 Hemingway Award for Debut Novel 2017🏆 National Book Critics Circle Award 2016Dublin Literary Award 2018PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize 2017+4 moreFull award history → | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | |
| 2 | Transcendent Kingdom | — | Women's Prize for Fiction 2021Full award history → | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia |
About the Author
Yaa Gyasi was born in Ghana and raised in Huntsville, Alabama. She holds a BA in English from Stanford University and an MFA from the Iowa Writers’ Workshop, where she held a Dean’s Graduate Research Fellowship. She lives in New York City. Photo: © Michael Lionstar