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COLSON WHITEHEAD is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of eleven works of fiction and nonfiction, and is a two-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize, for The Nickel Boys and The Underground Railroad, which also won the National Book Award. A recipient of MacArthur and Guggenheim fellowships, he lives in New York City.

Harlem Shuffle is the first book in The Harlem Trilogy. The second, Crook Manifesto, will be published in 2023.

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The Underground Railroad

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Zone One

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Crook Manifesto (The Harlem...

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Sag Harbor

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The Colossus of New York

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John Henry Days

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Apex Hides the Hurt

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“And America, too, is a delusion, the grandest one of all. The white race believes--believes with all its heart--that it is their right to take the land. To kill Indians. Make war. Enslave their brothers. This nation shouldn't exist, if there is any justice in the world, for its foundations are murder, theft, and cruelty. Yet here we are.”
Colson Whitehead, The Underground Railroad

“We never see other people anyway, only the monsters we make of them.”
Colson Whitehead, Zone One

“We must believe in our souls that we are somebody, that we are significant, that we are worthful, and we must walk the streets of life every day with this sense of dignity and this sense of somebody-ness.”
Colson Whitehead, The Nickel Boys

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November is historical fiction. Voting will be open through Wednesday, October 6th.

Ribbons of Scarlet Ribbons of Scarlet A Novel of the French Revolution's Women by Kate Quinn Kate Quinn
 
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The Nickel Boys The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead Colson Whitehead
 
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The Library of Legends The Library of Legends by Janie Chang Janie Chang
 
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The Wiregrass by Pam Webber The Wiregrass Pam Webber
 
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America's First Daughter America's First Daughter by Stephanie Dray Stephanie Dray
 
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The True and Splendid History of the Harristown Sisters The True and Splendid History of the Harristown Sisters by Michelle Lovric Michelle Lovric
 
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