Colson Whitehead

Crook Manifesto

By Colson Whitehead - Published 2023

Genres:

Literary

Second in a trilogy, Crook Manifesto is a brisk ride that tears through 1970s Harlem until each projected act of violence erupts mid-paragraph, ...Read Review

Harlem Shuffle

By Colson Whitehead - Published 2021

Genres:

Literary

In 1960s Harlem, Ray Carney owns his own furniture store and is determined to prove himself as an honest businessman, in stark contrast ...Read Review

The Nickel Boys

By Colson Whitehead - Published 2019

Genres:

Literary

The incomparable Colson Whitehead follows his Pulitzer-Prize-winning The Underground Railroad with a tale that is much different and yet, sadly, much the same. ...Read Review

The Underground Railroad

By Colson Whitehead - Published 2016

Genres:

Literary

In the antebellum era, Cora, a teenager born into slavery on a Georgia plantation, agrees to flee with a literate new arrival, Caesar, ...Read Review

John Henry Days

By Colson Whitehead - Published 2001

Genres:

Literary

July 12, 1996–J. Sutter, New York native and junketeer journalist, is en route to Talcott, West Virginia to cover the launch of a new ...Read Review