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Colson Whitehead

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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 4.06 avg rating — 436,835 ratings — published 2016 — 177 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Nickel Boys 4.25 avg rating — 296,865 ratings — published 2019 — 130 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Harlem Shuffle (Ray Carney, #1) 3.73 avg rating — 79,039 ratings — published 2021 — 71 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Zone One 3.25 avg rating — 26,781 ratings — published 2011 — 46 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Crook Manifesto 3.86 avg rating — 19,847 ratings — published 2023 — 46 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Intuitionist 3.62 avg rating — 16,202 ratings — published 1999 — 57 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sag Harbor 3.56 avg rating — 11,457 ratings — published 2009 — 30 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Colossus of New York 3.69 avg rating — 4,268 ratings — published 2003 — 43 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	John Henry Days 3.62 avg rating — 3,387 ratings — published 2001 — 35 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Apex Hides the Hurt 3.50 avg rating — 3,453 ratings — published 2006 — 29 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Freedom looks a lot like slavery to Coleman and his sister, June. Though the Civil War has ended, the brother and sister are still living...

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December BoTM: Books Published in 2016 ~ 2nd Poll (we have a four way tie!)

The Woman in Cabin 10

by Ruth Ware

26 votes, 36.6%

The Girls

by Emma Cline

11 votes, 15.5%

The Couple Next Door

by Shari Lapena

10 votes, 14.1%

What Lies Between Us

by Nayomi Munaweera

6 votes, 8.5%

The Underground Railroad

by Colson Whitehead

6 votes, 8.5%

Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis

by J.D. Vance

5 votes, 7.0%

The Unseen World

by Liz Moore (author of Heft)

4 votes, 5.6%

Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City

by Matthew Desmond

3 votes, 4.2%

71 total votes

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