Colson Whitehead
Colson Whitehead — 4 titles in the rankings, first published between 2011 and 2021. They average 7.9, above the 7.8 the whole catalogue averages. One series has a reading order worth keeping to.
Editor’s note One of only a few writers to win the Pulitzer Prize for fiction twice. The Underground Railroad, in which the escape route from slavery becomes a literal railway beneath the South, is the most read. The Nickel Boys, about two Black boys sent to a brutal reform school in 1960s Florida, rates highest and is shorter. Harlem Shuffle, a crime caper, and Zone One, a literary zombie novel, rate much lower.
- Ranked titles
- 4 books
- Average score
- 7.9
- Total ratings
- 1.6K
- First published
- 2011–2021
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Series by Colson Whitehead
Reading order of Colson Whitehead's series
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Other books by Colson Whitehead
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- 1999The Intuitionist
- 2001John Henry Days
- 2003The Colossus of New York
- 2006Apex Hides the Hurt
- 2009Sag Harbor
- 2024Crook Manifesto
- 2026Cool Machine
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