Author: jamesmcbride

In this “boisterous, imaginative, tender” New York Times bestseller (Entertainment Weekly), a seemingly impulsive decision sets off a series of events that will reverberate throughout a close-knit Brooklyn community. “McBride’s novel contains multitudes” (The New York Times).

A New York Times bestseller from a National Book Award–winning author: A black man explores his white mother’s remarkable story — and shares tales of his own upbringing — in this “vibrant” book (The Boston Globe) with nearly 37,000 five-star Goodreads ratings.

A National Book Award winner and NPR Best Book of 2013: When abolitionist John Brown arrives in the Kansas Territory, enslaved Henry Shackleford is mistaken for a girl — and embarks on a journey of survival. “A boisterous, highly entertaining, altogether original novel” (The Washington Post).