ENSLAVED MEN IN LOVE shake a plantation’s life to its roots with their forbidden joy. Glorious parable of beauty and rage, in prose both mystical and devastatingly precise. SOLID A

THE PROPHETS
G.P. Putnam's Sons
2021

A LIFE OF MANY EXILES, from Biafra to Jamaica to the United States, recounted with playful wit and raw candor, and above all, ruthless clarity. Stunning. SOLID A

FLOATING IN A MOST PECULIAR WAY
Mariner Books
2021

A MYSTERIOUS GOVERNMENT EXPERIMENT, a young Black woman in need of cash: the stage is set for a tense, brilliantly timely thriller. Outstanding. SOLID A

LAKEWOOD
Amistad
2020

GLORIOUSLY ENGROSSING STORY of espionage in World War II London. Unflinching, clever, the antidote to so much cheap wartime romance. SOLID A

TRANSCRIPTION (HARDCOVER)
Little
2018

LOVE IN A TIME OF INJUSTICE: a cruel twist of fate leaves a wake of shattered Black families. Heartbreaking and wise. SOLID A

AN AMERICAN MARRIAGE
Algonquin Books
2018

A GLORIOUS LABYRINTH OF MYSTERY, science fiction, myth and legend tells a dark tale of a post-privacy future. SOLID A

GNOMON (HARDCOVER)
Knopf
2018

STARKLY BEAUTIFUL INDONESIAN novel follows the fortunes of two neighboring families. Gorgeous writing. SOLID A

MAN TIGER
Verso
2015

THE VIETNAM WAR FROM a Vietnamese perspective, vividly brought to life in a complex, powerful novel. Wow. SOLID A

THE SYMPATHIZER
Grove Press
2015

HEARTBREAKING, UNADORNED, GRACEFUL prose tells the story of a family court judge and a high-profile case. SOLID A

THE CHILDREN ACT
Nan A. Talese
2014

GENTLY DEVASTATING NOVEL tells the story of a family shaken by emigration, and by sudden tragedy. Amazing! SOLID A