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Percival Everett

Percival Everett is an American author known for his literary fiction novels and poetry. He wrote his first novel while pursuing his AM degree at Brown University. The Washington Post has referred to him as “one of the most adventurously experimental of modern American novelists.” Additionally, he serves as a Distinguished Professor of English at the University of Southern California, where he describes himself as a demanding teacher, emphasizing that the learning experience is reciprocal between students and teachers. Everett made his debut as a published novelist in 1983 with the novel Suder. Below is a list of his books in the order of their original release:

Percival Everett became a published novelist in 1983 with the novel Suder. Below is a list of Percival Everett's books in order of when they were originally released:

Publication Order of Standalone Novels Books

Book Title Year Amazon USA Amazon UK
Suder (1983) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Walk Me to the Distance (1985) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Cutting Lisa (1986) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Zulus (1990) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
For Her Dark Skin (1990) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
God's Country (1994) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Watershed (1996) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Frenzy (1996) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Glyph (1999) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Erasure (2001) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Grand Canyon, Inc. (2001) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
American Desert (2004) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
A History of the African-American People (2004) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Wounded (2005) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Water Cure (2007) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
I Am Not Sidney Poitier (2009) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Assumption (2011) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Body of Martin Aguilera (2013) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Percival Everett by Virgil Russell (2013) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
So Much Blue (2017) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Telephone (2020) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Trees (2021) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Dr. No (2022) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
James (2024) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Short Story Collections Books

Book Title Year Amazon USA Amazon UK
The Weather and Women Treat Me Fair (1987) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Big Picture (1996) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Damned if I Do (2004) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
re: f -gesture- (2005) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Swimming Swimmers Swimming (2011) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Half an Inch of Water (2015) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Trout's Lie (2015) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Two Stories (2018) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Book of Training by Colonel Hap Thompson of Roanoke, Va, 1843 (2019) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Sonnets for a Missing Key (2024) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Picture Books

Book Title Year Amazon USA Amazon UK
The One that Got Away (1992) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books

Book Title Year Amazon USA Amazon UK
Parts of Brain (2015) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Anthologies Books

Book Title Year Amazon USA Amazon UK
Fiction International 34: Madness II (2001) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Fiction's Present (2007) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Conceptualisms (2022) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk

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