The Recurring Cast
Percival Everett books in order · Percival Everett reading order · 7 books · 2001 to 2024

Percival Everett Books in Order and Reading Order

Literary and generalLiterary fictionComic fiction

Percival Everett writes sharp, inventive satire about race and identity in America. James, retelling Huckleberry Finn through Jim’s eyes, won the Pulitzer Prize.

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Percival Everett books in order

Percival Everett’s first book is Erasure (2001). There are 7 books in all, published from 2001 to 2024.

The Percival Everett reading order: each series in publication order, with its lead characters. Where the story runs in a different order, switch to Story order. Crossover books are marked and listed under their main series. Use My books to track what you have read.

Novels

7 books · Mostly set in United StatesLiterary fictionComic fiction
  1. 1Erasure2001With Monk EllisonBuy on Amazon
  2. 2I Am Not Sidney Poitier2009Buy on Amazon
  3. 3So Much Blue2017Buy on Amazon
  4. 4Telephone2020Buy on Amazon
  5. 5The Trees2021With Ed Morgan and Jim Davis · Set in Money, MississippiBuy on Amazon
  6. 6Dr. No2022With Wala KituBuy on Amazon
  7. 7James2024With James · Set in the Mississippi RiverBuy on Amazon

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Characters

6 recurring and key characters, with the book each one first appears in.

Leads

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