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Percival Everett Books in Order

Percival Everett has written 36 books, published between 1983 and 2024. The first book is Suder (1983) and the newest is James (2024). One more title is announced: Serious Music (2027). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
36 + 1 announced
Published
1983–2024
Confirmed
34 of 37 titles
Pages on record
5,196 in 29 of 37 books
Reading time
87–130 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 5,196 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 29 of 37 titles with a page count on record.

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Photo of Percival Everett, author

Percival Everett, born December 22, 1956, is an American author and Distinguished Professor of English at the University of Southern California. The fiction moves across western, mystery, thriller, satire and philosophical forms, often using satire to examine race and identity in the United States. Erasure (2001), I Am Not Sidney Poitier (2009) and The Trees (2021), shortlisted for the 2022 Booker Prize, are the best-known novels. The catalogue lists 37 books from Suder (1983) to James (2024), with Serious Music due in 2027, and includes short stories and poetry.

The novel Erasure was later adapted into a motion picture released under the different title American Fiction.

How many Percival Everett books are there?

Percival Everett has 36 published books, released between 1983 and 2024. One more, Serious Music (2027), is announced.

Percival Everett Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 37 Percival Everett books in the order they were published, with the release year, the page count where one is on record, and how many independent book listings confirm each title. Catalogue data as of September 2026.

  1. Cover of Suder by Percival Everett (1983)
  2. Cover of Cutting Lisa by Percival Everett (1986)
  3. Cover of The One that Got Away by Percival Everett (1992)
  4. Cover of God's Country by Percival Everett (1994)
  5. Cover of Big Picture by Percival Everett (1996)
  6. Cover of Watershed by Percival Everett (1996)
  7. Cover of Frenzy by Percival Everett (1996)
  8. Cover of Glyph by Percival Everett (1999)
  9. Cover of Erasure by Percival Everett (2001)
  10. Cover of Grand Canyon, Inc. by Percival Everett (2001)
  11. Cover of Damned if I Do by Percival Everett (2004)
  12. Cover of A History of the African-American People by Percival Everett (2004)
  13. Cover of Wounded by Percival Everett (2005)
  14. Cover of The Water Cure by Percival Everett (2007)
  15. Cover of I Am Not Sidney Poitier by Percival Everett (2009)
  16. Cover of Assumption by Percival Everett (2011)
  17. Cover of Percival Everett by Virgil Russell by Percival Everett (2013)
  18. Cover of Half an Inch of Water by Percival Everett (2015)
  19. Cover of So Much Blue by Percival Everett (2017)
  20. Cover of The Book of Training by Colonel Hap Thompson of Roanoke, Va, 1843 by Percival Everett (2019)
  21. Cover of Telephone by Percival Everett (2020)
  22. Cover of Dr. No by Percival Everett (2022)
  23. Cover of Sonnets for a Missing Key by Percival Everett (2024)
  24. Cover of James by Percival Everett (2024)
  1. 1
    Suder1983 · 171 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1983171
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  2. 2
    Walk Me to the Distance1985 · confirmed 3/4
    1985–
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  3. 3
    Cutting Lisa1986 · 147 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1986147
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  4. 4
    The Weather and Women Treat Me Fair1987 · 115 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1987115
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  5. 5
    Zulus1990 · confirmed 2/4
    1990–
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  6. 6
    For Her Dark Skin1990 · 160 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1990160
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  7. 7
    The One that Got Away1992 · 32 pages · confirmed 3/4
    199232
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  8. 8
    God's Country1994 · 219 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1994219
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  9. 9
    Big Picture1996 · 192 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1996192
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  10. 10
    Watershed1996 · 200 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1996200
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  11. 11
    Frenzy1996 · 165 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1996165
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  12. 12
    Glyph1999 · 208 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1999208
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  13. 13
    Erasure2001 · 265 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2001265
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  14. 14
    Grand Canyon, Inc.2001 · 126 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2001126
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  15. 15
    Damned if I Do2004 · 208 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2004208
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  16. 16
    American Desert2004 · 304 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2004304
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  17. 17
    A History of the African-American People2004 · 312 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2004312
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  18. 18
    re: f -gesture-2005 · 70 pages · confirmed 3/4
    200570
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  19. 19
    Wounded2005 · 207 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2005207
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  20. 20
    The Water Cure2007 · 216 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2007216
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  21. 21
    I Am Not Sidney Poitier2009 · 234 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2009234
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  22. 22
    Swimming Swimmers Swimming2011 · 72 pages · confirmed 3/4
    201172
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  23. 23
    Assumption2011 · 225 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2011225
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  24. 24
    The Body of Martin Aguilera2013 · confirmed 2/4
    2013–
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  25. 25
    Percival Everett by Virgil Russell2013 · 227 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2013227
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  26. 26
    Parts of Brain2015 · 54 pages · confirmed 3/4
    201554
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  27. 27
    Half an Inch of Water2015 · 163 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2015163
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  28. 28
    Trout's Lie2015 · 72 pages · confirmed 3/4
    201572
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  29. 29
    So Much Blue2017 · 242 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2017242
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  30. 30
    Two Stories2018 · confirmed 3/4
    2018–
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  31. 31
    The Book of Training by Colonel Hap Thompson of Roanoke, Va, 18432019 · 48 pages · confirmed 3/4
    201948
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  32. 32
    Telephone2020 · 224 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2020224
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  33. 33
    The Trees2021 · confirmed 3/4
    2021–
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  34. 34
    Dr. No2022 · confirmed 3/4
    2022–
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  35. 35
    Sonnets for a Missing Key2024 · confirmed 3/4
    2024–
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  36. 36
    James2024 · 318 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2024318
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  37. 37
    Serious Music2027 · confirmed 2/4
    2027–
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Percival Everett books grouped by series

Each title below is a row in the publication-order table above. None of these groups has a reading-order page of its own on this site.

Standalone books

37 books

37 Percival Everett titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Percival Everett books in order?

No. No source lists any of the 37 Percival Everett books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.

Where to start with Percival Everett

Start with Suder (1983), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Percival Everett book?

James (2024) is the newest Percival Everett book released so far.

Is there a new Percival Everett book coming?

Yes. Serious Music (2027) is the next Percival Everett book announced in the catalogue. A publication year announced this far ahead moves, so it is worth rechecking: every announced title dated after 2026 sits on the upcoming book releases page.

Awards Percival Everett has won

Wikidata records 5 awards and 1 nomination for Percival Everett. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.

  • Pulitzer Prize for Fiction2025Wonfor James
  • National Book Award for Fiction2024Wonfor James
  • Ivan Sandrof Lifetime Achievement Award2021Won
  • PEN Oakland/Josephine Miles Literary Award2018Won
  • Lucien Barrière Literary Award2012Won
  • Booker Prize2022Shortlistedfor The Trees

Percival Everett at a glance

Still publishing
Percival Everett is still publishing. Serious Music is announced for 2027.
Release pace
Percival Everett books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
5,196 pages across the 29 of 37 books with a recorded length, a median of 200 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Percival Everett books, 10 of 37, were published in the 2010s.

What the Percival Everett books are about

30 of the 37 Percival Everett books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: african american men is tagged on 6 of 30. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.