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  • Bibliography:
    3 Books
  • First Book:
    April 2001
  • Latest Book:
    November 2014
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Book List in Order: 3 titles



  • Cane River. It was here, on a medium-sized Creole plantation owned by a family named Derbanne, that author Lalita Tademy found her family's roots -- and the stories of four astonishing women who battled vast injustices to create a legacy of hope and ...



  • Hailed as "powerful," "accomplished," and "spellbinding," Lalita Tademy's first novel Cane River was a New York Times bestseller and the 2001 Oprah Book Club Summer Selection. Now with her evocative, luminous style and painstaking research, she takes...



  • The New York Times bestselling author of the Oprah Book Club Pick Cane River brings us the evocative story of a once-enslaved man who buys his freedom after serving as a translator during the American Indian Wars, and his granddaughter, who sustains ...




Award-Winning Books by Lalita Tademy

Citizens Creek
2015 Black Caucus of the American Library Association Literary Award -- Fiction


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Lalita Tademy has published 3 books.

Lalita Tademy does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Citizens Creek, was published in November 2014.

The first book by Lalita Tademy, Cane River, was published in April 2001.

No. Lalita Tademy does not write books in series.