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  • Bibliography:
    5 Books
  • First Book:
    September 2002
  • Latest Book:
    September 2021
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Book List in Order: 5 titles



  • From the author of the Oprah's Book Club Selection An American Marriage, here is a beautifully evocative novel that proves why Tayari Jones is "one of the most important voices of her generation" (Essence). It was the end of summer, a summer during t...



  • From the author of the Oprah Book Club Selection An American Marriage, here is an emotionally powerful novel that "succeeds mightily...truly a wonderful story" (Boston Globe). Aria is no stranger to tragedy -- as a young girl, she and her older sist...



  • With the opening line of Silver Sparrow, “My father, James Witherspoon, is a bigamist,” author Tayari Jones unveils a breathtaking story about a man’s deception, a family’s complicity, and the two teenage girls caught in the middle. Set in...



  • A NEW YORK TIMES AND WASHINGTON POST NOTABLE BOOK

    A 2018 BEST OF THE YEAR SELECTION OF NPR  * TIME  * BUSTLE  * O, THE OPRAH MAGAZINE  * THE DALLAS MORNING NEWS  * AMAZON.COM

    OPRAH’S BOOK CLUB 2018 SELECTION



  • From Tayari Jones, author of the New York Times best-selling An American Marriage, and performed by Gabrielle Union, one of Time's 100 Most Influential People of 2020, comes an unflinching story about mothers and sons that will leave listeners reelin...




Award-Winning Books by Tayari Jones

An American Marriage
2019 Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction -- Fiction
2019 Black Caucus of the American Library Association Literary Award -- Fiction
Leaving Atlanta
2003 Hurston/Wright LEGACY Award -- Debut Fiction
The Untelling
2005 Lillian Smith Book Award -- Fiction


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Tayari Jones has published 5 books.

Tayari Jones does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Dispossession, was published in September 2021.

The first book by Tayari Jones, Leaving Atlanta, was published in September 2002.

No. Tayari Jones does not write books in series.