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James

Percival Everett

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A classic reimagined with fierce, human urgency

If you like literary fiction that feels both gripping and quietly radical, this is the kind of book that stays with you. Everett takes a familiar American story and gives it depth, danger, and a powerful emotional center through James’s perspective. Readers often love how it feels adventurous on the surface, yet cuts sharply into freedom, family, and survival in a way that feels startlingly fresh.

  • Booker Prize Nominee for Shortlist (2024)
  • Pulitzer Prize for Fiction (2025)
  • National Book Award for Fiction (2024)
  • British Book Award for Fiction (2025)
  • PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction Nominee (2025)
  • California Book Award for Fiction (2024)
  • Audie Award for Literary Fiction & Classics and Nominee for Best Fiction Narrator (2025)
  • Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Audiobook and Nominee for Fiction (2024)
  • Dayton Literary Peace Prize Nominee for Fiction (2025)
  • National Book Critics Circle Award Nominee for Fiction (2024)
  • Hurston/Wright Legacy Award for General Fiction (2025)
  • NAIBA Book of the Year for Fiction (2025)
  • Andrew Carnegie Medal for Fiction (2025)
  • Kirkus Prize for Fiction (2024)
  • Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Historical Fiction and for Audiobook (2024)
  • Southern Book Prize Nominee for Fiction (2025)
  • Brooklyn Public Library Literary Prize Nominee for Fiction (2024)
  • Aspen Words Literary Prize Nominee for Shortlist (2025)
  • The Rooster -- The Morning News Tournament of Books (2025)
  • Dublin Literary Award Nominee for Shortlist (2025)
  • She Reads Best of Award for Literary Fiction and Nominee for Book of the Year and Audiobook (2024)
  • Barnes & Noble Book of the Year Award (2024)
  • Libby Award for Best Historical Fiction and Nominee for Best Adult Fiction (2025)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

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ISBN: 9781035031269
Publisher: Picador
Date of Publication: 2025-07-01
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Literary Fiction, Historical Fiction
Related Topics: Classics, Race
Goodreads rating: 4.42
(rated by 545942 readers)

Description

The Mississippi River. When the enslaved Jim overhears that he is about to be sold to a new owner in New Orleans and separated from his wife and daughter forever, he flees to nearby Jackson's Island until he can formulate a plan. Meanwhile, Huck Finn has faked his own death to escape his violent father who recently returned to town. So begins a dangerous and transcendent journey along the Mississippi River, towards the elusive promise of the free states and beyond. As Jim and Huck navigate the treacherous waters, each bend in the river holds the promise of both salvation and demise. And together, the unlikely pair embark on the most life-changing odyssey of them all...
 

A classic reimagined with fierce, human urgency

If you like literary fiction that feels both gripping and quietly radical, this is the kind of book that stays with you. Everett takes a familiar American story and gives it depth, danger, and a powerful emotional center through James’s perspective. Readers often love how it feels adventurous on the surface, yet cuts sharply into freedom, family, and survival in a way that feels startlingly fresh.

  • Booker Prize Nominee for Shortlist (2024)
  • Pulitzer Prize for Fiction (2025)
  • National Book Award for Fiction (2024)
  • British Book Award for Fiction (2025)
  • PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction Nominee (2025)
  • California Book Award for Fiction (2024)
  • Audie Award for Literary Fiction & Classics and Nominee for Best Fiction Narrator (2025)
  • Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Audiobook and Nominee for Fiction (2024)
  • Dayton Literary Peace Prize Nominee for Fiction (2025)
  • National Book Critics Circle Award Nominee for Fiction (2024)
  • Hurston/Wright Legacy Award for General Fiction (2025)
  • NAIBA Book of the Year for Fiction (2025)
  • Andrew Carnegie Medal for Fiction (2025)
  • Kirkus Prize for Fiction (2024)
  • Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Historical Fiction and for Audiobook (2024)
  • Southern Book Prize Nominee for Fiction (2025)
  • Brooklyn Public Library Literary Prize Nominee for Fiction (2024)
  • Aspen Words Literary Prize Nominee for Shortlist (2025)
  • The Rooster -- The Morning News Tournament of Books (2025)
  • Dublin Literary Award Nominee for Shortlist (2025)
  • She Reads Best of Award for Literary Fiction and Nominee for Book of the Year and Audiobook (2024)
  • Barnes & Noble Book of the Year Award (2024)
  • Libby Award for Best Historical Fiction and Nominee for Best Adult Fiction (2025)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

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