Colson Whitehead
Arch Colson Chipp Whitehead is an American novelist. He is the author of eight novels, including his 1999 debut work The Intuitionist; The Underground Railroad (2016), for which he won the 2016 National Book Award for Fiction and the 2017 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction; and The Nickel Boys, for which he won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction again in 2020. He has also published two books of non-fiction. In 2002, he received a MacArthur Genius Grant.
Books by Colson Whitehead
5 books available
Apex Hides the Hurt
by Colson Whitehead
3.5(2,213)
A nomenclature consultant, famous for his 'Apex Hides the Hurt' bandage, confronts a town's identity crisis as he navigates the clashing historical and commercial desires of its citizens to choose their new name.
The Intuitionist
by Colson Whitehead
3.7(9,782)
In an alternate-reality metropolis, the city's first black female elevator inspector, a master of the mystical Intuitionist method, must clear her name after a catastrophic crash. She uncovers a conspiracy that challenges her perception of truth, technology, and self.
Zone One
by Colson Whitehead
3.2(27,541)
In post-pandemic New York, a civilian sweeper clears residual zombies and confronts the weight of a fallen world over three surreal days.
The Nickel Boys
by Colson Whitehead
4.3(123,036)
In Jim Crow-era Florida, two black boys forge a desperate friendship within a brutal reform school, their clashing ideals and cynicism leading to a decision that will ripple through their lives for decades.
The Underground Railroad
by Colson Whitehead
4.0(290,126)
Colson Whitehead's novel turns the Underground Railroad into a literal train, sending runaway slave Cora on a journey through different horrors of antebellum America, all while she is hunted.