Colson Whitehead

5 summariesLiterary Fiction, Historical Fiction, Fiction

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

The Underground Railroad
Colson Whitehead
4.0 (290k) average on GoodreadsLiterary Fiction
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.
The Nickel Boys
Colson Whitehead
4.3 (123k) average on GoodreadsLiterary Fiction
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.
Zone One
Colson Whitehead
3.2 (28k) average on GoodreadsFiction
In post-pandemic New York, a civilian sweeper clears residual zombies and confronts the weight of a fallen world over three surreal days.
The Intuitionist
Colson Whitehead
3.7 (10k) average on GoodreadsLiterary Fiction
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.
Apex Hides the Hurt
Colson Whitehead
3.5 (2k) average on GoodreadsLiterary Fiction
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.