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  • Bibliography:
    8 Books
  • First Book:
    June 1997
  • Latest Book:
    August 2023
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Book List in Order: 8 titles



  • *From the New York Times bestselling author of The Good Lord Bird, winner of the 2013 National Book Award for Fiction, Five-Carat Soul, and Kill 'Em and Leave, a James Brown biography. The incredible mod...



  • As World War II draws to an end, four Buffalo Soldiers from the United States Army's Negro 92nd Division find themselves separated from their unit and behind enemy lines in Italy. Risking their lives for a country in which they are treated with less ...



  • From the New York Times bestselling author of The Good Lord Bird, winner of the 2013 National Book Award for Fiction, Five-Carat Soul, and Kill 'Em and Leave, a James Brown biography.

    In the days before the Civil War, a runaway slave named Li...



  • From the bestselling author of The Color of Water and Song Yet Sung comes the story of a young boy born a slave who joins John Brown’s antislavery crusade -- and who must pass as a girl to survive. Henry Shackleford is a young slave living in t...



  • August 1914, Britain is aflame with war and patriotism. Men from all over the country rush to enlist, volunteering to fight for King and country. Most are young and innocent and cannot possibly foresee the horrors that await them on the bloody battle...



  • The stories in Five-Carat Soul -- none of them ever published before -- spring from the place where identity, humanity, and history converge. They’re funny and poignant, insightful and unpredictable, imaginative and authentic -- all told with McBri...



  • From James McBride, author of the National Book Award-winning The Good Lord Bird, one of the most anticipated novels of the year: a wise and witty tale about what happens to the witnesses of a shooting. In September 1969, a fumbling, cranky old ch...



  • THE RUNAWAY NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERA NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOKFROM ONE OF TIME MAGAZINE'S 100 MOST INFLUENTIAL PEOPLE OF 2024NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY NPR/FRESH AIR, WASHINGTON POST, THE NEW YORKER, AND TIME MAGAZINEONE OF BARACK OBAMA'S F...




Award-Winning Books by James McBride

Deacon King Kong
2021 Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence -- Fiction
The Good Lord Bird
2013 National Book Award -- Fiction
2014 Black Caucus of the American Library Association Literary Award -- Fiction
The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store
2023 Amazon Editors' Picks -- Literature & Fiction
2023 Kirkus Prize -- Fiction


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

James McBride has published 8 books.

James McBride does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store, was published in August 2023.

The first book by James McBride, The Color of Water, was published in June 1997.

No. James McBride does not write books in series.