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  • Bibliography:
    6 Books
  • First Book:
    November 2008
  • Latest Book:
    October 2023
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Book List in Order: 6 titles



  • The first novel from National Book Award winner and author of Sing, Unburied, Sing Jesmyn Ward, a timeless Southern fable of brotherly love and familial conflict -- “a lyrical yet clear-eyed portrait of a rural South and an African American reality...



  • A hurricane is building over the Gulf of Mexico, threatening the coastal town of Bois Sauvage, Mississippi, and Esch's father is growing concerned. A hard drinker, largely absent, he doesn't show concern for much else. Esch and her three brothers are...





  • In Jesmyn Ward’s first novel since her National Book Award-winning Salvage the Bones, this singular American writer brings the archetypal road novel into rural twenty-first-century America. An intimate portrait of a family and an epic tale of hope ...



  • A collection of the year’s best stories selected by celebrated two-time National Book Award winner Jesmyn WardIn her introduction to The Best American Short Stories 2021, guest editor Jesmyn Ward says that the best fiction offers the read...



  • OPRAH’S BOOK CLUB PICK • Instant New York Times Bestseller • Named one of the best books of 2023 by The Washington Post, Vanity Fair, The Boston Globe, Time, The New Yorker, and more.“Nothing short of epic, magical, and intensely moving.” ...




Award-Winning Books by Jesmyn Ward

Salvage the Bones
2011 National Book Award -- Fiction
2012 Alex Award -- Adult/For Young Adults
Sing, Unburied, Sing
2017 National Book Award -- Fiction
2017 Time -- Best Fiction Books


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Jesmyn Ward has published 6 books.

Jesmyn Ward does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Let Us Descend, was published in October 2023.

The first book by Jesmyn Ward, Where the Line Bleeds, was published in November 2008.

No. Jesmyn Ward does not write books in series.