Junauda Petrus Reading Order
1 series · 2 books
Junauda Petrus is an American author and multidisciplinary artist whose work spans literature, film, and performance. Her debut novel, The Stars and the Blackness Between Them, earned recognition as a Coretta Scott King Honor Award winner, establishing her voice in contemporary fiction. Drawing on her background as a poet and "pleasure activist," Petrus writes standalone novels that center joy, identity, and human connection with lyrical prose and unflinching emotional depth.
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Standalone Novels Series
2 books
Junauda Petrus has written two standalone novels that should be read in publication order. Can We Please Give the Police Department to the Grandmothers? was published first, followed by The Stars and the Blackness Between Them. Each book functions independently, though reading them in the order they were released provides the best experience of the author's evolving work.
Start with Can We Please Give the Police Department to the Grandmothers? and read in order.
| # | Title |
|---|---|
| 1 | Can We Please Give the Police Department to the Grandmothers? |
| 2 | The Stars and the Blackness Between Them |
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