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Percival Everett Reading Order

6 series · 41 books

Non-Fiction

Percival Everett is a Pulitzer Prize-winning author and USC professor whose prolific career spans multiple genres including westerns, mysteries, and philosophical fiction. Known for his deeply ironic sensibility and sharp satirical edge, Everett uses his work to interrogate American attitudes toward race, identity, and social convention. His diverse output across novels, short story collections, and anthologies reflects a writer equally comfortable with genre storytelling and experimental literary techniques.

Anthologies Series

Likely Complete

3 books (2001–2022)

Start with Fiction International 34: Madness II and read in order.

Start this series with Fiction International 34: Madness II

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Fiction International 34: Madness II
2001Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2
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Fiction's Present
2007Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3
Conceptualisms
2022Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

Non-Fiction Series

Complete

1 book (2015–2015)

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1
Cover of Parts of Brain
Parts of Brain
2015Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

Picture Series

Complete

1 book (1992–1992)

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1
Cover of The One that Got Away
The One that Got Away
1992Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

Short Story Collections Series

Ongoing

10 books (1987–2024)

Start with The Weather and Women Treat Me Fair, the first of 10 books in the Short Story Collections series.

Start this series with The Weather and Women Treat Me Fair

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Cover of The Weather and Women Treat Me Fair
The Weather and Women Treat Me Fair
1987Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2
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3
Cover of Damned if I Do
Damned if I Do
2004Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4
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re: f -gesture-
2005Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5
Cover of Swimming Swimmers Swimming
Swimming Swimmers Swimming
2011Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6
Cover of Half an Inch of Water
Half an Inch of Water
2015Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7
Cover of Trout's Lie
8
9
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The Book of Training by Colonel Hap Thompson of Roanoke, Va, 1843
2019Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
10
Cover of Sonnets for a Missing Key
Sonnets for a Missing Key
2024Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

Southern Revivals Series

Complete

1 book (1994–1994)

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1
Decorations in a Ruined Cemetery(By: John Gregory Brown)
1994Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

Standalone Novels Series

Ongoing

25 books (1983–2027)

Start with Suder, the first of 24 books in the Standalone Novels series.

Start this series with Suder

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1
Cover of Suder
2
Cover of Walk Me to the Distance
Walk Me to the Distance
1985Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3
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Cutting Lisa
1986Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4
Cover of For Her Dark Skin
For Her Dark Skin
1990Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5
Cover of Zulus
6
Cover of God's Country
God's Country
1994Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7
Cover of Frenzy
8
Cover of Watershed
9
Cover of Glyph
10
Cover of Erasure
11
Cover of Grand Canyon, Inc.
Grand Canyon, Inc.
2001Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
12
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A History of the African-American People
2004Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
13
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American Desert
2004Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
14
Cover of Wounded
15
Cover of The Water Cure
The Water Cure
2007Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
16
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I Am Not Sidney Poitier
2009Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
17
Cover of Assumption
18
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Percival Everett by Virgil Russell
2013Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
19
The Body of Martin Aguilera
2013Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
20
Cover of So Much Blue
So Much Blue
2017Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
21
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22
23
Cover of Dr. No
24
Cover of James
25
Serious Music
2027Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

Frequently Asked Questions

How many books has Percival Everett written?
Percival Everett has written 41 books across 6 series. Their published works span from 1983 to 2027.
What is the first book in each Percival Everett series?
Here are the first books in Percival Everett's series: Anthologies: Fiction International 34: Madness II; Short Story Collections: The Weather and Women Treat Me Fair.
What order should I read Percival Everett's books?
We recommend reading Percival Everett's series in publication order. Each series can be read independently.
Is Percival Everett still writing new books?
Yes, Percival Everett has 2 ongoing series: Short Story Collections, Standalone Novels.

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