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Tayari Jones
Novelist · Atlanta, Georgia
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Tayari Jones
Tayari Jones is an American novelist, born and raised in Atlanta, Georgia. She is the author of novels including Leaving Atlanta, The Untelling, Silver Sparrow and An American Marriage, and she teaches creative writing.
Featured 2026 book
Kin
Amazon Editors selected Kin as their No. 1 book in the Best Books of 2026 So Far list.
The Book We're Reading
Under Story
by Chloe Benjamin
September 2026Literary FictionSpoiler-free
A spoiler-free note: Chloe Benjamin returns with a novel about the quiet architecture of a life — the things that grow underneath the story we tell about ourselves. It is our September read, and the one we will be talking about all month.
New This Month
September 2026 releases
Six books arriving this month, gathered the way a bookseller would set them on the front table.
Horror
From a defining voice in Black speculative horror.
Fantasy
New fantasy from the author of Ninth House.
Nonfiction
The author of Pachinko turns to education.
Fiction
New work from the Booker Prize winner.
Nonfiction
Narrative nonfiction from John Green.
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