How to Commit a Postcolonial Murder
Nina McConigley · 2026
"It's slim but packs a punch-I cried."
Spotted in Tayari Jones on Kin, Questions that Shape Her Stories and Books She Loves - She Reads
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Tayari Jones
Novelist, author of An American Marriage
Novelist and Emory professor whose Oprah's Book Club pick An American Marriage won the Women's Prize. She calls herself a book matchmaker and recommends Song of Solomon to every student.
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Interview
Song of Solomon
Toni Morrison · 1977
"bad plotting is undignified. Good plotting is sacred."
Spotted in Tayari Jones on Kin, Questions that Shape Her Stories and Books She Loves - She Reads
The Overstory
Richard Powers · 2018
"I like an immersive book where you can just commit to it and stay with it for a long time."
Spotted in Novelist And 'Book Matchmaker' Tayari Jones Shares Her Favorite Books Of 2018 - NPR · 2018-12-05
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"I basically ate this book while I was on a plane."
Spotted in Novelist And 'Book Matchmaker' Tayari Jones Shares Her Favorite Books Of 2018 - NPR · 2018-12-05
Sula
Toni Morrison · 1973
Spotted in Tayari Jones on Her New Novel Kin: Inside Her Writing Process - Penguin Random House
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- InterviewTayari Jones on Kin, Questions that Shape Her Stories and Books She Loves - She Reads2 picks →
- InterviewNovelist And 'Book Matchmaker' Tayari Jones Shares Her Favorite Books Of 2018 - NPR2 picks →
- Reading listTayari Jones on Her New Novel Kin: Inside Her Writing Process - Penguin Random House4 picks →
