Books like Percival Everett By Virgil Russell A Novel by Percival L. Everett

Middlesex follows a Greek-American family's multigenerational saga, charting the life of its intersex protagonist as they navigate gender identity and the search for belonging.

Cora, a woman enslaved on a Georgia cotton plantation, partners with a new slave named Caesar to flee the South. Their daring escape follows a literal underground network of tunnels that mirrors the perilous journey of countless fugitive slaves toward freedom.

The story of two boys and their dark journey through a haunted carnival

A biting satire that follows a young man's journey from isolated upbringing in Los Angeles to a Supreme Court race trial, exploring father‑son dynamics, racism, and political satire.

Jennifer Egan’s interlocking narratives weave the lives of Bennie Salazar, a former punk rocker turned record executive, and Sasha, a restless young woman, across decades and continents, exploring music, memory and the fragile threads that bind us.

A young man searches for his mysterious father in Tokyo's underworld, finding more than he bargained for.

A contemporary family drama in which a mother‑child relationship is complicated by a companion chimpanzee, raising questions of identity, secrecy and moral responsibility.

A novel about a Nigerian doctor in New York navigating the mental and emotional challenges of urban life, identity, and relationships.

A novel set against the backdrop of the Cold War, featuring a man trying to distance himself from his past and an artist struggling for independence, exploring themes of masculinity and societal norms.

A gritty coming-of-age tale of a young artist in New York grappling with the art world and personal demons.

A vivid portrait of life on a Jamaican sugar plantation at the turn of the nineteenth century, following Lilith, a young enslaved woman whose emerging powers draw her into a secret rebel faction.

An acclaimed African American writer wrestles with fame, family, and politics after a bestselling parody turns his career—and conscience—on its head.

A father's redemption story in Mississippi's heartland, filled with crime, family drama, and the weight of lost love.

From [Booklist][1]: We long for homecomings, yet all too often reality betrays our hopes. So it is for Marco, whose life in southern Italy is measured in long waits for his father Tullio’s returns, and punctuated by the times they spend hunting together. As happy as those interludes are, Marco always dreads the morning Tullio will vanish again into his émigré worker’s life building roads in France and Germany. Part of a group of kids who wander the beautiful countryside, Marco is nine when he stumbles upon a secret about his sister, Elisa, a college student. It binds them together in complicit silence, causing a buzzing in his head when he thinks about it. The boy becomes “finally clear and light” when Tullio surprises his son, who’s been ill, by returning early for a holiday vacation and bringing to a head the family’s collusion about Elisa as the two sit among émigré workers by the Christmas bonfire “burning memories . . . . in a collective reckoning up.” Alternating voices tell this mesmerizing coming-of-age tale about hard economic choices by an award-winning Italian writer. --Whitney Scott [1]: http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html/?docId=1000027801

A New Mexico deputy sheriff investigates a series of murders in Denver and a fish hatchery.