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Percival Everett

Born

in Fort Gordon, Georgia, The United States

December 22, 1956

Genre

Literature & Fiction, Poetry

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Percival L. Everett (born 1956) is an American writer and Distinguished Professor of English at the University of Southern California.

There might not be a more fertile mind in American fiction today than Everett’s. In 22 years, he has written 19 books, including a farcical Western, a savage satire of the publishing industry, a children’s story spoofing counting books, retellings of the Greek myths of Medea and Dionysus, and a philosophical tract narrated by a four-year-old.

The Washington Post has called Everett “one of the most adventurously experimental of modern American novelists.” And according to The Boston Globe, “He’s literature’s NASCAR champion, going flat out, narrowly avoiding one seemingly inevitable crash only to steer straigh ...more

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Average rating: 4.24 · 126,366 ratings · 18,240 reviews · 69 distinct works • Similar authors

	James 4.55 avg rating — 51,740 ratings — published 2024 — 17 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Trees 4.06 avg rating — 31,848 ratings — published 2021 — 37 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Erasure 4.19 avg rating — 17,069 ratings — published 2001 — 37 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dr. No 3.71 avg rating — 4,823 ratings — published 2022 — 18 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Telephone 3.97 avg rating — 4,026 ratings — 17 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	I Am Not Sidney Poitier really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3,720 ratings — published 2009 — 26 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	So Much Blue 3.99 avg rating — 2,733 ratings — published 2017 — 18 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Half an Inch of Water 3.99 avg rating — 1,207 ratings — published 2015 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Assumption 3.63 avg rating — 1,102 ratings — published 2011 — 16 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Wounded 3.99 avg rating — 959 ratings — published 2005 — 18 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Remember, if you vote for a book and it wins, you are implicitly promising to read the book and participate in the discussion. The poll will be open through June 30th. (Note: You can change your vote at any time prior to the closing of the poll.) Discussion will begin August 1st.

The Essex Serpentby Sarah Perry

8 votes, 42.1%

Erasure by Percival Everett

5 votes, 26.3%

The Plot Against America by Philip Roth

4 votes, 21.1%

To Rise Again at a Decent Hour by Joshua Ferris

1 vote, 5.3%

Ape House by Sara Gruen

1 vote, 5.3%

Winegarden by Anthony Ferner

0 votes, 0.0%

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