The Sellout
Best entry point: Beatty's most acclaimed and representative novel.
Author guide
Paul Beatty Books in Order
Paul Beatty is an American novelist, poet, and editor. His publications include two poetry collections, four novels, and the edited anthology Hokum: An Anthology of African-American Humor. His novel The Sellout won the 2015 National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction and the 2016 Booker Prize, making him the first American writer to receive the Booker Prize.
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The White Boy Shuffle
A strong starting point for readers who prefer beginning with his first novel.
Outside the series
Bibliography by category
Novels (4)
- The White Boy Shuffle
novel · 1996
- Tuff
novel · 2000
- Slumberland
novel · 2008
- The Sellout
novel · 2015
Poetry (2)
- Big Bank Take Little Bank
poetry_collection · 1991
- Joker, Joker, Deuce
poetry_collection · 1994
Edited works (1)
- Hokum: An Anthology of African-American Humor
edited_anthology · 2006