Books

Book cover with title "The Unsettled" by Ayana Mathis, black graphic of a large tree with larger exposed roots with black birds flying out of the tree, superimposed on an orange/yellow gradient background

The Unsettled

A New York Times Notable Book of the Year The Unsettled is a searing multi-generational novel—set in the 1980s in racially and politically turbulent Philadelphia and in the tiny town of Bonaparte, Alabama— about a mother fighting for her sanity and survival.

Book cover with title "The Twelve Tribes of Hattie" a novel by Ayana Mathis, black and white photo of a chair superimposed on an orange/yellow gradient background

The Twelve Tribes of Hattie

Through the trials of one unforgettable family, The Twelve Tribes of Hattie tells the story of the children of the Great Migration, a story of love and bitterness and the promise of a new America.