Book · 2009 · Fiction
The Known World
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- episodes
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- recommendation
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One of the most astonishing novels I've ever read. Uh one of my favorite American novels. I cannot recommend it highly enough.
What they say about it
- Discusses the novel“novel about enslaved people in America”2
The best things said about it
Your book Coulson appears in the top 10 of our list and it's a few spots down from Edward p Jones's the Known World which is another pullit surprise winning novel historical novel about enslaved people in America.
Whose novel The Known World is about the period of slavery just 10 years before the Civil War.
What else is from 2003 is a fiction that's in the top 10 the The Known World by Edward P. Jones also 2003.
Where and when it comes up
Mentions per year
How it comes up
6 people who brought it up
Why people recommend it
The Known World by Edward P. Jones is a powerful historical novel set in Virginia about a Black slaveholder just before the Civil War. Jonathan Blitzer appeared on The Ezra Klein Show to share his admiration for the work, calling it an astonishing and memorable piece of American literature that he enthusiastically suggested to listeners. The novel also received significant attention on The Book Review podcast, where Gilbert Cruz highlighted its Pulitzer Prize-winning status as a top-tier twentieth-century book about American slavery. John Williams and Greg Cowles both mentioned reading the novel during weekly segments, while A.O. Scott discussed its intricate historical setting and narrative connections during a dedicated deep dive. Cruz returned to the title during a special episode ranking the best fiction of the century, and Jimana C. T. referenced it alongside other major works of historical fiction. Throughout these podcast appearances, commentators and critics repeatedly emphasized the narrative depth, historical importance, and lasting literary impact of Jones's masterpiece, making it a frequent point of comparison and praise among readers of serious fiction.
Every mention
Jonathan Blitzer Uh my first would be uh a novel called The Known World by Edward P. Jones uh about Auntie Billum Virginia.… 1
“Uh my first would be uh a novel called The Known World by Edward P. Jones uh about Auntie Billum Virginia. One of the most astonishing novels I've ever read. Uh one of my favorite American novels. I cannot recommend it highly enough.”
A.O. Scott and whose novel The known world is about the period of slavery just 10 years before the Civil War 2
“and whose novel The known world is about the period of slavery just 10 years before the Civil War”
“you could probably do that with the Known World also”
Gilbert Cruz your book Coulson appears in the top 10 of our list and it's a few spots down from Edward p Jones's the Kno… 2
“your book Coulson appears in the top 10 of our list and it's a few spots down from Edward p Jones's the Known World which is another pullit surprise winning novel historical novel about enslaved people in America”
“what else is from 2003 is a fiction that's in the top 10 the the Known World by Edward p Jones also 2003”
Greg Cowles I'm reading the novel The Known World by Edward p Jones 1
“I'm reading the novel The Known World by Edward p Jones”
Jimana C. T. from Wolf Hall to the known world to the Underground Railroad to to penko to Lincoln and the BAU 1
“from Wolf Hall to the known world to the Underground Railroad to to penko to Lincoln and the BAU”
John Williams it's a novel called the Known World by Edward p Jones 1
“it's a novel called the Known World by Edward p Jones”
Also mentioned in the same episodes
Other mentions (2: passing, ad reads, own books)
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“I had an idea to reread r beloved and the known world and Middle Passage”