James (novel)

James
AuthorPercival Everett
LanguageEnglish
GenreNovel
PublisherDoubleday
Publication date
2024
Publication placeUnited States
Pages320
AwardsNational Book Award for Fiction
Kirkus Prize
Pulitzer Prize for Fiction
ISBN978-0385550369

James is a novel by author Percival Everett published by Doubleday in 2024. The novel is a re-imagining of Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain but told from the perspective of Huckleberry's friend on his travels, Jim, who is an escaped slave. The novel won the 2024 Kirkus Prize, the National Book Award for Fiction, and the 2025 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.