James by Percival Everett is a Pulitzer Prize winner, a New York Times Bestseller, recipient of the National Book Award, shortlisted for the Booker Prize, and the 2025-2026 CT State Manchester Common Read text, among much more recognition. This novel reimagines Mark Twain's Adventures of Huckleberry Finn from the perspective of James (Jim). Everett notes, "I hope that I have written the novel that Twain did not and also could not have written. I do not view the work as a corrective, but rather I see myself in conversation with Twain."