Here’s at look at the 1,202 novels in our dataset
We organized the novels by gender, with 615 novels by 231 women writers, 580 novels by 141 men writers, and 7 novels by 3 nonbinary writers.
20 of the novelists have 10 or more novels in the dataset.
Four of the novelists have more than twenty novels in the dataset.
Walter Mosley (37),
Marc Olden (34),
Frank Yerby (27),
Percival Everett (21).
We divided the novels in our dataset into 4 time periods.
The majority (718) of the novels in the dataset were published in the 21st century.
We also organized the books by decade.
The majority (319) of the novels in our dataset were published during the 2010s.
14 writers published novels across 4 consecutive decades.
Frank Yerby (1940 – 1970),
John Oliver Killens (1950 – 1980),
Clarence Major (1960 – 1990),
Rosa Guy (1960 – 1990),
Flora Nwapa (1960 – 1990),
Alice Walker (1970 – 2000),
Buchi Emecheta (1970 – 2000),
Octavia Butler (1970 – 2000),
Jamaica Kincaid (1980 – 2010),
Terry McMillan (1980 – 2010),
Walter Mosley (1990 – 2020),
Alex Wheatle (1990 – 2020),
Colson Whitehead (1990 – 2020),
Connie Briscoe (1990 – 2020)
7 writers published novels across 5 consecutive decades.
Ayi Kwei Armah (1960 – 2010),
Ernest Gaines (1960 – 2010),
Nuruddin Farah (1970 – 2010),
Toni Morrison (1970 – 2010),
Percival Everett (1980 – 2020),
Abdulrazak Gurnah (1980 – 2020)
We organized the novels by three different reading level, with the majority (965) including adult fiction.
21 novelists published works for two different levels.
Alex Wheatle, Brandy Colbert, Ibi Zoboi, Jacqueline Woodson, Jason Reynolds, Jewell Parker Rhodes, Julius Lester, Justina Ireland, Kacen Callender, Lamar Giles, Nic Stone, Nikki Grimes, Paula Chase, Renée Watson, Tami Charles, Tochi Onyebuchi, Varian Johnson, Walter Mosley, Yejide Kilanko, Zetta Elliott,
Use the various categories on the left hand side to navigate through novels in the dataset.