Marlon James Books in Order

In the Jamaican village of Gibbeah in 1957, alcoholic pastor Hector Bligh loses his church to the forceful Apostle York. Their struggle for religious authority divides the community as repentance, zealotry, and violence reshape village life.

Born into slavery on an eighteenth-century Jamaican sugar plantation, Lilith grows up among women planning a revolt. They believe her unusual power could help their cause, but her developing desires and identity complicate her place in the conspiracy.

An attempted assassination of a Jamaican singer in 1976 sets the stage for intertwined stories of gunmen, drug dealers, CIA agents, and other witnesses. Their lives span decades, connecting Kingston's political violence with New York's drug trade.

Tracker joins an unusual group seeking a boy who vanished three years earlier, including a shapeshifter known as Leopard. Across an African-inspired mythical landscape, deadly creatures and conflicting accounts lead him to question the mission and his companions.

Sogolon, the Moon Witch, offers her own account of the search for a missing boy, challenging Tracker's version of events. Her long life and feud with the king's powerful chancellor reveal struggles over authority, memory, and storytelling.

In Kingston in 1988, eight gay men rehearse a play in a society hostile to them. A brutal attack kills one and divides the survivors, whose responses to grief and hatred range from withdrawal to dangerous demands for retribution.