Nafissa Thompson Spires Books in Order

These interconnected concerns about Black identity and middle-class life emerge through sharply observed stories of families, professionals, and teenagers. Characters confront racism, status anxiety, violence, and the pressures of presenting themselves to others, including online audiences.

An infamous moonshiner's murder unsettles a small Oklahoma town in the years after the Tulsa Race Massacre. His four wives become suspects, but their competing accounts expose how power, exploitation and distrust shape the stories people tell.