“A wise and consuming read about friendship.” – THE TIMES
“Affinity and affection are the touchstones of Jones’s warm, engaging fiction and they are on full display in this wonderful novel… Jones’s writing is conversational, funny and brimful of sympathy for her characters….sisterly friendship glows from the page.” – DAILY MAIL
“A beautifully written novel about fate and sisterhood.” – ECONOMIST
“You never need a reason to read Toni Morrison or her astounding work Song of Solomon. But it’s even more relevant in a world desperately in need of healing. Tayari Jones, the author of the brand-new blockbuster novel Kin, wrote the new introduction for Song of Solomon. She says that Morrison is ‘the greatest American novelist to pick up a pen.’” – Velshi Banned Book Club
Tayari Jones receives Historical Travel Gold Award for “Carolina in My Mind”, Travel + Leisure
To celebrate the launch of her new novel KIN, Women’s Prize-Winning author Tayari Jones will be travelling around the UK in May and June
For Tayari Jones, All Roads and All Novels Lead to Atlanta
“In Kin, the follow-up to the best-selling An American Marriage, she looks back on the place and the people that forged her.” – The New York Times
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Kidnapper force fed her lobster and champagne
Kin by Tayari Jones is an instant New York Times bestseller, debuting at #3 on the Hardcover Fiction list for the week ending February 28, 2026
Book Club: Read ‘Kin,’ by Tayari Jones, With the Book Review.
In March, the Book Review Book Club will read and discuss Tayari Jones’s new novel, about two motherless girls and their lifelong search for family.
Kin by Tayari Jones was announced as the 121st Oprah’s Book Club pick and the first selection of 2026, officially released on February 24, 2026. This novel marks the second time Jones has been selected by Oprah, following her 2018 pick, An American Marriage.
“Before finishing her latest novel, Tayari Jones had to overcome serious illness and self-doubt.” Read more of the story from Publishers Weekly.
“Jones tells her protagonists’ stories with grace, humor, and pathos. It’s a tour de force.” – Publishers Weekly
“Beautifully written and powerfully compelling.” – Kirkus Reviews
