Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Queenie | 2019 | Candice Carty-Williams | Buy |
| 2 | Empress & Aniya | 2021 | Candice Carty-Williams | Buy |
| 3 | People Person | 2021 | Candice Carty-Williams | Buy |
Candice Carty-Williams emerged as a major voice in British fiction with Queenie (2019), a novel that sparked conversations about race, mental health, and identity in contemporary London. The book won the British Book Award for Book of the Year, making Carty-Williams the first Black author to receive that honor.
Her novels follow Black British women dealing with family expectations, romantic complications, and the daily friction of navigating spaces where they are often the only person who looks like them. The writing is sharp and funny even when addressing difficult subjects.
People Person (2021) explores what happens when five half-siblings who barely know each other become entangled in a crisis. Like Queenie, it examines family bonds and identity through characters readers come to care about despite their flaws.