Reading order#
| # |
Title |
Published |
Author |
Buy on Amazon |
| 1 |
We Deserve Monuments |
2022 |
Jas Hammonds |
Buy |
| 2 |
Thirsty |
2024 |
Jas Hammonds |
Buy |
Jas Hammonds’s standalone novels are contemporary YA books that center Black and queer characters navigating identity, family, and community. We Deserve Monuments, their 2022 debut, won the Coretta Scott King John Steptoe Award for New Talent and appeared on numerous best-of-the-year lists.
Thirsty followed in 2024, continuing Hammonds’s focus on stories about young people finding their place in the world. Both books are standalone novels that can be read in any order, united by their author’s voice and thematic concerns rather than shared characters or plotlines.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many books are in the Jas Hammonds Standalone Novels series?
There are two books in the Jas Hammonds Standalone Novels series, published between 2022 and 2024.
What is the first book in the Jas Hammonds Standalone Novels series?
The first book in the Jas Hammonds Standalone Novels series is We Deserve Monuments, published in 2022.
What themes do Jas Hammonds's books explore?
Both of Hammonds’s novels deal with identity, race, queerness, and community. We Deserve Monuments follows a biracial queer teen uncovering family secrets in a small Southern town, while Thirsty continues to explore similar themes of young Black and queer experiences in contemporary America.