Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Acts of Forgiveness | 2024 | Maura Cheeks | Buy |
Maura Cheeks’s standalone novels center on questions of race, family, and American identity. Her debut, Acts of Forgiveness (2024), imagines what reparations legislation might look like in practice and follows the Revel family as they decide whether to apply.
The novel has been praised for its premise and its treatment of family dynamics under pressure. Kirkus called it “a freshly told, complex family drama.” Cheeks, whose journalism has appeared in The New York Times and The Atlantic, brings a reporter’s eye for detail to her fiction while keeping the story rooted in the personal stakes of one Philadelphia family.