Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Cherokee Rose | 2015 | Tiya Miles | Buy |
| 2 | Night Flyer | 2024 | Tiya Miles | Buy |
Tiya Miles has published two novels alongside her more widely known non-fiction. The Cherokee Rose (2015) is set on a former plantation in Georgia and weaves together the stories of three women connected to the property across different time periods. The novel draws on the same themes of Afro-Indigenous history that Miles has explored in her academic work.
Night Flyer (2024) takes on an even more ambitious subject, reimagining the early life of Harriet Tubman. Miles’ deep knowledge of the antebellum period gives the novel a historical grounding that goes beyond typical biographical fiction. Both novels show a historian using fiction to reach audiences who might not pick up an academic monograph, while maintaining the careful attention to historical detail that characterizes all her work.