{"product_id":"hell-of-a-book-national-book-award-winner","title":"Hell of a Book: A Read with Jenna Pick","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e***2021 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNER*** \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e***THE NATIONAL BESTSELLER***\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWinner of the 2021 Sir Walter Raleigh Award for Fiction, Joyce Carol Oates Literary Prize Finalist, 2022 Chautauqua Prize Finalist, Willie Morris Award for Southern Writing Shortlist, 2021 Aspen Words Literary Prize Shortlist, 2022 Maya Angelou Book Award Shortlist, 2022 Carnegie Medal Longlist\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Read With Jenna \u003ci\u003eToday \u003c\/i\u003eShow Book Club Pick! \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn Ebony Magazine Publishing Book Club Pick! \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eOne of \u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e's 50 Notable Works of Fiction One of \u003ci\u003ePhiladelphia Inquirer\u003c\/i\u003e's Best Books of 2021 \u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eOne of Shelf Awareness's Top Ten Fiction Titles of the Year One of TIME Magazine's 100 Must-Read Books \u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e One of NPR.org's \"Books We Love\" \u003ci\u003eEW\u003c\/i\u003e's \"Guide to the Biggest and Buzziest Books of 2021\" \u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eOne of the New York Public Library's Best Books for Adults \u003ci\u003eSan Diego Union Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e--My Favorite Things from 2021 \u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e Writer's Bone's Best Books of 2021 \u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eAtlanta Journal Constitution--Top 10 Southern Books of the Year \u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eOne of the \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e's (UK) Best Ten 21st Century Comic Novels \u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eOne of \u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e's 15 Books You Need to Read This June On \u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e's \"Must List\" One of the\u003ci\u003e New York Post\u003c\/i\u003e's Best Summer Reading books One of GMA's 27 Books for June \u003cb\u003e One of \u003ci\u003eUSA Today\u003c\/i\u003e's 5 Books Not to Miss \u003cb\u003e One of \u003ci\u003eFortune\u003c\/i\u003e's 21 Most Anticipated Books Coming Out in the Second Half of 2021\u003cb\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e One of \u003ci\u003eThe Root\u003c\/i\u003e's PageTurners: It's Getting Hot in Here One of \u003ci\u003eReal Simple\u003c\/i\u003e's Best New Books to Read in 2021 \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn astounding work of fiction from \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author Jason Mott, always deeply honest, at times electrically funny, that goes to the heart of racism, police violence, and the hidden costs exacted upon Black Americans and America as a whole\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn Jason Mott's \u003ci\u003eHell of a Book\u003c\/i\u003e, a Black author sets out on a cross-country publicity tour to promote his bestselling novel. 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