People Like Us A Novel
People Like Us A Novel by Jason Mott is a large print edition published by Random House on August 5, 2025, featuring 384 pages in English. This novel intertwines the lives of two Black writers navigating a world marked by gun violence, exploring themes of peace and belonging. The narrative is infused with dream-like experiences, including time travel and fantastical elements, while remaining rooted in reality.
Readers will encounter a blend of humor and poignant moments as the characters grapple with deep loss and longing. The story unfolds through their distinct journeys—one on a global book tour and the other preparing to speak at a school affected by tragedy. As their paths converge, the novel presents a vivid portrayal of life, filled with larger-than-life characters and a unique perspective on contemporary issues. People Like Us offers a rich exploration of love, memory, and the complexities of human experience.
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The riveting new novel by the author of the 2021 National Book Award winner and bestseller, Hell of a Book
People Like Us is Jason Mott’s electric new novel. It is not memoir, yet it has deeply personal connections to Jason’s life. And while rooted in reality, it explodes with dream-like experiences that pull a reader in and don’t let go, from the ability to time travel to sightings of sea monsters and peacocks, and feelings of love and memory so real they hurt.
In People Like Us, two Black writers are trying to find peace and belonging in a world that is riven with gun violence. One is on a global book tour after a big prize win; the other is set to give a speech at a school that has suffered a shooting. And as their two storylines merge, truths and antics abound in equal measure: characters drink booze out of an award trophy; menaces lurk in the shadows; tiny French cars putter around the countryside; handguns seem to hover in the air; and dreams endure against all odds.
People Like Us is wickedly funny and achingly sad all at once. It is an utter triumph bursting with larger-than-life characters who deliver a very real take on our world. This book contains characters experiencing deep loss and longing; it also is buoyed by riotous humor and characters who share the deepest love. It is the newest creation of a writer whose work amazes, delivering something utterly new yet instantly recognizable as a Jason Mott novel.
Finishing the novel will leave you absolutely breathless and at the same time, utterly filled with joy for life, changed forever by characters who are people like us.
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