@JasonMott

Bestselling author and National Book Award Winner. Cinephile, gamer, and card-carrying Mad Kid.

 North Carolina
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Joined January 2009
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Holy shit! We won it! We won the National Book Award!!!
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The PEOPLE LIKE US ebook is available now for a limited time for just $6.99. Get it while it lasts!
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Congratulations to @jasonmott on PEOPLE LIKE US being named to the 2026 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence Longlist! bit.ly/4qoQJSn
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Ladies & Gentlemen, my @colbertlateshow Book Club Interview! youtube.com/watch?v=9gDkgaV5…

Late Show Book Club with “People Like Us” Author Jason Mott

The Late Show Book Club chats with Jason Mott, author of the novel ...

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📚 GIVEAWAY ALERT! 📚 This is your chance to win a hardcover copy of PEOPLE LIKE US by @JasonMott, the national bestseller and Stephen Colbert book club pick! Enter here: bit.ly/47WJhao
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Proud to announce that @colbertlateshow has selected People Like Us as their September book club pick! instagram.com/reel/DOHF54UxU…

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PEOPLE LIKE US by @JasonMott is "a mind-bending metanarrative that’s funny, frightening and altogether impossible to pin down.” - @NPR npr.org/2025/08/05/nx-s1-549…

New books this week: unconventional novels and an oral history of Hiroshima, Nagasaki

An oral history of the atomic bomb detonations 80 years ago leads this week's list of publishing highlights, which also includes a handful of novels by authors including Louis Sachar and Jason Mott.

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My new book, “When It’s Darkness on the Delta,” coming in January 2026, is now available for preorders. squarebooks.com/book/9780807…
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“@JasonMott's latest is even more dazzling: a sharp-witted satire on race and the literary life, a raging indictment of our addiction to guns, a novel both propulsive and deeply thoughtful.” - @BostonGlobe Read the PEOPLE LIKE US review: bit.ly/4mXxYmK
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People Like Us made USA Today's Bestseller list for a second week! Holy cow! Hard to overstate how rare and special this is. Again, can't thank you all enough for giving People Like Us a chance!
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Jason Mott retweeted
Hark Audio@HarkAudio15 Aug 2025
Replying to @HarkAudio @EmilyRPeck @charlieharding @samsanders @SwitchedOnPop
Author @JasonMott wants you to confuse him with the main character of “People Like Us,” his new novel. Listen to the best part of his conversation with @ayesharascoe on Hark Audio: harkaudio.com/august-15-2025…
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I wrote a thing for @lithub. It's about memoir and America and how confusing they both are. lithub.com/memoir-on-a-hill-…

Memoir On a Hill: Finding the Best Way to Tell the Story of America

“What this country needs right now is The Great American Memoir!” said no one. “It needs a memoir that will not only unify the fractured American spirit, it’ll douse wildfires and lower sea levels.…

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Did I ever tell y'all about the time I went to Tennessee and signed 1800 books???
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More good news! People Like Us is NPR's Book of the Day! npr.org/2025/08/13/nx-s1-550…

Jason Mott’s new novel ‘People Like Us’ is metafiction that was almost memoir : NPR's Book of the...

In 2021, Jason Mott won the National Book Award for Hell of a Book. Now, he’s out with a new novel called People Like Us, in which two Black writers navigate life in the United States in an era of...

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The Brothers’ Network is proud to name Jason Mott as Brother of the Month for August 2025. The Brothers’ Network’s August 2025 Book Selection, ‘People Like Us’, continues Mott’s tradition of rich, thought-provoking narratives. youtube.com/watch?v=F52ewu1P…
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Need help picking your next listen? Women.com featured @JasonMott's HELL OF A BOOK, @pagankennedy's THE SECRET HISTORY OF THE RAPE KIT, and more on their list of "5 Read With Jenna Book Club Picks That Are Great On Audio!" Full list👇 bit.ly/41t5Qzr

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The @nytimes reviewed People Like Us and here's what they had to say about it. Spoiler alert: I'm pretty excited! nytimes.com/2025/08/05/books…

Seeking a ‘Brown Man’s Paradise’ to Escape the Land of the Free (Published 2025)

In “People Like Us,” Jason Mott tells a darkly comic tale of two Black writers haunted by gun violence.

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We thought we were just reading. Then came the spiral, the highlight frenzy, and the sudden urge to tell everyone about these books. apple.co/AugStaff25
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Today on The Heidi Glaus show we have The Heidi Glaus Book Club @Heidi_Glaus @joshuagilbert and @RammerSTL will be sitting down with author Jason Mott @JasonMott on his new book “People Like Us” @SLCL #ktrs #radio #talkofstl
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The Brothers’ Network August 2025 Book of the Month: ‘People Like Us’, Jason Mott. Wednesday, August 6, Mott, in person @ Barnes&Noble, 1708 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, PA. Call Barnes & Noble directly to reserve your space - 267-234-9790 Learn More: instagram.com/reel/DMLcZyV...
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If you're in Philly next week, come on out!
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