The Underground Railroad

by Colson Whitehead

The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead won the 2017 Arthur C. Clarke Award. It was also a finalist or poll selection for the 2017 Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel.

Cora is a slave on a cotton plantation in Georgia. Life is hell for all the slaves, but especially bad for Cora; an outcast even among her fellow Africans, she is coming into womanhood—where even greater pain awaits.

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Winner, 2017 Arthur C. Clarke Award · Source ↗

Finalist, 2017 Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel · Source ↗