Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction • Longlisted for the National Book Award for Fiction • Finalist for the Kirkus Prize for Fiction • Shortlisted for the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize Instant New York Times, Washington Post, USA Today, and Indie Bestseller “Epic. . . . I was just enraptured by the lineage and the story of this modern African-American family. . . .  A combination of historical and modern story—I’ve never read anything quite like it. It just consumed me.”—Oprah Winfrey, Oprah Book Club Pick “The kind of book that comes around only once a decade. . . . The journey is engrossing, and the view from the summit will transform your understanding of America. . . . With the depth of its intelligence and the breadth of its vision, The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois is simply magnificent.”—Ron Charles, Washington Post