My Monticello

My Monticello is a 2021 fiction collection written by debut author Jocelyn Nicole Johnson, published October 5, 2021 by Henry Holt and Co. The books consists of five short stories and an eponymous novella.^[1]

My Monticello

Author	Jocelyn Nicole Johnson
Language	English
Genre	Literary fiction, Historical fiction
Publisher	Henry Holt
Publication date	October 5, 2021
Publication place	United States
Media type	Print

Contents

• "Control Negro"
• "Virginia Is Not Your Home"
• "Something Sweet on Our Tongues"
• "Burying a House Ahead of the Apocalyse"
• "The King of Xandria"
• My Monticello

Reception

My Monticello received starred reviews from Booklist,^[2] Publishers Weekly,^[3] and Kirkus Reviews,^[4] as well as positive reviews from The Washington Post,^[5] The New York Times,^[6] Book Page,^[7] Book Reporter,^[8] The Today Show, People, Time, Ms.,^[9] Chicago Tribune, and Esquire.^[10]

The book was a finalist for the 2021 Kirkus Prize for Fiction.^[11] My Monticello also won the 2021 Weatherford Prize,^[12] the 2022 Library of Virginia Fiction Award,^[13] the 2022 Lillian Smith Book Award,^[14] and has been recognized as a finalist for the Kirkus Prize,^[11] the National Book Critics Circle Leonard Prize,^[15] the Los Angeles Times Art Seidenbaum Prize,^[16] the Balcones Fiction Prize,^[17] the Library of Virginia's Annual Literary Awards,^[18] and the Library of Virginia's People Choice Awards for Fiction.^[18] The novel has also been long-listed for the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction^[19] and the Story Prize.^[20] In 2022, My Monticello was also chosen as the Route 1 Reads book for Virginia.^[21]

Adaptation

The My Monticello audiobook is narrated by Aja Naomi King, January LaVoy, Landon Woodson, LeVar Burton, Ngozi Anyanwu, and Adetomiwa Edun.

The book is also being adapted to a film produced by Chernin Entertainment and aired on Netflix.^[22] Bryan Parker will adapt the screenplay, Peter Chernin and Jenno Topping will produce it for Chernin Entertainment, and Kaitlin Dahill and Johnson will serve as executive producers.^[22]