Nathan Harris

Nathan Harris is an American novelist whose debut, The Sweetness of Water, was an Oprah's Book Club selection and a finalist for the National Book Award. Set in the American South in the immediate aftermath of the Civil War, the novel explores the fragile, complex relationships between a white landowner and two newly freed brothers trying to build new lives. Harris writes with remarkable maturity and empathy, bringing the texture and tension of Reconstruction-era America to vivid life. His books and audiobooks offer listeners a powerful, beautifully written exploration of race, freedom, grief, and the possibility of connection across seemingly unbridgeable divides.