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A USA Today bestseller. A Publisher's Weekly Best Book of the Year. "One of 2020's buzziest horror novels." —Entertainment Weekly. A "Most Anticipated Books of Summer" selection in Esquire, Elle, Vulture, Time, AV Club, Bustle, and Literary Hub. "Gritty and gorgeous" —The New York Times. "Jones is one of the best writers working today regardless of genre, and this gritty, heartbreaking novel might just be his best yet." —NPR. "Jones's latest horror novel sprints from start to finish." —The Washington Post. "[A] stark page-turner." —Los Angeles Times. "More than I could have asked for in a novel." —Tommy Orange, Pulitzer Prize finalist author of There There. “A masterpiece." —Paul Tremblay, author of A Head Full of Ghosts and Survivor Song. A tale of revenge, cultural identity, and the cost of breaking from tradition in this latest novel from the Jordan Peele of horror literature, Stephen Graham Jones. Seamlessly blending classic horror and a dramatic narrative with sharp social commentary, The Only Good Indians follows four American Indian men after a disturbing event from their youth puts them in a desperate struggle for their lives. Tracked by an entity bent on revenge, these childhood friends are helpless as the culture and traditions they left behind catch up to them in a violent, vengeful way.