Coverage of Colson Whitehead's Cool Machine

Here's overage of Colson Whitehead's novel, Cool Machine.

• Aug. 3: Colson Whitehead’s Harlem Trilogy is coming to a screen near you. - Brittany Allen - Lit Hub

• July 31: Apple taps the Silo guys to adapt Colson Whitehead's Harlem Trilogy - William Hughes - AV Club

• July 31: Colson Whitehead’s ‘Harlem’ Trilogy Series Adaptation Lands at Apple TV - Tess Patton - The Wrap

• July 31: Colson Whitehead’s ‘Harlem’ Trilogy TV Show in Development at Apple - Ethan Shanfeld - Variety 

• July 30: The Irony and the Ecstasy of Colson Whitehead - Vinson Cunningham, Naomi Fry, and Alexandra Schwartz - New Yorker

• July 28: ‘A Valentine with a body count’: Colson Whitehead’s three-volume love letter to Harlem - Bianna Golodryga - CNN

• July 28: What I Learned from a Close Read of All of Colson Whitehead’s Work - Jane Ciabattari - Lit Hub

• July 27: How a Novelist of the American Past Recovered His Faith in Its Future - Ismail Muhammad - New York Times

• July 24: What is art? What is crime? Colson Whitehead’s ‘Cool Machine’ lets its characters argue it out - Melissa Iachan - 1 Minute Critic

• July 24: Colson Whitehead’s Last Heist - Barry Piece - Mastermind 

• July 22: How good is Colson Whitehead - Kevin Power - New Statesman 

• July 22: Colson Whitehead Finishes His Harlem Trilogy - WNYC

• July 22: Cool Machine -- Colson Whitehead’s Harlem trilogy reaches its reckoning - Arin Keeble - Financial Times

• July 22: Colson Whitehead Talks About Embracing Change, Pulling Off A Heist, And Finding A Good Coffee Table - Natalie Weiner - Defector 

• July 22: A Colson Whitehead Starter Pack - Julian Lucas - New Yorker

• July 21: How ‘Cool Machine’ pulls Colson Whitehead back in for one last heist - Erik Pedersen - Los Angeles Daily News

• July 21: How to Die and Be Reborn in Colson Whitehead’s New York - Lex Pryor - The Ringer

• July 21: Cool Machine by Colson Whitehead review – final part of the Harlem Trilogy is freewheeling fun - Xan Brooks - The Guardian 

• July 21: Cool Machine by Colson Whitehead: A triumph of molls, dolls and deadpan humour - Dylan Jones - The Standard 

• July 21: Colson Whitehead’s Last Heist - Ron Charles - Substack

• July 21: Cool Machine: A Novel - Ryan Davison - Washington Independent 

• July 21: Colson Whitehead | Fully Booked Podcast - KirkusReviews - YouTube

• July 21: Colson Whitehead Says He Doesn’t Write Every Day: ‘Real Imposition on My Lifestyle, Frankly’ - Talia Wexler - Today

• July 21: Colson Whitehead on 'Cool Machine' and Never Writing the Same Book Twice - Today - YouTube

• July 20: Is this the book of the year? Colson Whitehead’s Harlem trilogy meets its perfect, gritty end - Leigh Haber - Los Angeles Times

• July 20: Ray Carney’s been selling used furniture in Harlem forever. It’s a useful front. - Samantha Laine Perfas - Harvard Gazette

July 20: Colson Whitehead Keeps Subverting Expectations - Niela Orr - Vulture

• July 20: Cool Machine - Thane Tierney - Book Page

• July 20: With His Latest, Colson Whitehead Pulls Off Another Score - Dwight Garner - New York Times

• July 20: Colson Whitehead concludes his three-part love letter to New York - The Economist

• July 19: Colson Whitehead discusses 'Cool Machine,' the third book in his Harlem trilogy series - Ayesha Rascoe - NPR

• July 17: Colson Whitehead: ‘A lot of America is pretty scary’ - Megan Nolan - The Observer

• July 17: Colson Whitehead Talks New Book, Unusual Writing Process, More - Today - YouTube

• July 17: A Pulitzer Winner Who Keeps Pushing Himself - Boris Kachka - The Atlantic

• July 16: 'Cool Machine' completes Whitehead's Harlem Trilogy with Thoughts of Justice Denied - Walton Muyumba - Boston Globe

• July 16: How Colson Whitehead's Harlem trilogy helped him make sense of a changing city - Sonia Rao - Gothamist

• July 16: The Unapologetic Crime Fiction of Colson Whitehead - David Hajdu - The Atlantic

• July 15: Cool Machine by Colson Whitehead: a fitting end to the Harlem trilogy - Douglas Field - The Conversation 

• July 14: Cool Machine by Colson Whitehead | Official Audiobook - Penguin Random House Audio - YouTube

• July 7: Heists, rap and Reagonomics — a crime caper in 1980s New York - Johanna Thomas-Corr - The Times

• June 22: Colson Whitehead's Big Score - Julian Lucas - New Yorker 

• June 12: How ‘Cool Machine’ by Colson Whitehead Got Made - PW Staff - Publishers Weekly

• May 8: The 24 Best Books of Summer 2026 - Marion Winik, Charley Burlock - Oprah Daily 

• May 4: Cool Machine - Kirkus Reviews

• March 25: Cool Machine -- Publishers Weekly 

• February 27: Ann Patchett recs Colson Whitehead - Parnassus Books - YouTube

• January 4: Cool Machine by Colson Whitehead | ARC Book Review - Brithney - YouTube

Lists 

• February 18: Our Most Anticipated Books of 2026 - Hannah Jocelyn - New Yorker

• January 27: 52 Books We Can't Wait to Read in 2026 - Elena Nicolaou - Today

• January 23: The 22 Most Anticipated Books of 2026 - Adam Morgan - Esquire

• January 20: 24 New and Upcoming Historical Novels to Look Forward to in 2026 - Molly Odintz - CrimeReads 

• January 18: 6 Literary Fiction Novels Coming In 2026 That You Have To Give A Shot - Ambrose Tardive - ScreenRant

• January 15: The Top 25 Most Highly Anticipated Books of 2026 - Ella Ceron - Harper's Bazaar

• January 15: The 25 Most Highly Anticipated Books of 2026 - Ella Ceron - Aol

• January 9: The Best Historical Fiction of 2026 - G. G. Andrew - BookBub 

• January 7: Most Anticipated Mystery & Thriller Books of 2026 - Jamie Canaves - Book Riot

• January 7: The 40 most exciting books to look forward to in 2026 - Clare Thorp - BBC

• January 7: The Novels Everyone Will Be Talking About in 2026 - Miguel Salazar and Laura Thompson - New York Times

• January 6: Our Most Anticipated Books of 2026 - Editorial Staff - Chicago Review of Books

• January 6: Lit Hub’s Most Anticipated Books of 2026 - Literary Hub

Related:

• A Notebook on the Work of Colson Whitehead