Dominion

A Novel

De: Addie E. Citchens

Narrado por: Andre Giles, Angel Pean, Bahni Turpin, Dion Graham

"This novel will grab you in the gut and hold you there. It’s absolutely outstanding. Once I entered this world I didn’t want to leave.”—Roxane Gay, author of Opinions

In this taut Southern family drama featuring multicast narration, the sins of a favorite son rock a small Mississippi town.

Reverend Sabre Winfrey, Jr., shepherd of the Seven Seals Missionary Baptist Church, believes in God, his own privilege, and enterprise. He owns the barbershop and the radio station, and generally keeps an iron hand on every aspect of society in Dominion, Mississippi. He and his wife, Priscilla, have five boys; the youngest, Emanuel, is called Wonderboy—no one sings prettier, runs as fast, or turns as many heads. But Wonderboy, his father, and all the structures in place that keep them on top are not as righteous as they seem to be. And when Wonderboy is caught off guard by an encounter with a stranger, he finds himself confronted by questions he’d never imagined. His response sends shock waves through the entire community.

Priscilla and Diamond, two women who love these men, bear witness to their charms and bear the brunt of their choices. Through their eyes and their stories, Dominion offers an intricate, intimate view of how secrets control us, how shame stifles us, how silence implicates us, and how even love plays a role in the everyday violence and casual sins of the powerful.

A brilliantly crafted Black Southern family drama told with the captivating force, humor, and tenderness carried in the hearts of these women, Addie E. Citchens’s Dominion wrestles with the many brutal, sinister ways in which we are shaped by fear and patriarchy, and studies how we might yet choose to break free.

A Macmillan Audio production from Farrar, Straus and Giroux

©2025 Addie E. Citchens (P)2025 Macmillan Audio

Reseñas de la Crítica

“A stellar Southern drama of secrets and sin . . . This Faulknerian, God-troubled novel is an earthly scorcher shot through with unforgettable images . . . Readers will be stunned.”—Publishers Weekly (starred review)

“This stellar, utterly assured debut . . . simply crackles . . . [Citchens is] a bright new voice.”—Brittany Allen, Literary Hub

“A wise, sophisticated, and impressively crafted novel of secrets, longing, and strength.”—Angela Flournoy, author of The Wilderness

Great!!!!!

This one surprised me in the best way it starts off, witty and fun, but slowly takes a darker more intense. One of my favorite parts was watching the female characters grow the strength they show by the end is powerful and so well done. The book is short and to the point, but it’s still packing all of the important detail details. I really love the ending and will definitely be recommending it.

What a ride!

Church drama, teenage love, and a whole heap of bad decisions make for a good time. I’ve never loved to hate so many characters at once as I did with this book. The narrators were also impeccable. GET IT!!

So many secrets

This book was hilarious. MESSSSSSSSY! It’s giving Greenleaf!! My jaw was on the floor multiple times. This family was so manipulative. You have to do a lot of reading in between the lines and pick up on inferences, which I enjoyed.

I didn’t understand why the FMCs POV were in first person but the men in third person. It through me off so bad. The timeline seemed kind of off. The male narrator was so country, I could barely understand him.

This will be literary canon!

I am so happy to have come upon such a talented writer. This book is so southern, so Mississippi, so genuine and so beautifully written. The prose, the “interpolation” or Sabre Points, the narrators and this story! I cannot wait to read more from the brilliant Addie Citchens!

This Book is Fire

Brilliant I loved this book. Relatable story. Read it twice. Well done well done well done!