Horse: A Novel

Horse by Pulitzer Prize winner Geraldine Brooks is a sweeping novel of art, history, and race, inspired by the true story of the legendary racehorse Lexington.

Spanning Kentucky in 1850, New York in 1954, and Washington, D.C. in 2019, the story weaves together the lives of an enslaved groom and his champion horse, a bold art dealer, and two modern scholars whose discoveries connect past and present.

Through themes of love, obsession, and injustice, Brooks masterfully explores how one horse’s legacy illuminates America’s history of racism, artistry, and resilience.

Winner of multiple literary awards, Horse is both a powerful historical epic and a deeply human story that gallops across centuries.