Goop named Robert Jones, Jr.'s THE PROPHETS as one of its best-of books of 2021, describing the novel as "break-your-heart stunning love story.” Book Riot also featured the novel on its Best Books of 2021 list. Carole V. Bell of Book Riot raves: “[A]n extraordinary historical novel [and] a defiantly poetic story of great love growing in a place of hate…Jones Jr. handles the multiple moving parts and perspectives masterfully — joy and beauty juxtaposed against pain to devastating effect. Truly, this book gutted me and I was grateful for it.” G.P. Putnam’s sons published the novel on January 5, 2021.