Those We Thought We Knew (2023) Signed First Edition Reference

Those We Thought We Knew is David Joy’s most expansive and politically engaged novel. Published in 2023, it weaves together multiple storylines — a Black artist’s murder, a struggle over Confederate monuments, a community reckoning with its racial history — into a portrait of a Southern mountain community forced to confront the violence embedded in its identity.

First Edition Identification

Publisher: G.P. Putnam’s Sons, New York Publication date: 2023 Format: Hardcover in dust jacket

Signed Copy Market Values

• Signed first edition, fine/fine: $30–$60
• Unsigned first edition: $10–$20

Recent publication means signed copies are readily available. The novel’s critical reception and its engagement with contemporary racial politics may give it staying power beyond the typical crime novel.