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Jo Piazza

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Jo Piazza is an American journalist, editor, and author of thirteen books, including The Sicilian Inheritance and the Good Morning America Book Club pick We Are Not Like Them with Christine Pride.
She’s also the host of the Under the Influence podcast. She has written and reported for The Wall Street Journal, New York Daily News, The New York Times, and Slate.
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    2021
    We Are Not Like Them
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We Are Not Like Them

4.4/5

reader rating · 7,422 ratings

Christine Pride and Jo Piazza's debut novel follows lifelong best friends Riley, a Black broadcast journalist, and Jen, a white woman whose husband is involved in the police shooting of a Black teen in Philadelphia. Alternating between their voices, it is earnest, accessible book-club fiction built for hard conversations.

Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

Ask LuvemBooks about Jo Piazza

Jo Piazza is an American journalist, editor, and author of thirteen books whose fiction tackles charged real-world subjects head-on. We have reviewed 1 of their books: We Are Not Like Them, co-written with Christine Pride, which alternates between the voices of two lifelong best friends — a Black broadcast journalist and a white woman whose husband is involved in the police shooting of a Black teen in Philadelphia. It's earnest, accessible book-club fiction built for hard conversations, and it holds a 4.4/5 reader rating from over 7,400 Amazon ratings.
Where should I start?
Start with We Are Not Like Them — it's the only Jo Piazza book we've reviewed, and it's the title that earned a Good Morning America Book Club pick. The alternating perspectives of Riley and Jen make it an accessible entry point, and it carries a 4.4/5 reader rating from 7,422 Amazon ratings.
What's their writing style?
Based on We Are Not Like Them, Jo Piazza writes earnest, accessible fiction — in that case co-authored with Christine Pride and structured around alternating first-person voices. The dual narration lets a single event, a police shooting, be experienced from two racially and personally distinct perspectives. It's a deliberately conversation-starting approach rather than a stylistically showy one.
Books we've reviewed
We've reviewed 1 Jo Piazza book so far. We Are Not Like Them: A Novel (with Christine Pride) is women's fiction about two best friends — Riley, a Black broadcast journalist, and Jen, a white woman — tested when Jen's husband is involved in the police shooting of a Black teen in Philadelphia. It has a 4.4/5 reader rating from 7,422 Amazon ratings.
What genre do they write?
The one book we've reviewed, We Are Not Like Them, is classified as Women's Fiction — specifically the kind of issue-driven book-club fiction that dramatizes contemporary debates, in this case race and policing, through personal relationships. Jo Piazza's wider catalog of thirteen books spans more than this single title, but this is the genre we can speak to from our own coverage.
What should I read after We Are Not Like Them?
If you're looking for more from Jo Piazza specifically, The Sicilian Inheritance is the other title highlighted in their bio, though we haven't reviewed it. Since we've only covered the one book, our best recommendation is to watch this hub — we'll update it as more of their catalog gets reviewed.
Who is Jo Piazza?

Who is Jo Piazza?

Jo Piazza is an American journalist, editor, and author of thirteen books, including The Sicilian Inheritance and the Good Morning America Book Club pick We Are Not Like Them, co-written with Christine Pride. Their journalism background shows in fiction that engages directly with contemporary issues rather than skirting them.

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