Orbital is the only one of these I've read, I enjoyed it but it's not a favorite. It's kind of like a bunch of pieces and you have to put the puzzle together in your own way. Several other booktubers that have read it call it "Snorbital" because they found it boring. James is a retelling of Huckleberry Fin from James' perspective. The faking his death and running away is from the origonal. It's about humanizing and adding depth to James who was just called "n word Jim" in the origonal. (the n word wasn't censored)
Oh thank you so much for clarifying! The last time I read Huckleberry Finn, I was very young and at this point I don’t remember anything about it. Now I know it’s a retelling :)