Early Bird Books Reading Recommendations

Meet extraordinary individuals; explore communities; deepen your understanding of America.

Learn more about the woman behind influential pieces of literature such as The Color Purple.

From historical epics to feel-good contemporaries, these African books are a must-read.

The collection of short stories artfully shares the struggles of a range of uniquely flawed characters.

"Expect nothing. Live frugally on surprise."

Diversify your bookshelf.

Writer Alexander Montgomery reflects on why there's no such thing as "invisible."

Real change requires more than reading a book.

Find out why he's been called "the purest literary troublemaker we currently have."

A look back at a banned book that grapples with racism in the Deep South.

Buy two books by Black authors by June 20.

It's time to diversify your reading list.

“A riot is the language of the unheard.”—Martin Luther King Jr.

Read an essay from Alice Walker’s book, Living by the Word.

An excerpt from the memoir of a woman who bought her own freedom and became a dressmaker for Mary Todd Lincoln.

Ms. Walker answers readers' questions about her most famous work.

The iconic feminist praises Alice Walker's ability to move readers.

Powerful wisdom from the author of The Color Purple.

If we could do it all over again, we'd make time for these stories.

Before the If Beale Street Could Talk author became a symbol of today's Black Lives Matter movement, he was a high-priority target of FBI surveillance during the 1950s, '60s, and '70s.