Possessing the Secret of Joy
by Alice Walker | 
The Color Purple
by Alice Walker | 
Roots
by Alex Haley | 
Native Son
by Richard Wright | 
Sula
by Toni Morrison | 
Another Country
by James Baldwin | 
Tar Baby
by Toni Morrison | 
If Beale Street Could Talk
by James Baldwin | 
The Street
by Ann Petry | 
Jonah's Gourd Vine
by Zora Neale Hurston | 
Passing
by Nella Larsen | 
Tell Me How Long the Train's Been Gone
by James Baldwin | 
Moses, Man of the Mountain
by Zora Neale Hurston | 
Plum Bun
by Jessie Redmon Fauset | 
The Marrow of Tradition
by Charles W. Chesnutt | 
Of Mice and Men
by John Steinbeck | 
Oliver Twist
by Charles Dickens | 
Room
by Emma Donoghue | 
Sophie's World
by Jostein Gaarder | 
If on a winter's night a traveler
by Italo Calvino |
The second novel written by Alice Walker, preceding The Color Purple is a heartfelt and moving story about one woman's personal revolution as she joins the Civil Rights Movement. Set in the American South in the 1960s it follows Meridian Hill, a courageous young woman who dedicates herself heart and soul to her civil rights work, touching the lives of those around her even as her own health begins to deteriorate. Hers is a lonely battle, but it is one she will not abandon, whatever the costs. This is classic Alice Walker, beautifully written, intense and passionate.