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Maya Angelou Book Recommendations
Maya Angelou was an American poet, memoirist, and civil rights activist.
(Read more on Wikipedia)7 Books Recommended
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A Tale of Two Cities
by Charles Dickens
"[This author], I could tell, wouldn't be a man who would curse me out and talk to me rudely." - Maya Angelou (Source)
Also recommended by:
J.K. Rowling, Oprah Winfrey, Amelia Boone, Mahatma Gandhi, Christopher Hitchens
Holy Bible
"I was influenced forever by the New Testament. I love the Beatitudes, informing us that the meek shall inherit the earth." - Maya Angelou (Source)
The Collected Poetry of Paul Laurence Dunbar
by Joanne M. Braxton
"Wrote about African-Americans, and he showed me the beauty of our colors and the wonder of our music." - Maya Angelou (Source)
Little Women
Little Women, Book 1
by Louisa May Alcott
"I felt like I was almost there with them in their living room and their kitchen." - Maya Angelou (Source)
Also recommended by:
J.K. Rowling, Kathie Lee Gifford, Shonda Rhimes, Hillary Clinton
Invisible Man
by Ralph Ellison
"When I first read [this book], it was as if somebody turned a bright light on in a dark corridor." - Maya Angelou (Source)
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You Can't Go Home Again
by Thomas Wolfe
"My brother and I memorized whole chapters of [this book]." - Maya Angelou (Source)
