List of Books by Harper Lee

Harper Lee won the Pulitzer Prize for her seminal novel To Kill a Mockingbird, about racial injustice in the South in the 1930s. Published in 1960, this widely loved book, still thought of as one of the most important books in American history, has been translated into more than 40 languages. Go Set a Watchman, her other novel, was published in 2015. Her many honors include the Presidential Medal of Freedom, which she was awarded in 2007. She was born in Monroeville, Alabama, in 1926, and died there in 2016.

All Books By Harper Lee

Find all the books by Harper Lee at Barnes & Noble. The American author is famous for her 1960 novel about racial injustice, To Kill a Mockingbird, which is one of the most important works of classic American literature. To Kill a Mockingbird, about a young girl's coming-of-age journey in a racially segregated 1930s South, has sold millions of copies worldwide, has been translated into over 40 languages and continues to be widely read in schools across America. The impactful plot was inspired by Lee's own experiences and parallels many events from her life. Harper Lee was a very private person and although her debut novel achieved immense success, she did not publish another book until much later in life. Her second book, Go Set a Watchman, was written in the 1950s but published in 2015, just a year shy of the author's death. After initially being mistaken as the sequel, the plot of her second novel was later widely accepted as the first draft of To Kill a Mockingbird. Harper Lee's books shed light on an important part of history and continue to encourage readers to address issues of racism and social injustice.

What are some interesting facts about Harper Lee?

Her debut novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction in 1961. Although her original name was Nelle Harper Lee, the author went by her middle name Harper. She was honored with The Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2007. Harper Lee was good friends with Truman Capote, the author of In Cold Blood. Lee passed away from natural causes in Monroeville, Alabama in 2016.