Literature
To Kill a Mockingbird
Harper Lee · 1960
Lindy Score
7,278·Classic
66 yrs
Age
3
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Why it endured
A young girl in Alabama watches her father defend a Black man falsely accused of rape in the 1930s. Won the Pulitzer Prize and has sold 40 million copies. Consistently voted the most influential novel in American life. A masterclass in moral clarity through a child's eyes.
What they're saying
3 people recommend this book
Barack Obama44th President of the United States
“Harper Lee gave us one of the most enduring moral portraits in American literature. Atticus Finch remains a model of quiet courage.”
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Bill GatesCo-founder of Microsoft
“To Kill a Mockingbird is one of those rare books that can genuinely change a reader's moral sensibility.”
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Taylor SwiftSinger-songwriter & author
“To Kill a Mockingbird really changed the way I looked at life.”
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