Maya Angelou’s Followers (13,533)

Add New
Videos

Add a comment

Add a comment

Maya Angelou

Born

in Saint Louis, Missouri, The United States

April 04, 1928

Died

May 28, 2014

Website

http://www.mayaangelou.com/

Twitter

DrMayaAngelou

Genre

Biographies & Memoirs, Poetry

edit data

Autobiographical novels of best American poet and playwright Maya Angelou, originally Marguerite Johnson include I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (1970).

Maya Angelou, a memoirist and actress, importantly figured in the civil rights movement. In 2001, Ladies Home Journal named her among the thirty most powerful women. Maya Angelou started her series of six with her magnum opus and nominee for a national book award. People nominated Just Give Me a Cool Drink of Water 'fore I Die , her volume in 1971, for the Pulitzer Prize.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maya_An...
...more

Combine Editions
Maya Angelou’s books

Average rating: 4.28 · 736,441 ratings · 31,643 reviews · 236 distinct works • Similar authors

	I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Maya Angelou's Autobiography, #1) 4.29 avg rating — 538,289 ratings — published 1969 — 272 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Letter to My Daughter 4.09 avg rating — 31,741 ratings — published 1987 — 61 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mom & Me & Mom 4.21 avg rating — 25,739 ratings — published 2013 — 40 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Heart of a Woman 4.23 avg rating — 23,928 ratings — published 1981 — 75 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Complete Collected Poems 4.42 avg rating — 16,800 ratings — published 1994 — 49 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Gather Together in My Name 4.31 avg rating — 17,144 ratings — published 1974 — 71 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Wouldn't Take Nothing for My Journey Now 4.29 avg rating — 10,378 ratings — published 1993 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	And Still I Rise 4.41 avg rating — 9,593 ratings — published 1978 — 39 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Singin' and Swingin' and Gettin' Merry Like Christmas (Maya Angelou's Autobiography, #3) 4.25 avg rating — 9,104 ratings — published 1976 — 45 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	All God's Children Need Traveling Shoes 4.28 avg rating — 7,603 ratings — published 1986 — 50 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

More books by Maya Angelou…

Series by Maya Angelou

Maya Angelou's Autobiography (7 books)
by

Maya Angelou

4.29 avg rating — 626,102 ratings

Maya's World (5 books)
by

Maya Angelou,

Lizzy Rockwell (Illustrations)

4.02 avg rating — 148 ratings

Luvvie Ajayi Jones—author, cultural critic, digital entrepreneur—might be best described as a professional truthteller. Her crazily popular...

Polls

What should be our July Non-Fiction Group Read? (Memoir/Autobiography)

Memoirs of a Dutiful Daughter by Simone de Beauvoir

18 votes 22.0%

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou

16 votes 19.5%

The Butterfly Mosque: A Young American Woman's Journey to Love and Islam by G. Willow Wilson

13 votes 15.9%

In Order to Live: A North Korean Girl's Journey to Freedom by Yeonmi Park

9 votes 11.0%

H is for Hawk by Helen Macdonald

6 votes 7.3%

Tranny: Confessions of Punk Rock's Most Infamous Anarchist Sellout by Laura Jane Grace

5 votes 6.1%

Wounds of Passion: A Writing Life by bell hooks

5 votes 6.1%

Wait Till Next Year by Doris Kearns Goodwin

3 votes 3.7%

Shame by Annie Ernaux

2 votes 2.4%

They Left Us Everything: A Memoir by Plum Johnson

2 votes 2.4%

Lo que no tiene nombre by Piedad Bonnett (Only published in Spanish)

2 votes 2.4%

The Twelve Little Cakes by Dominika Dery

1 vote 1.2%

82 total votes

comments and details

More...

Topics Mentioning This Author

topics	posts	views	last activity
Literary Fiction ...: Inaugural Poet Elizabeth Alexander	8	52	Jan 28, 2009 07:14PM
The Write Vision: * Celebrating Black History Month	32	6	Feb 27, 2010 07:24PM
The Next Best Boo...: Quotes in bed	48	596	May 06, 2010 02:56PM
THE JAMES MASON C...: * AUTHOR FORUM- VANESSA RICHARDSON	19	77	Jun 15, 2010 07:03PM
The Next Best Boo...: September's Group Reads ARE.....	80	355	Sep 23, 2010 10:51AM
Peace, Love, and....: Author Game	180	113	Oct 25, 2010 04:36PM

More…

Maya Angelou’s Followers (13,533)

Add NewVideos

Maya Angelou

Combine EditionsMaya Angelou’s books

Series by Maya Angelou

Related News

Polls

Topics Mentioning This Author

Add New
Videos

Combine Editions
Maya Angelou’s books