To Kill a Mockingbird

 The unforgettable novel of a childhood in a sleepy Southern town and the crisis of conscience that rocked it, To Kill A Mockingbird became both an instant bestseller and a critical success when it was first published in 1960. It went on to win the Pulitzer Prize in 1961 and was later made into an Academy Award-winning film, also a classic. Compassionate, dramatic, and deeply moving, To Kill A Mockingbird takes readers to the roots of human behavior - to innocence and experience, kindness and cruelty, love and hatred, humor and pathos. Now with over 18 million copies in print and translated into forty languages, this regional story by a young Alabama woman claims universal appeal. Harper Lee always considered her book to be a simple love story. Today it is regarded as a masterpiece of American literature.

Review: "A novel of great sweetness, humor, compassion, and of mystery carefully sustained." "Harper's Magazine""

"Marvelous . . . Miss Lee's original characters are people to cherish in this winning first novel." "The New York Times""

"Miss Lee wonderfully builds the tranquil atmosphere of her Southern town, and as adroitly causes it to erupt a shocking lava of emotions." "San Francisco Examiner""

"Remarkable triumph . . . Miss Lee writes with a wry compassion that makes her novel soar." "Life magazine""

"Skilled, unpretentious and tototally ingenuous . . . tough, melodramatic, acute, funny." "The New Yorker""