To Kill a Mockingbird

Look for The Land of Sweet Forever, a posthumous collection of newly discovered short stories and previously published essays and magazine pieces by Harper Lee, coming October 21, 2025.

Voted America's Best-Loved Novel in PBS's The Great American Read

Harper Lee's Pulitzer Prize-winning masterwork of honor and injustice in the deep South—and the heroism of one man in the face of blind and violent hatred

One of the most cherished stories of all time, To Kill a Mockingbird has been translated into more than forty languages, sold more than forty million copies worldwide, served as the basis for an enormously popular motion picture, and was voted one of the best novels of the twentieth century by librarians across the country. A gripping, heart-wrenching, and wholly remarkable tale of coming-of-age in a South poisoned by virulent prejudice, it views a world of great beauty and savage inequities through the eyes of a young girl, as her father—a crusading local lawyer—risks everything to defend a black man unjustly accused of a terrible crime.

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Published Jul 5, 2005

336 pages

Average rating: 8.43

832 RATINGS

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literarily_occupied
Aug 12, 2025
9/10 stars
4.5

An American classic that was just as enjoyable to read today as it was the first time I read it in school so many, many years ago.
Kaladin Stormblessed
Aug 09, 2025
For being a classic, I didn't connect this one. Never read this in high school, so a first for me. Much more a coming of age story with small town racial prejudice side plot thrown in middle. Now, I will say Atticus was trying his best to raise Scout and Jem. Liked him as a character , but I kinda wish he would have put his foot down. They got away with things quite a bit. Their antics with Boo Radley were my favorite. Sadder and darker than I had expected. Tom Robinson deserved better!
Jayney
Jul 27, 2025
8/10 stars
Great book .
Jeano
Jul 27, 2025
9/10 stars
Just finished,agree with Rhiannon.Read if you haven't already
Rhirhih
Jul 26, 2025
8/10 stars
Atticus Finch aka the love of my life

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