Following an entirely unscientific process, readers of the New York Times Book Review have chosen “To Kill a Mockingbird” as the “best book of the last 125 years.” That comment about the process being ...

HOMEWOOD, Ala. – To the world, Harper Lee was aloof to the point of being unknowable, an obsessively private person who spent most of her life avoiding the public gaze despite writing one of the ...

REUTERS - Harper Lee's "To Kill a Mockingbird" became one of the most beloved books in U.S. literary history. Here are seven facts about Lee, who died at the age of 89: * She went by Harper, her ...

If there's one book you should read before you die, it's To Kill a Mockingbird. That's not my opinion. Apparently I was sick back in ninth grade when every other American kid read Harper Lee's novel ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. A school board in Washington has voted to remove Harper Lee's classic ...

To Kill a Mockingbird’s legacy is far from the only one readers must reckon with: Your weekly guide to the best in books Donald Uhrbrock / The LIFE Images Collection / Getty Learning from Laura ...

In the 60 years since “To Kill a Mockingbird,” one of the most widely read books in middle school, was published, the lens through which it frames race and its Black characters has come under scrutiny ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. A high school in Scotland plans to stop teaching classic novels To Kill ...

When Mary Badham talks about “To Kill a Mockingbird,” people listen. The Alabama native, 71, has a unique perspective on Harper Lee’s famous novel and the impact it’s had on the world. Badham, who ...

When both the right and the left criticize parts of any agreement, negotiators know they’ve found the sweet spot. The same is true for books. "To Kill a Mockingbird," Harper Lee's classic novel set in ...