Maya Angelou has written at least 67 books. Their most popular book is I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings with 486 saves with an average rating of 4.13⭐.
They are best known for writing in the genres Classics, Memoir, and non-fiction.
reflective, emotional, and inspiring are their most common moods.
Maya Angelou (born Marguerite Annie Johnson) was an American poet, memoirist, and civil rights activist. She published seven autobiographies, three books of essays, and several books of poetry, and was credited with a list of plays, movies, and television shows spanning over 50 years. She received dozens of awards and more than 50 honorary degrees.
She became a poet and writer after a series of occupations as a young adult, including fry cook, prostitute, nightclub dancer and performer, cast member of the opera Porgy and Bess, coordinator for the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, and journalist in Egypt and Ghana during the decolonization of Africa. She was an actor, writer, director, and producer of plays, movies, and public television programs. In 1982, she earned the first lifetime Reynolds Professorship of American Studies at Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. She was active in the Civil Rights movement, and worked with Martin Luther King, Jr. and Malcolm X.
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#1 of 6 in Maya Angelou's Autobiography
1969 • 486 Readers • 309 pages • 4.1
1987 • 50 Readers • 192 pages • 4
#4 of 6 in Maya Angelou's Autobiography
1981 • 33 Readers • 288 pages • 4.4
#2 of 6 in Maya Angelou's Autobiography
1985 • 23 Readers • 224 pages • 4.1
1978 • 20 Readers • 112 pages • 3.4
#5 of 6 in Maya Angelou's Autobiography
1986 • 17 Readers • 224 pages • 4.7
1993 • 13 Readers • 3.3
#3 of 6 in Maya Angelou's Autobiography
1976 • 12 Readers • 258 pages • 4.3
1994 • 10 Readers • 273 pages • 3.8
2003 • 10 Readers • 224 pages • 4.3
1995 • 8 Readers • 5
1998 • 6 Readers • 148 pages • 4
3 Readers
1994 • 3 Readers • 320 pages • 3
2013 • 3 Readers • 240 pages • 4.5
3 Readers
2013 • 2 Readers • 64 pages • 5
1995 • 2 Readers • 1,184 pages
#1 of 6 in Maya Angelou's Autobiography
1969 • 2 Readers • 336 pages • 5
2018 • 2 Readers • 143 pages
2014 • 2 Readers
1994 • 2 Readers • 224 pages • 4
2016 • 2 Readers • 352 pages
Poetry for Young People
2007 • 2 Readers • 48 pages • 5
2004 • 2 Readers • 218 pages
2011 • 2 Readers • 64 pages • 2
1978 • 1 Reader
2008 • 1 Reader • 395 pages
1978 • 1 Reader
1 Reader
1993 • 1 Reader • 32 pages • 5
2010 • 1 Reader • 320 pages • 4
2013 • 1 Reader • 208 pages
2013 • 1 Reader • 44 pages • 4
#1 of 6 in Maya Angelou's Autobiography
1969 • 1 Reader • 2
#1 of 6 in Maya Angelou's Autobiography
1969 • 1 Reader • 257 pages • 4
#3 of 6 in Maya Angelou's Autobiography
1976 • 1 Reader • 310 pages • 5
1994 • 1 Reader
#7 of 6 in Maya Angelou's Autobiography
2013 • 1 Reader • 176 pages • 5
1 Reader • 5
1 Reader
1975 • 1 Reader • 4
#1 of 6 in Maya Angelou's Autobiography
1969 • 1 Reader • 235 pages
1 Reader
#4 of 6 in Maya Angelou's Autobiography
1981 • 1 Reader • 409 pages • 3
2003 • 1 Reader • 288 pages
2018 • 273 pages
2020 • 195 pages
2020 • 93 pages
2014 • 66 pages
2011 • 128 pages
2014 • 112 pages
1986 • 32 pages
1993 • 274 pages
1987 • 192 pages
1993 • 19 pages
2005 • 34 pages