5 Best Maya Angelou's Books That You Should Read

Maya Angelou was an American author and a poet who has been called "America's most visible black female autobiographer" by scholar Joanne M. Braxton. She is best known for her series of six autobiographical volumes, which focus on her childhood and early adult experiences. 

She published seven autobiographies, three books of essays, several books of poetry, and is 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. 

Angelou is best known for her series of seven autobiographies, which focus on her childhood and early adult experiences. Here we mention the best Maya Angelou book you should read.

Best Maya Angelou's Books That You Should Read

1. On the Pulse of Morning
2. Gather Together In My Name
3. Just Give Me a Cool Drink of Water 'fore I Diiie
4. Life Doesn't Frighten Me
5. Phenomenal Woman

On the Pulse of Morning

"On the Pulse of Morning" is a poem by writer and poet Maya Angelou that she read at the first inauguration of President Bill Clinton on January 20, 1993. With her public recitation, Angelou became the second poet in history to read a poem at a presidential inauguration, and the first African American and woman.

Gather Together in My Name

"Gather Together in My Name" is the second book in Angelou's series of seven autobiographies. The book begins immediately following the events described in I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, and follows Angelou, called Rita, from the ages of 17 to 19.

Just Give Me a Cool Drink of Water 'fore I Diiie

Just Give Me a Cool Drink of Water 'fore I Diiie is the first collection of poems by African-American writer and poet Maya Angelou.

Diiie is made up of two sections of 38 poems. The 20 poems in the first section, "Where Love is a Scream of Anguish", center on love. Many of the poems in this section and the next are structured like blues and jazz music and have universal themes of love and loss. The eighteen poems in the second section, "Just Before the World Ends", focus on the experience of the survival of African Americans despite living in a society dominated by whites.

Life Doesn't Frighten Me

This book was originally released in 1993 by Stewart, Tabori, & Chang, the book was conceived and edited by Sara Jane Boyers. It combines a poem written by Angelou with illustrations by American artist Jean-Michel Basquiat.

Phenomenal Woman

Phenomenal Woman: Four Poems Celebrating Women is a book of poems by Maya Angelou, published in 1995. The poems in this short volume were published in Angelou's previous volumes of poetry.

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