Harper Lee’s unforgettable words from 'To Kill a Mockingbird' still inspire compassion, courage and understanding.

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 ...

Its heavy themes and sharp wit still resonate decades later.

HOMEWOOD, Ala. (AP) — 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 ...

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 ...

Read our review of Harper Lee's *To Kill a Mockingbird*, adapted by Aaron Sorkin, now in performances at the Wyndham's ...

In this Jan. 10, 2007 file photo, Pulitzer Prize-winning Alabama author, Harper Lee, appears at the Davis Theater in Montgomery, Ala., for a performance adaptation of her book “To Kill A Mockingbird,” ...

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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 ...