To Kill a Mockingbird
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Coming-of-age Southern Gothic novel set in Maycomb, Alabama during the Great Depression, centered on Scout Finch and her father Atticus Finch's legal defense of Tom Robinson. Harper Lee began writing the novel in the mid-1950s after drafting an earlier manuscript (*Go Set a Watchman*, published in 2015). Published on July 11, 1960, just prior to the peak of the American Civil Rights Movement, selling roughly 500,000 copies in its first year. Loosely inspired by Lee's childhood in Monroeville, Alabama and her father Amasa Coleman Lee's legal career.
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#9
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To Kill a Mockingbird is ranked #8 on "Top 10 Most Banned and Challenged Books in History" — its best placement across 2 lists on top10grid.com.
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Harper Lee began writing the novel in the mid-1950s after drafting an earlier manuscript (*Go Set a Watchman*, published in 2015).
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Institutional Significance
Published on July 11, 1960, just prior to the peak of the American Civil Rights Movement, selling roughly 500,000 copies in its first year.
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Key Benchmark
Published July 11, 1960; sold over 40 million copies worldwide and translated into ~40 languages; won the 1961 Pulitzer Prize.
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Core Milestone
Coming-of-age Southern Gothic novel set in Maycomb, Alabama during the Great Depression, centered on Scout Finch and her father Atticus Finch's legal defense of Tom Robinson.
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