Toni Morrison

Toni Morrison

Toni Morrison was born in Lorain, Ohio, USA on February 18th, 1931 and passed away at the age of 88 on August 5th, 2019.

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Toni Morrison Stats: The highest rated book by Toni Morrison on Book Notification is Recitatif, a Novella. The second-highest rated book is The Bluest Eye, a Standalone novel.

The most read book by Toni Morrison on Book Notification is Beloved, a Standalone novel. The second most read book is Sula, a Standalone novel.

Below is a complete list of Toni Morrison books in publication and chronological order, broken down by series.

List of Who's Got Game? Books in Publication Order

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
8
Who's Got Game? The Ant or the Grasshopper?
2003
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2
8
Who's Got Game? The Lion or the Mouse?
2003
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3
Who's Got Game? Three Fables
2003
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4
6
Who's Got Game? Poppy or the Snake?
2004
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List of Standalone Novels in Publication Order

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
7.8
The Bluest Eye
1970
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2
7.6
Sula
1973
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3
6
Song of Solomon
1977
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4
9
Tar Baby
1981
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5
7.7
Beloved
1987
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6
7
Jazz
1992
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7
7
Paradise
1997
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8
Love
2003
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9
7.2
A Mercy
2008
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10
6
Home
2011
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11
7
God Help the Child
2014
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List of Short Stories/Novellas in Publication Order

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
8
Recitatif
1983
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2
Race
2017
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List of Chapbooks in Publication Order

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
The Big Box
1999
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2
The Book of Mean People
2002
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3
The Mirror Or The Glass?
2005
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List of Picture Books in Publication Order

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
6
Peeny Butter Fudge
2009
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2
6
Little Cloud and Lady Wind
2010
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3
6
The Tortoise or the Hare
2010
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List of Plays in Publication Order

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1
Desdemona
2012
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List of Non-Fiction Books in Publication Order

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
Race-Ing Justice, En-Gendering Power
1992
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2
The Nobel Lecture In Literature, 1993
1994
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3
Conversations with Toni Morrison
1994
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4
The Dancing Mind
1996
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5
Birth of a Nation'hood
1997
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6
Memoirs
1999
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7
Remember
2004
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8
What Moves at the Margin
2008
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9
Burn This Book
2009
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10
To Die for the People
2009
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11
6
Please, Louise
2013
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12
The Source of Self-Regard: Selected Essays, Speeches, and Meditations
2019
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13
Mouth Full of Blood: Essays, Speeches, Meditations
2019
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14
Goodness and the Literary Imagination
2019
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15
The Writer Before the Page: From The Source of Self-Regard
2019
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16
The Measure of Our Lives
2019
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List of American Poets Continuum Books in Publication Order

Features diverse voices and styles, offering accessible poetry collections from notable writers.

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
Good Woman (By: Lucille Clifton)
1987
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2
Next (By: Lucille Clifton)
1987
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3
The City in Which I Love You (By: Li-Young Lee)
1990
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4
Quilting (By: Lucille Clifton)
1991
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5
What We Carry (By: Dorianne Laux)
1994
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6
Red Suitcase (By: Naomi Shihab Nye)
1994
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7
The Terrible Stories (By: Lucille Clifton)
1996
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8
Fuel (By: Naomi Shihab Nye)
1998
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9
Tell Me (By: Kim Addonizio)
2000
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10
Blessing the Boats (By: Lucille Clifton)
2000
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11
Smoke (By: Dorianne Laux)
2000
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12
Book of My Nights (By: Li-Young Lee)
2001
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13
Mules of Love (By: Ellen Bass)
2002
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14
The Hawk Temple at Tierra Grande (By: Ray Gonzalez)
2002
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15
Love Song with Motor Vehicles (By: Alan Michael Parker)
2003
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16
The Owner of the House (By: Louis Simpson)
2003
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17
The Orchard (By: Brigit Pegeen Kelly)
2004
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18
The Rooster's Wife (By: Russell Edson)
2005
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19
Postcards from the Interior (By: Wyn Cooper)
2005
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20
You & Yours (By: Naomi Shihab Nye)
2005
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21
Darling Vulgarity (By: Michael Waters)
2006
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22
Not for Specialists (By: W.D. Snodgrass)
2006
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23
Slope of the Child Everlasting (By: Laurie Kutchins)
2007
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24
Sleeping With Houdini (By: Nin Andrews)
2007
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25
The Fortieth Day (By: Kazim Ali)
2008
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26
Elephants & Butterflies (By: Alan Michael Parker)
2008
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27
Voices (By: Lucille Clifton)
2008
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28
And (By: Michael Blumenthal)
2009
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29
Carpathia (By: Cecilia Woloch)
2009
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30
Seasons of Lotus, Seasons of Bone (By: Matthew Shenoda)
2009
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31
Sharp Stars (By: Sharon Bryan)
2009
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32
Chaos is the New Calm (By: Wyn Cooper)
2010
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33
Long Lens (By: Peter Makuck)
2010
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34
Burning of the Three Fires (By: Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont)
2010
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35
Diwata ) (By: Barbara Jane Reyes)
2010
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36
Sasha Sings the Laundry on the Line (By: Sean Thomas Dougherty)
2010
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37
Kingdom Animalia (By: Aracelis Girmay)
2011
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38
Your Father on the Train of Ghosts (By: G.C. Waldrep, John Gallaher)
2011
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39
Ennui Prophet (By: Christopher Kennedy)
2011
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40
Transfer (By: Naomi Shihab Nye)
2011
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41
Gospel Night (By: Michael Waters)
2011
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42
The Hands of Strangers (By: Janice N. Harrington)
2011
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43
True Faith (By: Ira Sadoff)
2012
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44
The Reindeer Camps (By: Barton Sutter)
2012
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45
To Keep Love Blurry (By: Craig Morgan Teicher)
2012
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46
The Collected Poems of Lucille Clifton 1965-2010 (With: Kevin Young, Lucille Clifton, Michael S. Glaser)
2012
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47
Theophobia (By: Bruce Beasley)
2012
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48
The Book of Goodbyes (By: Jillian Weise)
2013
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49
No Need of Sympathy (By: Fleda Brown)
2013
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50
Refuge (By: Adrie Kusserow)
2013
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51
Birth Marks (By: Jim Daniels)
2013
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52
There's a Box in the Garage You Can Beat With a Stick (By: Michael Teig)
2013
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53
The Keys to the Jail (By: Keetje Kuipers)
2014
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54
All You Ask For is Longing (By: Sean Thomas Dougherty)
2014
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55
What He Took (By: Wendy Mnookin)
2014
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56
Copia (By: Erika Meitner)
2014
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57
The Chair (By: Richard Garcia)
2014
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58
In a Landscape (By: John Gallaher)
2014
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59
Fanny Says (By: Nickole Brown)
2015
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60
Testament (By: G.C. Waldrep)
2015
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61
Why God is a Woman (By: Nin Andrews)
2015
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62
Broken Hallelujahs (By: Sean Thomas Dougherty)
2015
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63
Antidote for Night (By: Marsha De LA O)
2015
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64
I'm No Longer Troubled by the Extravagance (By: Rick Bursky)
2015
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65
Beautiful Wall (By: Ray Gonzalez)
2015
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66
The Black Maria (By: Aracelis Girmay)
2016
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67
Celestial Joyride (By: Michael Waters)
2016
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68
Whereso (By: Karen Volkman)
2016
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69
Struggling Times (By: Louis Simpson)
2016
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70
The Day's Last Light Reddens the Leaves of the Copper Beech (By: Stephen Dobyns)
2016
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71
The End of Pink (By: Kathryn Nuernberger)
2016
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72
Primitive (By: Janice N. Harrington)
2016
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73
Mandatory Evacuation (By: Makuck Peter)
2016
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74
The Trembling Answers (By: Craig Morgan Teicher)
2017
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75
Bye-Bye Land (By: Christian Barter)
2017
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76
Sky Country (By: Christine Kitano)
2017
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77
The Smoke of Horses (By: Charles Rafferty)
2017
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78
All Soul Parts Returned (By: Bruce Beasley)
2017
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79
The Second O of Sorrow ) (By: Sean Thomas Dougherty)
2018
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80
Holy Moly Carry Me (By: Erika Meitner)
2018
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81
Clues from the Animal Kingdom ) (By: Christopher Kennedy)
2018
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82
Dresses from the Old Country ) (By: Laura Read)
2018
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83
In Country (By: Hugh Martin)
2018
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84
The Tiny Journalist (By: Naomi Shihab Nye)
2019
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85
All Its Charms (By: Keetje Kuipers)
2019
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86
Night Angler (By: Geffrey Davis)
2019
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87
The Human Half (By: Deborah Brown)
2019
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88
Cyborg Detective (By: Jillian Weise)
2019
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89
On the Shores of Welcome Home (By: Bruce Weigl)
2019
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90
Rue (By: Kathryn Nuernberger)
2020
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91
Year of the Dog (By: Deborah Paredez)
2020
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92
Let's Become a Ghost Story (By: Rick Bursky)
2020
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93
Brand New Spacesuit (By: John Gallaher)
2020
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94
Mercy (By: Lucille Clifton)
2020
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95
How to Carry Water (By: Lucille Clifton, Aracelis Girmay)
2020
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96
Caw (By: Michael Waters)
2020
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97
Letters to a Young Brown Girl (By: Barbara Jane Reyes)
2020
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98
Mother Country (By: Elana Bell)
2020
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99
I Am Not Trying to Hide My Hungers from the World (By: Kendra DeColo)
2021
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100
The Naomi Letters (By: Rachel Mennies)
2021
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101
Diamonds (By: Camille Guthrie)
2021
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102
Useful Junk (By: Erika Meitner)
2022
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103
Field Notes from the Flood Zone (By: Heather Sellers)
2022
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104
A Season in Hell with Rimbaud (By: Dustin Pearson)
2022
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105
Your Emergency Contact Has Experienced an Emergency (By: Chen Chen)
2022
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106
A Tinderbox in Three Acts (By: Cynthia Dewi Oka)
2022
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107
Little Mr. Prose Poem (By: Charles Simic, Russell Edson, Craig Morgan Teicher)
2022
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108
The Dug-Up Gun Museum ( By: Ben Follows)
2022
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List of The Last Interview Books in Publication Order

Numerous interviews with renowned intellectuals and writers.

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
Learning to Live Finally (By: Jacques Derrida)
2005
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2
Roberto Bolaño (By: Roberto Bolaño)
2009
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3
Kurt Vonnegut (By: Kurt Vonnegut)
2011
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4
Jorge Luis Borges (By: Jorge Luis Borges)
2012
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5
Hannah Arendt (By: Hannah Arendt)
2013
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6
James Baldwin (By: James Baldwin, Quincy Troupe)
2014
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7
Ray Bradbury (By: Ray Bradbury, Sam Weller)
2014
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8
Gabriel García Márquez (By: Gabriel García Márquez)
2015
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9
Lou Reed (By: Lou Reed)
2015
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10
Ernest Hemingway (By: Ernest Hemingway)
2015
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11
Nora Ephron (By: Nora Ephron)
2015
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12
Philip K. Dick (By: Philip K. Dick)
2015
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13
J. D. Salinger (By: J.D. Salinger)
2016
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14
Oliver Sacks (By: Oliver Sacks)
2016
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15
Jane Jacobs (By: Jane Jacobs)
2016
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16
David Bowie (By: David Bowie)
2016
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17
Martin Luther King, Jr. (By: Martin Luther King Jr.)
2017
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18
Christopher Hitchens (By: Christopher Hitchens)
2017
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19
Hunter S. Thompson (By: Hunter S. Thompson)
2018
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20
Kathy Acker (By: Kathy Acker)
2018
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21
Julia Child (By: Julia Child)
2018
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22
9
Ursula K. Le Guin (By: Ursula K. Le Guin)
2019
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23
Billie Holiday (By: Billie Holiday)
2019
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24
Graham Greene (By: Graham Greene)
2019
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25
Toni Morrison
2020
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26
Frida Kahlo (By: Frida Kahlo)
2020
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27
Shirley Chisholm (By: Shirley Chisholm)
2021
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28
Fred Rogers (By: Fred Rogers)
2021
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29
Johnny Cash (By: Johnny Cash)
2021
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30
John Lewis (By: Melville House)
2021
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31
Janet Malcolm (By: Melville House)
2022
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32
Kurt Cobain ( By: Melville House)
2022
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33
bell hooks (By: bell hooks)
2023
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34
Octavia E. Butler (By: Melville House)
2023
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List of The Charles Eliot Norton Lectures Books in Publication Order

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
Space, Time and Architecture: The Growth of a New Tradition (By: Siegfried Giedion)
1941
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2
i: Six Nonlectures (By: E.E. Cummings)
1953
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3
Sincerity and Authenticity (By: Lionel Trilling)
1972
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4
The Secular Scripture: A Study of the Structure of Romance (By: Northrop Frye)
1973
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5
6
Six Walks in the Fictional Woods ( By: Umberto Eco)
1994
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6
The Romantic Generation (By: Charles Rosen)
1995
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7
Lessons of the Masters (By: George Steiner)
2003
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8
Bathers, Bodies, Beauty: The Visceral Eye (By: Linda Nochlin)
2006
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9
The Origin of Others
2016
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List of The William E. Massey Sr. Lectures Books in Publication Order

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
The American Newness ( By: Irving Howe)
1986
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2
Highbrow/Lowbrow (By: Lawrence W. Levine)
1988
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3
Revolutions (By: David Brion Davis)
1990
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4
Playing in the Dark
1992
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5
The Southern Tradition (By: Eugene D. Genovese)
1994
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6
Writing Was Everything (By: Alfred Kazin)
1998
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7
The Dissent of the Governed (By: Stephen L. Carter)
1998
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8
Achieving Our Country (By: Richard M. Rorty)
1999
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9
The Real American Dream (By: Andrew Delbanco)
1999
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10
To Be the Poet (By: Maxine Hong Kingston)
2002
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11
Reporting the Universe ( By: E.L. Doctorow)
2003
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12
Circles and Lines (By: John Putnam Demos)
2004
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13
Architecture as Signs and Systems (By: Robert Venturi)
2004
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14
Reshaping the Work-Family Debate (By: Joan C. Williams)
2010
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15
Tiger Writing ( By: Gish Jen)
2013
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16
Tiger Writing (By: Gish Jen)
2013
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17
Three Songs, Three Singers, Three Nations (By: Greil Marcus)
2015
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18
Just a Journalist (By: Linda Greenhouse)
2017
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List of Toni Morrison Anthologies in Publication Order

#ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
Inventing the Truth: The Art and Craft of Memoir
1987
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2
Go the Way Your Blood Beats
1996
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3
The Good Parts
2000
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4
Black Satin
2004
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5
Women of Color Pray
2012
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6
Writers: Their Lives and Works
2018
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7
On Girlhood: 15 Stories from the Well-Read Black Girl Library
2021
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Toni Morrison

Toni Morrison (Chloe Ardelia Wofford) was born on February 18th, 1931. Toni passed away August 5th, 2019 at 88 years old. Toni Morrison was born in Lorain, Ohio, USA.

Toni Morrison is probably best known for her Non-Fiction Books. They currently have 16 Non-Fiction books available. The first was released in 1992 with the book Race-Ing Justice, En-Gendering Power. The most recently released was The Measure of Our Lives which was released in 2019.

Toni Morrison: Awards & Accolades

Toni Morrison has won multiple awards including: The Helmerich Award, Peggy V. Helmerich Distinguished Author Award, in 1988 and the Library of Congress Prizes, Creative Achievement Award Fiction, in 2011.

Morrison's books have also won multiple awards, Sula won the Audie Award, Best Narration by the Author, in 1998. Remember won the Coretta Scott King Awards, Coretta Scott King Book Awards, in 2005.

Toni Morrison books have also been nominated for multiple awards, Sula was nominated for the National Book Awards, Best Fiction, in 1975. Beloved was nominated for the National Book Awards, Best Fiction, in 1987. Paradise was nominated for the Women's Prize, For Fiction, in 1999.

Toni Morrison: Lists & Other Mentions

  • Paradise was a New York Times: #1 Fiction Best Seller in 1998 and a Publishers Weekly: Bestselling Novel in the United States in 1998.

Related Authors

The most common authors followed by users who also follow Toni Morrison are:

  1. Stephen King, author of The Dark Tower Series.
  2. Margaret Atwood, author of The Handmaid's Tale Series.
  3. Neil Gaiman, author of the American Gods Series.
  4. Harper Lee, author of the To Kill a Mockingbird Series.
  5. Stieg Larsson, author of the Millennium Series.

Toni Morrison: F.A.Q

When was Toni Morrison Born?

Toni Morrison was born on February 18th, 1931.

When did Toni Morrison die?

Toni Morrison died on August 5th, 2019 at 88 years old.

Where was Toni Morrison Born?

Toni Morrison was born in Lorain, Ohio, USA.

What awards has Toni Morrison won?

Toni Morrison has won the following awards: Peggy V. Helmerich Distinguished Author Award at the Helmerich Award (1988) and the Creative Achievement Award Fiction at the Library of Congress Prizes (2011).

What book awards has Toni Morrison won?

Sula: Audie Award Best Narration by the Author (1998).
Remember: Coretta Scott King Awards Coretta Scott King Book Awards (2005).

What was the first book Toni Morrison wrote?

The first book written by Toni Morrison was The Bluest Eye, published in 1970.

What was the most recent book Toni Morrison wrote?

Her most recently released work was Toni Morrison on July 7th, 2020.

How many books has Toni Morrison written?

Toni Morrison has written 44 books across 12 series, excluding contributions to anthologies.
  • 4 books in the Who's Got Game? Series
  • 11 Standalone Novels
  • 2 Short Stories/Novellas
  • 3 Chapbooks
  • 3 Picture Books
  • 1 Play
  • 16 Non-Fiction Books
  • 1 book in the American Poets Continuum Series
  • 1 book in The Last Interview Series
  • 1 book in The Charles Eliot Norton Lectures Series
  • 1 book in The William E. Massey Sr. Lectures Series

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