Stan: My top ten? I could probably do a whole top ten on Alice Walker alone. Here are four Alice Walker books plus six more books I love.
1) Alice Walker's THE CHICKEN CHRONICLES.
2) Patrick McGilligan's OSCAR MICHEAUX, THE GREAT AND ONLY: THE LIFE OF AMERICA'S FIRST BLACK FILMMAKER.
3) Ralph Ellison's INVISIBLE MAN.
4) Richard Wright's NAIVE SON.
5) Alice Walker's THE COLOR PURPLE.
6) Alice Walker's THE SAME RIVER TWICE.
7) Pauline Kael's HOOKED.
8) Anthony Lane's NOBODY'S PERFECT.
9) Alice Walker's POSSESSING THE SECRET OF JOY.
10) Lillian Hellman's THE COLLECTED PLAYS OF LILLIAN HELLMAN.
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Others in this series? "10 To Read (C.I.)," "10 To Read (Jim)," "10 to Read (Dona)" and "10 to Read (Rebecca)."