7 Must Read Books By or About Zora Neale Hurston



7 Must Read Books By or About Zora Neale Hurston
by DuEwa Frazier

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 The famed novelist, folklorist, anthropologist, essayist, playwright and beloved member of the Harlem Renaissance Zora Neale Hurston has a birthday on Tuesday, January 7th!  Hurston is considered to be one of the great American writers and literary foremothers, with heirs such as Alice Walker, Maya Angelou, Toni Morison, Tayari Jones, and many others. 

Check out this list of seven must read books from children's stories to novels and autobiographies, by or about Zora Neale Hurston.  

Hitting a Straight Lick with a Crooked Stick: Stories from the Harlem Renaissance by Zora Neale Hurston (January 14, 2020)



A collection of short stories Hurston wrote while in college at Barnard College in New York City. The collection features stories about love, migration, gender, class, racism, and sexism. Includes eight of Hurston's "lost" stories.





A biographical children's book on the author's life for ages 10-12.






Zora Neale Hurston tells the story of a former African slave, Cudjo Lewis, after interviewing Cudjo in Plateau, Alabama. 

Zora and Me: The Cursed Ground by T.R. Simon (2018)

The second book in the Zora and Me series gives a fictionalization of Zora's childhood 
discovery and adventure with her friend Carrie Brown. 

Zora and Me by Victoria Bond and T.R. Simon (2011)



The first title in the Zora and Me series, set in a town like Eatonville, Florida which follows the fictionalized childhood of Zora and her friend Carrie (narrator). 

Dust Tracks on a Road: An Autobiography 
by Zora Neale Hurston (1942, 2006)



The writer tells her own story, revealing her childhood growing up in the rural South to her experiences studying anthropology and her eventual rise to becoming one of the leading intellectuals and artists of her time.




Valerie Boyd gives a historical account of Hurston's life and times as a author, anthropologist, playwright and major icon in the Harlem Renaissance.  Hurston's career spanned over thirty years. 






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