Recommended by Farah Jasmine Griffin, and 1 others. See all reviews
Ranked #8 in African American, Ranked #12 in Black Author — see more rankings.
Fair and long-legged, independent and articulate, Janie Crawford sets out to be her own person -- no mean feat for a black woman in the '30s. Janie's quest for identity takes her through three marriages and into a journey back to her roots. less
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Farah Jasmine Griffin Hurston gives us one of the first true love stories in African American writing. (Source)
Rankings by Category
Their Eyes Were Watching God is ranked in the following categories:
- #30 in 11th Grade
- #30 in 16-Year-Old
- #53 in 20th Century
- #90 in AA
- #38 in African
- #24 in African American History
- #52 in American
- #40 in American Literature
- #62 in Americana
- #100 in Author
- #61 in Civics
- #49 in Class
- #97 in Classic
- #75 in Feminism
- #53 in Finding Yourself
- #25 in Graduate School
- #49 in High School
- #32 in High School Reading
- #62 in Literary
- #59 in Modern Classic
- #40 in Modernism
- #61 in Modernist
- #51 in Racism
- #83 in Scribd
- #12 in South
- #39 in Strong Women
- #71 in Time
- #64 in University
- #34 in Women