Their Eyes Were Watching God

Their Eyes Were Watching God, a luminous and haunting novel about Janie Crawford, a Southern black woman in the 1930s whose journey from a free-spirited girl to a woman of independence and substance, continues to inspire the next generation of students.

Freshman Common Read: Manchester Community College —among others

Zora Neale Hurston wrote four novels (Jonah’s Gourd Vine; Their Eyes Were Watching God; Moses, Man of the Mountains; and Seraph on the Suwanee) and was still working on her fifth novel, The Life of Herod the Great, when she died; three books of folklore (Mules and Men and the posthumously published Go Gator and Muddy the Water and Every Tongue Got to Confess); a work of anthropological research (Tell My Horse); an autobiography (Dust Tracks on a Road); an international bestselling ethnographic work (Barracoon); and over fifty short stories, essays, and plays. She was born in Notasulga, Alabama, grew up in Eatonville, Florida, and lived her last years in Fort Pierce, Florida.

• Publisher: Amistad
  
• Publish Date: May 05, 2026
  
• Pages: 256
  
• Language: English
  
• Type: Paperback
  
• EAN/UPC: 9780063481954
  
• Dimensions: 8.3 in H | 5.5 in W | 0.6 in T | 0.2 lb Wt
  
• BISAC Categories: Popular Fiction, Music, Film & Performing Arts, Literary Fiction, Historical Fiction