Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shaker, Why Don’t You Sing? | 1983 | Maya Angelou | Buy |
| 2 | Letter to My Daughter | 1987 | Maya Angelou | Buy |
| 3 | Wouldn’t Take Nothing for My Journey Now | 1993 | Maya Angelou | Buy |
| 4 | Even the Stars Look Lonesome | 1996 | Maya Angelou | Buy |
| 5 | The Voyage of the Amistad | 1997 | Maya Angelou | Buy |
| 6 | Making Magic in the World | 1998 | Maya Angelou | Buy |
| 7 | Amistad | 1998 | Maya Angelou | Buy |
| 8 | Mary Ellen Mark | 1999 | Maya Angelou | Buy |
| 9 | Graduation | 2000 | Maya Angelou | Buy |
| 10 | Hallelujah! The Welcome Table | 2004 | Maya Angelou | Buy |
| 11 | Mother | 2006 | Maya Angelou | Buy |
| 12 | Great Food, All Day Long | 2010 | Maya Angelou | Buy |
| 13 | His Day Is Done | 2014 | Maya Angelou | Buy |
| 14 | Rainbow in the Cloud | 2014 | Maya Angelou | Buy |
| 15 | Understanding Aspergers | 2014 | Maya Angelou | Buy |
| 16 | Strategies of Abundance | 2014 | Maya Angelou | Buy |
Maya Angelou’s non-fiction goes well beyond her autobiographies. Her essay collections, including Wouldn’t Take Nothing for My Journey Now (1993) and Even the Stars Look Lonesome (1996), offer her thoughts on love, courage, and how to live well. Letter to My Daughter (1987) addresses the daughter she never had, sharing the wisdom she would have passed along.
She also wrote two cookbooks: Hallelujah! The Welcome Table (2004) and Great Food, All Day Long (2010), reflecting her love of cooking and entertaining. His Day Is Done (2014) is the tribute poem she wrote for Nelson Mandela’s memorial service. Rainbow in the Cloud (2014) gathers her reflections and quotations. The range of subjects shows how Angelou’s interests extended far beyond any single genre.