Order of Zora Neale Hurston Books

Zora Neale Hurston was a writer and anthropologist best recognized for her classic novel, Their Eyes Were Watching God. Although her work gained some attention during her lifetime, it was only after her passing that she began to receive the recognition she truly deserved. Born to two former slaves, Hurston graduated from Howard University with an associate degree and relocated to Harlem in New York City during the 1920s. There, she became a prominent figure in the local art scene and launched her writing career. One of her early celebrated pieces was the short story Sweat, which depicted a woman coping with an unfaithful husband who exploits her financially, ultimately facing his own reckoning.