Reading lists and articles featuring Alex Haley

Recommended books by Alex Haley

Alex Haley Biography

Alexander Murray Palmer Haley (August 11, 1921 – February 10, 1992) was an American writer and the author of the 1976 book Roots: The Saga of an American Family. ABC adapted the book as a television miniseries of the same name and aired it in 1977 to a record-breaking audience of 130 million viewers. In the United States, the book and miniseries raised the public awareness of African American history and inspired a broad interest in genealogy and family history.

Haley’s first book was The Autobiography of Malcolm X, published in 1965, a collaboration through numerous lengthy interviews with the subject, a major African-American leader.

He was working on a second family history novel at his death. Haley had requested that David Stevens, a screenwriter, complete it; the book was published as Queen: The Story of an American Family. It was adapted as a film, Alex Haley’s Queen, released in 1992.

(Above text reprinted under Creative Commons Licence from Wikipedia.)

Reading book suggestions for high school seniors

12th grade reading list for students aged 17-18

By Tom Tolkien and last updated on July 19, 2021

A list of exciting and thought-provoking books to suit all abilities in the 12th Grade, aged 17-18, including easy readers and more difficult texts. Authors include Salman Rushdie, Margaret Mitchell, Cormac Mcarthy, and Elizabeth Bishop.

Bestselling books by Alex Haley

Please contact us if you are an author, writer's agent, book publicist or children's publisher and you would like to customize this page with new content such as a biography, bibliography, or social media details. Here's how to contact us.

Sign up to the K-12 Reading List Newsletter

Keep up to date with our email newsletter and our latest Twitter and Facebook posts about literacy education, children's and YA literature, and children's publishing.

Email newsletter sign-up