THE AGONY AND THE ECSTASY by Irving Stone
A historical novel about Michelangelo.

MY MOTHER/MYSELF by Nancy Friday
A study of mothers and daughters.

TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD by Harper Lee
A Pulitzer Prize winning novel of race, rape, and redemption in 1930s Alabama.

The Collected Autobiographies of Maya Angelou
Six of the seven masterful memoirs, from I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings, to A Sung Flung Up To Heaven.