The Help by Kathryn Stockett

ABOUT: Enter a vanished and unjust world: Jackson, Mississippi, 1962. Where black maids raise white children, but aren't trusted not to steal the silver . . . Kathryn Stockett’s must-read bestseller.

TWC RECOMMENDS: In a world where right wing politics seems to be escalating tensions between the privileged few and its many minorities, Stockett’s novel is both, a book that you can turn to again and again, and also a great reason to do so in the first place.