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William Styron's Life in Books William Styron's books have shaped America. Take a look at the life and career of the American literary icon, who wrote acclaimed novels like "Sophie's Choice."

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Two Americans search for the truth about a mysterious long-ago murder in Italy. A profound exploration of the evil that men do, and what the innocent must endure to accommodate it, SET THIS HOUSE ON FIRE is more than a byzantine murder mystery, it’s “one of the finest novels of our times."(San Francisco Chronicle)

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Alexandra Styron, daughter of William, has an intimate and thought-provoking piece in The Atlantic this week regarding her father's novels, THE CONFESSIONS OF NAT TURNER and SOPHIE'S CHOICE, and the recent American Dirt controversy.

The First Novelist Accused of Cultural Appropriation Reflections on my father’s novels "The Confessions of Nat Turner" and "Sophie’s Choice," in the age of "American Dirt"

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"DARKNESS VISIBLE provides deep insight into what it’s like to live with depression—insight that will resonate with survivors and help those who aren’t afflicted..."

12 Powerful Books About Depression These memoirs and novels about depression are insightful, inspirational, and real—and most of all, they remind us no one is alone in their struggles with mental illness.

The man and his works.

William Styron: A Life in Books William Styron's books have shaped America. Take a look at the life and career of the American literary icon, who wrote acclaimed novels like "Sophie's Choice."

DARKNESS VISIBLE makes an appearance in this Early Bird Books selection.

The Best Biographies and Memoirs for Every Kind of Reader The best biographies and memoirs grab your attention with strong narratives, honest emotions, and stories that are all the more incredible for being true. Check out our favorites.

CONFESSIONS and SOPHIE'S CHOICE both feature in this list of controversial titles.

42 Banned Books That Are Still Powerful Today In honor of Banned Books Week, we're celebrating our freedom to read by revisiting some of the most controversial titles of the 20th century.

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A TIDEWATER MORNING: A collection of three, semi-autobiographical coming-of-age novellas.

SET THIS HOUSE ON FIRE: Two Americans search for the truth about the long-ago death of a mutual acquaintance in Italy.

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Where is Nat Turner? One of the best American novels of the postwar period is too controversial to commemorate.

A very happy birthday to William Styron today!

Quotes About Depression from William Styron's Memoir "Darkness Visible" If you're struggling with mental illness, read William's Styron's most powerful quotes about depression for a sense of hope and understanding.

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“Belongs on that small shelf reserved for American masterpieces." —Washington Post Book World

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Styron's THE LONG MARCH, a brief gripping read, is featured in this list on Early Bird Books.

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Despite Confessions initial success, Styron—a white southerner—was eventually skewered for “falsifying history”.(Vanity Fair)

Sexual content in Sophie's Choice earned it a spot on various banned books list, in addition to Styron’s depiction of a non-Jewish Holocaust victim.

36 Banned Books That Are Still Powerful Today In honor of Banned Books Week, we're celebrating our freedom to read by revisiting some of the most controversial titles of the 20th century.

SOPHIE'S CHOICE features in this Early Bird Books list of high school reads to open up again...

Required Reading: 15 Classic High School Books to Read Again Now that we’re somewhat older—and a tiny bit wiser—we’re revisiting the high school books we didn’t fully appreciate the first time around. Follow along and let us know what we missed.

For those who might have missed it.

“The Great God of Depression,” An Insightful Podcast About William Styron, Writing, and Mental Health The five-episode series explores the stories of the writers Alice Flaherty and William Styron, along with their depression, its relationship to their craft, and how, eventually, their lives connected.

SOPHIE'S CHOICE and THE CONFESSIONS OF NAT TURNER are both featured in this fantastic list on Literary Hub of bestsellers from the last 100 years.

Here are the Biggest Fiction Bestsellers of the Last 100 Years As the year draws to a close, some of us like to look forward, and some of us backward—and some way backward. Last month, while working on the not-at-all-controversial Books That Defined the Decade…

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"The most consequential book I ever put down was “Darkness Visible,” by William Styron, because it filled me with recognition and fear."
—John Sandford in The New York Times By the Book

John Sandford: By the Book The author, most recently, of the Virgil Flowers novel “Holy Ghost” devotes specific spots to reading: “I like a good light, a good chair and a good book more than anything I can think of, except my wife.”

Styron as a young marine circa 1944. In training at Parris Island, South Carolina, Styron proved to be a subpar marksman because of a congenital cataract in his right eye, a condition he did not report when enlisting in the military. Determined to avoid getting discharged, the right-handed Styron learned to shoot his M1 rifle left-handed so he could use his left eye as his shooting eye.

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“We each devise our means of escape from the intolerable.” —William Styron, A Tidewater Morning

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Quotes About Depression from William Styron's Memoir "Darkness Visible" If you're struggling with mental illness, read William's Styron's most powerful quotes about depression for a sense of hope and understanding.

DARKNESS VISIBLE is featured in The Guardian's Top 10 books about psychiatry.

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