And when you’re done, you’ll be looking to sink your teeth into more books like it. If you liked Alice Walker’s “The Color Purple,” we’ve rounded up some of our favorite books by Black ...

The Color Purple also follows the story of Cecile's sister Nettie, who is believed to have run away, and Sofia, the ex-wife of Cecile's stepson, as well as Shug, her husband's mistress. The book ...

Musician-turned-filmmaker Blitz Bazawule talks about transforming Alice Walker’s deeply moving book “The Color Purple” into an inventive musical that leans into Celie’s imagination.

By 2005, a staged musical of “The Color Purple” appeared on Broadway. Now, the Ghanaian filmmaker Blitz Bazawule is shouldering the book’s legacy, directing a cinematic adaptation of the ...

As The Color Purple movie hits theaters, read the Alice Walker novel on paperback for $11 on Amazon. Or listen to the audiobook streaming online free.

The Color Purple. Since it was first published in 1982, the critically acclaimed book has been targeted by movements pushing to censor the book's subject matter.