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The Levar Burton Reading List

Across the internet, LeVar Burton recommends these books via his Book Club, Podcast, Books he wrote or that became a movie he starred in, & Faves he mentioned in an interview, etc...
From Wikipedia: Levardis Robert Martyn Burton Jr. (born February 16, 1957) is an American actor, director, and children's television host. He is known for his roles as Kunta Kinte in the ABC miniseries Roots (1977), Lt. Commander Geordi La Forge in Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987–1994), and as host of the PBS Kids educational television series Reading Rainbow for more than 23 years (1983–2006), for which he has received 12 Daytime Emmy Awards, and a Peabody Award as host and executive producer of the show.
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Go Tell It on the Mountain (James Baldwin)
Go Tell It on the Mountain
1
James Baldwin
Parable of the Talents (Octavia E. Butler)
Parable of the Talents
2
Octavia E. Butler
Deacon King Kong (James McBride)
Deacon King Kong
3
James McBride
The Fire This Time (Jesmyn Ward)
The Fire This Time
4
Jesmyn Ward
Wuthering Heights (Emily Bronte)
Wuthering Heights
5
Emily Bronte
Where the Wild Things Are (Maurice Sendak)
Where the Wild Things Are
6
Maurice Sendak
Anna Karenina (Leo Tolstoy)
Anna Karenina
7
Leo Tolstoy
The Goldfinch (Donna Tartt)
The Goldfinch
8
Donna Tartt
The Sun Also Rises (Ernest Hemingway)
The Sun Also Rises
9
Ernest Hemingway
Roots (Alex Haley)
Roots
10
Alex Haley
What It Means When a Man Falls From the Sky (Lesley Nneka Arimah)
What It Means When a Man Falls From the Sky
11
Lesley Nneka Arimah
A Tale of Two Cities (Charles Dickens)
A Tale of Two Cities
12
Charles Dickens
Twelfth Night (William Shakespeare)
Twelfth Night
13
William Shakespeare
Tuck Everlasting (Natalie Babbitt)
Tuck Everlasting
14
Natalie Babbitt
Go the Fuck to Sleep (Adam Mansbach)
Go the Fuck to Sleep
15
Adam Mansbach
The Golden Apples of the Sun (Ray Bradbury)
The Golden Apples of the Sun
16
Ray Bradbury
Five-Carat Soul (James McBride)
Five-Carat Soul
17
James McBride
How Long 'Til Black Future Month? (N.K. Jemisin)
How Long 'Til Black Future Month?
18
N.K. Jemisin
Kabu Kabu (Nnedi Okorafor)
Kabu Kabu
19
Nnedi Okorafor
Captains Courageous (Rudyard Kipling)
Captains Courageous
20
Rudyard Kipling
My Ántonia (Willa Cather)
My Ántonia
21
Willa Cather
New Suns: Original Speculative Fiction by People of Color (Nisi Shawl)
New Suns: Original Speculative Fiction by People of Color
22
Nisi Shawl
Conservation of Shadows (Yoon Ha Lee)
Conservation of Shadows
23
Yoon Ha Lee
Paper Menagerie (Ken Liu)
Paper Menagerie
24
Ken Liu
Slaughterhouse 5 (Kurt Vonnegut)
Slaughterhouse 5
25
Kurt Vonnegut
Half an Inch of Water (Percival Everett)
Half an Inch of Water
26
Percival Everett
All the Little Live Things (Wallace Stegner)
All the Little Live Things
27
Wallace Stegner
The Elephant Vanishes (Haruki Murakami)
The Elephant Vanishes
28
Haruki Murakami
Amazing Grace (Mary Hoffman)
Amazing Grace
29
Mary Hoffman
Enemy Pie (Derek Munson)
Enemy Pie
30
Derek Munson
Artemis Fowl (Eoin Colfer)
Artemis Fowl
31
Eoin Colfer
Harry Potter (J. K. Rowling)
Harry Potter
32
J. K. Rowling
The Rhino Who Swallowed a Storm (Levar Burton)
The Rhino Who Swallowed a Storm
33
Levar Burton
Aftermath (Levar Burton)
Aftermath
34
Levar Burton
Chivalry (Neil Gaiman & Colleen Doran)
Chivalry
35
Neil Gaiman & Colleen Doran
Unexpected Stories (Octavia E. Butler)
Unexpected Stories
36
Octavia E. Butler
We Are Taking Only What We Need (Stephanie Powell Watts)
We Are Taking Only What We Need
37
Stephanie Powell Watts
Different Kinds of Darkness (David Langford)
Different Kinds of Darkness
38
David Langford
PEN America Best Debut Short Stories 2017 (Yuka Igarashi)
PEN America Best Debut Short Stories 2017
39
Yuka Igarashi
Fen (Daisy Johnson)
Fen
40
Daisy Johnson
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