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The Levar Burton Reading List: Updated

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
Wuthering Heights (Emily Bronte)
Wuthering Heights
2
Emily Bronte
Anna Karenina (Leo Tolstoy)
Anna Karenina
3
Leo Tolstoy
Where the Wild Things Are (Maurice Sendak)
Where the Wild Things Are
4
Maurice Sendak
Americanah (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie)
Americanah
5
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
A Confederacy of Dunces (John Kennedy Toole)
A Confederacy of Dunces
6
John Kennedy Toole
Harry Potter (J. K. Rowling)
Harry Potter
7
J. K. Rowling
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
A Tale of Two Cities (Charles Dickens)
A Tale of Two Cities
11
Charles Dickens
Harlem Shuffle (Colson Whitehead)
Harlem Shuffle
12
Colson Whitehead
Deacon King Kong (James McBride)
Deacon King Kong
13
James McBride
Exhalation (Ted Chiang)
Exhalation
14
Ted Chiang
Twelfth Night (William Shakespeare)
Twelfth Night
15
William Shakespeare
What It Means When a Man Falls From the Sky (Lesley Nneka Arimah)
What It Means When a Man Falls From the Sky
16
Lesley Nneka Arimah
Artemis Fowl (Eoin Colfer)
Artemis Fowl
17
Eoin Colfer
Tuck Everlasting (Natalie Babbitt)
Tuck Everlasting
18
Natalie Babbitt
Smoke and Mirrors (Neil Gaiman)
Smoke and Mirrors
19
Neil Gaiman
Go the Fuck to Sleep (Adam Mansbach)
Go the Fuck to Sleep
20
Adam Mansbach
The Golden Apples of the Sun (Ray Bradbury)
The Golden Apples of the Sun
21
Ray Bradbury
How Long 'Til Black Future Month? (N.K. Jemisin)
How Long 'Til Black Future Month?
22
N.K. Jemisin
Noor (Nnedi Okorafor)
Noor
23
Nnedi Okorafor
Parable of the Talents (Octavia E. Butler)
Parable of the Talents
24
Octavia E. Butler
Mockingbird (Walter Tevis)
Mockingbird
25
Walter Tevis
Five-Carat Soul (James McBride)
Five-Carat Soul
26
James McBride
Captains Courageous (Rudyard Kipling)
Captains Courageous
27
Rudyard Kipling
Kabu Kabu (Nnedi Okorafor)
Kabu Kabu
28
Nnedi Okorafor
Fen (Daisy Johnson)
Fen
29
Daisy Johnson
South to America (Imani Perry)
South to America
30
Imani Perry
Jackalope Wives and Other Stories (T. Kingfisher)
Jackalope Wives and Other Stories
31
T. Kingfisher
Slaughterhouse 5 (Kurt Vonnegut)
Slaughterhouse 5
32
Kurt Vonnegut
The King Is Always Above the People (Daniel Alarcón)
The King Is Always Above the People
33
Daniel Alarcón
The Hidden Girl and Other Stories (Ken Liu)
The Hidden Girl and Other Stories
34
Ken Liu
The Elephant Vanishes (Haruki Murakami)
The Elephant Vanishes
35
Haruki Murakami
The Paper Menagerie and Other Stories (Ken Liu)
The Paper Menagerie and Other Stories
36
Ken Liu
Amazing Grace (Mary Hoffman)
Amazing Grace
37
Mary Hoffman
All the Little Live Things (Wallace Stegner)
All the Little Live Things
38
Wallace Stegner
Skin Folk (Nalo Hopkinson)
Skin Folk
39
Nalo Hopkinson
Six Months, Three Days and Five Others (Charlie Jane Andrs)
Six Months, Three Days and Five Others
40
Charlie Jane Andrs
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