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Below is two-timeEmmy winnerandOrange Is the New Blackstar Uzo Adubas list.

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I read this book in kindergarten.

This is one of the most gripping books Ive ever read.

One of the last great men.

“Green Eggs and Ham,” by Dr. Seuss

I read this for the first time my sophomore year in high school.

This is where I fell in love with the Bard.

It felt like a page-turner.

“Half of a Yellow Sun,” by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Even though it wasnt.

Cause, yknow, iambic pentameter.

The first book that made me curious about a fictional characters inner life.

“The Autobiography of Malcolm X,” by Malcolm X and Alex Haley

The whole thing was so psychological, he was so lost.

And I think I realized that teenagers have always been this way since the beginning of time.

I read it before I saw the movie.

“Long Walk to Freedom,” by Nelson Mandela

It was just good … thats all.

This is a book that found me.

Ive read it each time, and every time there are even more treasures to discover.

“Macbeth,” by William Shakespeare

James Baldwin remains one of the most prolific and prophetic writers to have lived.

Every page had been stamped by a genius.

“The Catcher in the Rye,” by J.D. Salinger

“A Tale of Two Cities,” by Charles Dickens

“The Devil Wears Prada,” by Lauren Weisberger

“The Alchemist” by Paulo Coelho

“Notes of a Native Son,” by James Baldwin