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Penguin Random House - 40 Books to Read Before You're 40

Penguin Random House compiled a list of books they think people should read before they turn 40. Regardless of your age, how many of these books have you already read?
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Unaccustomed Earth
Unaccustomed Earth
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The Remains of the Day (Kazuo Ishiguro)
The Remains of the Day (Kazuo Ishiguro)
3
Middlemarch (George Eliot)
Middlemarch (George Eliot)
4
The Year of Magical Thinking (Joan Didion)
The Year of Magical Thinking (Joan Didion)
5
The Chosen (Chaim Potok)
The Chosen (Chaim Potok)
6
A Little Life (Hanya Yanagihara)
A Little Life (Hanya Yanagihara)
7
The Age of Innocence (Edith Wharton)
The Age of Innocence (Edith Wharton)
8
American Pastoral
American Pastoral
9
The Interestings (Meg Wolitzer)
The Interestings (Meg Wolitzer)
10
War and Peace (Leo Tolstoy)
War and Peace (Leo Tolstoy)
11
Dear Life
Dear Life
12
Big Magic (Elizabeth Gilbert)
Big Magic (Elizabeth Gilbert)
13
A House for Mr. Biswas (Mr. Biswas)
A House for Mr. Biswas (Mr. Biswas)
14
The Razor's Edge (W. Somerset Maugham)
The Razor's Edge (W. Somerset Maugham)
15
The Portable Dorothy Parker (Dorothy Parker)
The Portable Dorothy Parker (Dorothy Parker)
16
Ulysses (James Joyce)
Ulysses (James Joyce)
17
A Thousand Splendid Suns (Khaled Hosseini)
A Thousand Splendid Suns (Khaled Hosseini)
18
Man's Search for Meaning (Viktor Frankl)
Man's Search for Meaning (Viktor Frankl)
19
The Sea
The Sea
20
Leaves of Grass
Leaves of Grass
21
Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
22
A Town Like Alice (Nevil Shute)
A Town Like Alice (Nevil Shute)
23
The Sense of an Ending
The Sense of an Ending
24
Celebrations, Rituals of Peace and Prayer
Celebrations, Rituals of Peace and Prayer
25
People of the Book (Geraldine Brooks)
People of the Book (Geraldine Brooks)
26
Cloud Atlas (David Mitchell)
Cloud Atlas (David Mitchell)
27
Wuthering Heights - Emily Brontë
Wuthering Heights - Emily Brontë
28
In Cold Blood
In Cold Blood
29
Midnight's Children (Salman Rushdie)
Midnight's Children (Salman Rushdie)
30
A Brief History of Seven Killings (Marlon James)
A Brief History of Seven Killings (Marlon James)
31
Stag's Leap
Stag's Leap
32
Great Expectations (Charles Dickens)
Great Expectations (Charles Dickens)
33
An American Tragedy (Theodore Dreiser)
An American Tragedy (Theodore Dreiser)
34
When Breath Becomes Air (Paul Kalanithi)
When Breath Becomes Air (Paul Kalanithi)
35
The African Trilogy (Chinua Achebe)
The African Trilogy (Chinua Achebe)
36
One Hundred Years of Solitude (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)
One Hundred Years of Solitude (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)
37
Alexander Hamilton (Ron Chernow)
Alexander Hamilton (Ron Chernow)
38
We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves (Karen Joy Fowler)
We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves (Karen Joy Fowler)
39
The Idiot (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
The Idiot (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
40
Homegoing (Yaa Gyasi)
Homegoing (Yaa Gyasi)
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