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200 TBR Before Turning 50

Of course anyone is welcome to use this list as they wish, but to me this is a huge physical TBR-clean up. On my 44th birthday I decided to set some goals for the following years. The main goal is to read off my own shelves.
The last years I have read between 75-100 books a year. If I keep that pace the next six years, I will need to read 1/3 of my books from this list.
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Can I read these books before December 2031?

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Paradise (Abdulrazak Gurnah)
Paradise
1
Abdulrazak Gurnah
Cutting for Stone (Abraham Verghese)
Cutting for Stone
2
Abraham Verghese
The Covenant of Water (Abraham Verghese)
The Covenant of Water
3
Abraham Verghese
Our Evenings (Alan Hollinghurst)
Our Evenings
4
Alan Hollinghurst
The Stranger (Albert Camus)
The Stranger
5
Albert Camus
Berlin Alexanderplatz (Alfred Döblin)
Berlin Alexanderplatz
6
Alfred Döblin
How to Be Both (Ali Smith)
How to Be Both
7
Ali Smith
A Gentleman in Moscow (Amor Towles)
A Gentleman in Moscow
8
Amor Towles
The Bonesetter's Daughter (Amy Tan)
The Bonesetter's Daughter
9
Amy Tan
Bel Canto (Ann Patchett)
Bel Canto
10
Ann Patchett
Unlikeable Female Characters (Anna Bogutskaya)
Unlikeable Female Characters
11
Anna Bogutskaya
A Leopard-Skin Hat (Anne Serre)
A Leopard-Skin Hat
12
Anne Serre
The Years (Annie Ernaux)
The Years
13
Annie Ernaux
Memoirs of a Geisha (Arthur Golden)
Memoirs of a Geisha
14
Arthur Golden
The God of Small Things (Arundhati Roy)
The God of Small Things
15
Arundhati Roy
White on White (Ayşegül Savaş)
White on White
16
Ayşegül Savaş
Reading Lolita in Tehran (Azar Nafisi)
Reading Lolita in Tehran
17
Azar Nafisi
Kitchen (Banana Yoshimoto)
Kitchen
18
Banana Yoshimoto
The Poisonwood Bible (Barbara Kingsolver)
The Poisonwood Bible
19
Barbara Kingsolver
The Rest of Our Lives (Ben Markovits)
The Rest of Our Lives
20
Ben Markovits
Doctor Zhivago (Boris Pasternak)
Doctor Zhivago
21
Boris Pasternak
Less Than Zero (Bret Easton Ellis)
Less Than Zero
22
Bret Easton Ellis
The Vanishing Half (Brit Bennett)
The Vanishing Half
23
Brit Bennett
The Alternatives (Caoilinn Hughes)
The Alternatives
24
Caoilinn Hughes
The Art of Fielding (Chad Harbach)
The Art of Fielding
25
Chad Harbach
An Orchestra of Minorities (Chigozie Obioma)
An Orchestra of Minorities
26
Chigozie Obioma
Americanah (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie)
Americanah
27
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Dream Count (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie)
Dream Count
28
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Under the Udala Trees (Chinelo Okparanta)
Under the Udala Trees
29
Chinelo Okparanta
Things Fall Apart (Chinua Achebe)
Things Fall Apart
30
Chinua Achebe
Sunburn (Chloe Michelle Howarth)
Sunburn
31
Chloe Michelle Howarth
Goodbye to Berlin (Christopher Isherwood)
Goodbye to Berlin
32
Christopher Isherwood
Choke (Chuck Palahniuk)
Choke
33
Chuck Palahniuk
Small Things Like These (Claire Keegan)
Small Things Like These
34
Claire Keegan
Brooklyn (Colm Toibin)
Brooklyn
35
Colm Toibin
All the Pretty Horses (Cormac McCarthy)
All the Pretty Horses
36
Cormac McCarthy
The Circle (Dave Eggers)
The Circle
37
Dave Eggers
Infinite Jest (David Foster Wallace)
Infinite Jest
38
David Foster Wallace
Swimming Home (Deborah Levy)
Swimming Home
39
Deborah Levy
Jacques the Fatalist (Denis Diderot)
Jacques the Fatalist
40
Denis Diderot
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