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31 Books to Read Before You're 30

As chosen by Vogue's book editors. The Patrick Melrose novels are broken out individually here but listed as a single work in their original article.
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Wuthering Heights (Emily Brontë)
Wuthering Heights
1
Emily Brontë
The House of Mirth (Edith Wharton)
The House of Mirth
2
Edith Wharton
Maurice (E.M. Forster)
Maurice
3
E.M. Forster
Mrs Dalloway (Virginia Woolf)
Mrs Dalloway
4
Virginia Woolf
I Capture the Castle (Dodie Smith)
I Capture the Castle
5
Dodie Smith
Giovanni's Room (James Baldwin)
Giovanni's Room
6
James Baldwin
The Group (Mary McCarthy)
The Group
7
Mary McCarthy
The Millstone (Margaret Drabble)
The Millstone
8
Margaret Drabble
A Book of Common Prayer (Joan Didion)
A Book of Common Prayer
9
Joan Didion
The Transit of Venus
The Transit of Venus
10
Money (Martin Amis)
Money
11
Martin Amis
Self-Help (Lorrie Moore)
Self-Help
12
Lorrie Moore
Beloved (Toni Morrison)
Beloved
13
Toni Morrison
The Swimming Pool Library (Alan Hollinghurst)
The Swimming Pool Library
14
Alan Hollinghurst
The Secret History (Donna Tartt)
The Secret History
15
Donna Tartt
Never Mind (Aubyn)
Never Mind
16
Aubyn
Bad News (Edward St Aubyn)
Bad News
17
Edward St Aubyn
Some Hope (Edward St Aubyn)
Some Hope
18
Edward St Aubyn
Mother's Milk (Edward St. Aubyn)
Mother's Milk
19
Edward St. Aubyn
At Last (Edward St. Aubyn)
At Last
20
Edward St. Aubyn
Operating Instructions (Anne Lamott)
Operating Instructions
21
Anne Lamott
Open Secrets (Alice Munro)
Open Secrets
22
Alice Munro
Never Let Me Go (Kazuo Ishiguro)
Never Let Me Go
23
Kazuo Ishiguro
The Year of Magical Thinking (Joan Didion)
The Year of Magical Thinking
24
Joan Didion
On Beauty (Zadie Smith)
On Beauty
25
Zadie Smith
Exit West (Mohsin Hamed)
Exit West
26
Mohsin Hamed
Conversations With Friends (Sally Rooney)
Conversations With Friends
27
Sally Rooney
Normal People (Sally Rooney)
Normal People
28
Sally Rooney
Pleasure Activism: The Politics of Feeling Good (Adrienne Maree Brown)
Pleasure Activism: The Politics of Feeling Good
29
Adrienne Maree Brown
All About Love (Bell Hooks)
All About Love
30
Bell Hooks
The Undocumented Americans (Kate Cornejo Villavicencio)
The Undocumented Americans
31
Kate Cornejo Villavicencio
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