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40 Books to Read Before I'm 40

I'm 35 in a week or so, this is my reading goal for the next 5 years. Comprised mostly of books I already own as I try to work through what I own instead of buying more (which I inevitably do).
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52 Times When Britain Was a Bellend (James Felton)
52 Times When Britain Was a Bellend
1
James Felton
Adventures of a Young Naturalist (David Attenborough)
Adventures of a Young Naturalist
2
David Attenborough
An Angel at My Table (Janet Frame)
An Angel at My Table
3
Janet Frame
Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood (Trevor Noah)
Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood
4
Trevor Noah
Charlotte Gray (Sebastian Faulks)
Charlotte Gray
5
Sebastian Faulks
Complete Ghost Stories (Charles Dickens)
Complete Ghost Stories
6
Charles Dickens
The Dead Secret (Wilkie Collins)
The Dead Secret
7
Wilkie Collins
Dear NHS (Various)
Dear NHS
8
Various
The Duke in His Domain (Truman Capote)
The Duke in His Domain
9
Truman Capote
The End (Samuel Beckett)
The End
10
Samuel Beckett
Fame (Andy Warhol)
Fame
11
Andy Warhol
The Go Between (L.P. Hartley)
The Go Between
12
L.P. Hartley
Goodbye to All That (Robert Graves)
Goodbye to All That
13
Robert Graves
The Handmaid's Tale (Margaret Atwood)
The Handmaid's Tale
14
Margaret Atwood
His Last Bow (Arthur Conan Doyle)
His Last Bow
15
Arthur Conan Doyle
How Much Land Does a Man Need?
How Much Land Does a Man Need?
16
If on a Winters Night a Traveller (Italo Calvino)
If on a Winters Night a Traveller
17
Italo Calvino
Jude the Obscure (Thomas Hardy)
Jude the Obscure
18
Thomas Hardy
Lady Audley's Secret (Mary Elizabeth Braddon)
Lady Audley's Secret
19
Mary Elizabeth Braddon
Letter From Birmingham Jail (Martin Luther King, Jr.)
Letter From Birmingham Jail
20
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Madame Bovary (Gustave Flaubert)
Madame Bovary
21
Gustave Flaubert
Manuscript Found in Accra (Paulo Coelho)
Manuscript Found in Accra
22
Paulo Coelho
Mary Ventura and the Ninth Kingdom (Sylvia Plath)
Mary Ventura and the Ninth Kingdom
23
Sylvia Plath
A Midsummer Night's Dream (William Shakespeare)
A Midsummer Night's Dream
24
William Shakespeare
Miss Marple's Final Cases and Two Other Stories (Agatha Christie)
Miss Marple's Final Cases and Two Other Stories
25
Agatha Christie
Poirot's Early Cases (Agatha Christie)
Poirot's Early Cases
26
Agatha Christie
Regeneration (Pat Barker)
Regeneration
27
Pat Barker
The Return of Sherlock Holmes (Arthur Conan Doyle)
The Return of Sherlock Holmes
28
Arthur Conan Doyle
Seven Years in Tibet (Heinrich Harrer)
Seven Years in Tibet
29
Heinrich Harrer
The Shape of Night (Tess Geritsen)
The Shape of Night
30
Tess Geritsen
A Sicilian Romance (Ann Radcliffe)
A Sicilian Romance
31
Ann Radcliffe
The Six Wives of Henry Viii
The Six Wives of Henry Viii
32
The Tattooist of Auschwitz (Heather Morris)
The Tattooist of Auschwitz
33
Heather Morris
Those Who Are Loved (Victoria Hislop)
Those Who Are Loved
34
Victoria Hislop
The Three Musketeers (Alexandre Dumas)
The Three Musketeers
35
Alexandre Dumas
Travels With Charley: In Search of America (John Steinbeck)
Travels With Charley: In Search of America
36
John Steinbeck
Undertones of War (Edmund Blunden)
Undertones of War
37
Edmund Blunden
Why Do You Wear a Cheap Watch (Hans Fallada)
Why Do You Wear a Cheap Watch
38
Hans Fallada
The Winter's Tale (Shakespeare)
The Winter's Tale
39
Shakespeare
The Yellow Wallpaper (Charlotte Perkins Gilman)
The Yellow Wallpaper
40
Charlotte Perkins Gilman
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