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40 Books to Read Before You Turn 40

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Unaccustomed Earth
Unaccustomed Earth
2
The Remains of the Day (Kazuo Ishiguro)
The Remains of the Day (Kazuo Ishiguro)
3
Middlemarch
Middlemarch
4
The Year of Magical Thinking (California)
The Year of Magical Thinking (California)
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 : A Novel
The Interestings : A Novel
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
A House for Mr. Biswas
14
The Razor's Edge
The Razor's Edge
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
A Thousand Splendid Suns
18
Man's Search for Meaning (Viktor Frankl)
Man's Search for Meaning (Viktor Frankl)
19
The Sea (John Banville)
The Sea (John Banville)
20
Leaves of Grass
Leaves of Grass
21
Lolita
Lolita
22
A Town Like Alice
A Town Like Alice
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
Wuthering Heights
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
Great Expectations
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
We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves
39
The Idiot (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
The Idiot (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
40
Homegoing (Yaa Gyasi)
Homegoing (Yaa Gyasi)
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