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40 Books to Read Before You Turn 30 (BookBub)

"From thought-provoking modern fiction to timeless classics, these books are worth a read before turning 30. Publishers' descriptions included. » By BookBub
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1984 (George Orwell)
1984
1
George Orwell
Americanah (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie)
Americanah
2
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Atlas Shrugged (Ayn Rand)
Atlas Shrugged
3
Ayn Rand
Beloved (Toni Morrison)
Beloved
4
Toni Morrison
Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk (Ben Fountain)
Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk
5
Ben Fountain
Bleak House (Charles Dickens)
Bleak House
6
Charles Dickens
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Who (Junot Diaz)
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Who
7
Junot Diaz
The Color Purple (Alice Walker)
The Color Purple
8
Alice Walker
Cutting for Stone (Abraham Verghese)
Cutting for Stone
9
Abraham Verghese
The Diary of a Young Girl (Anne Frank)
The Diary of a Young Girl
10
Anne Frank
Eat Pray Love (Elizabeth Gilbert)
Eat Pray Love
11
Elizabeth Gilbert
Freedom (Jonathan Franzen)
Freedom
12
Jonathan Franzen
Half a Life (Darin Straus)
Half a Life
13
Darin Straus
The Handmaid's Tale (Margaret Atwood)
The Handmaid's Tale
14
Margaret Atwood
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (Rebecca Skloot)
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
15
Rebecca Skloot
The Inheritance of Loss (Kiran Desai)
The Inheritance of Loss
16
Kiran Desai
Jane Eyre (Charlotte Brontë)
Jane Eyre
17
Charlotte Brontë
Just Kids (Patti Smith)
Just Kids
18
Patti Smith
A Lesson Before Dying (Ernest J. Gaines)
A Lesson Before Dying
19
Ernest J. Gaines
A Little Life (Hanya Yanagihara)
A Little Life
20
Hanya Yanagihara
Little Women (Louisa May Alcott)
Little Women
21
Louisa May Alcott
Middlesex (Jeffrey Eugenides)
Middlesex
22
Jeffrey Eugenides
Mrs Dalloway (Virginia Woolf)
Mrs Dalloway
23
Virginia Woolf
Night (Elie Weisel)
Night
24
Elie Weisel
A Prayer for Owen Meany (John Irving)
A Prayer for Owen Meany
25
John Irving
Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)
Pride and Prejudice
26
Jane Austen
The Road (Cormac McCarthy)
The Road
27
Cormac McCarthy
A Room With a View (E.M. Forster)
A Room With a View
28
E.M. Forster
The Short and Tragic Life of Robert Peace
The Short and Tragic Life of Robert Peace
29
A Spool of Blue Thread (Anne Tyler)
A Spool of Blue Thread
30
Anne Tyler
Still Alice (Lisa Genova)
Still Alice
31
Lisa Genova
A Thousand Splendid Suns (Khaled Hosseini)
A Thousand Splendid Suns
32
Khaled Hosseini
To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
To Kill a Mockingbird
33
Harper Lee
Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption
Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption
34
Vanity Fair (William Thackeray)
Vanity Fair
35
William Thackeray
Welcome to Braggsville (T. Geronimo Johnson)
Welcome to Braggsville
36
T. Geronimo Johnson
When Breath Becomes Air (Paul Kalanithi)
When Breath Becomes Air
37
Paul Kalanithi
Wild (Cheryl Strayed)
Wild
38
Cheryl Strayed
Wuthering Heights (Emily Brontë)
Wuthering Heights
39
Emily Brontë
The Year of Magical Thinking (Joan Didion)
The Year of Magical Thinking
40
Joan Didion
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