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40 to Read Before 40

A list of books that I want to read before I turn 40. Most of these I already own, I need to stop buying more & read what I have
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The Age of Innocence (Edith Wharton)
The Age of Innocence
1
Edith Wharton
An Angel at My Table (Janet Frame)
An Angel at My Table
2
Janet Frame
Armadale (Wilkie Collins)
Armadale
3
Wilkie Collins
Boy (Roald Dahl)
Boy
4
Roald Dahl
The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes
5
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Charlotte Gray
Charlotte Gray
6
The Code of the Woosters (P.G. Wodehouse)
The Code of the Woosters
7
P.G. Wodehouse
The Complete Poems of Anne Brontë (Anne Brontë)
The Complete Poems of Anne Brontë
8
Anne Brontë
Destination Unknown (Agatha Christie)
Destination Unknown
9
Agatha Christie
Elevator Pitch (Linwood Barclay)
Elevator Pitch
10
Linwood Barclay
The Girl Who Lived Twice (David Lagercrantz)
The Girl Who Lived Twice
11
David Lagercrantz
The Go Between (L.P. Hartley)
The Go Between
12
L.P. Hartley
Going Solo (Roald Dahl)
Going Solo
13
Roald Dahl
The Handmaid's Tale (Margaret Atwood)
The Handmaid's Tale
14
Margaret Atwood
The House of Mirth (Edith Wharton)
The House of Mirth
15
Edith Wharton
Jude the Obscure (Thomas Hardy)
Jude the Obscure
16
Thomas Hardy
Lady Audley's Secret (Mary Elisabeth Braddon)
Lady Audley's Secret
17
Mary Elisabeth Braddon
Madame Bovary (Gustave Flaubert)
Madame Bovary
18
Gustave Flaubert
Manuscript Found in Accra (Paulo Coelho)
Manuscript Found in Accra
19
Paulo Coelho
A Midsummer's Night Dream
A Midsummer's Night Dream
20
Miss Marple's Final Cases and Two Other Stories (Agatha Christie)
Miss Marple's Final Cases and Two Other Stories
21
Agatha Christie
Moby Dick (Herman Melville)
Moby Dick
22
Herman Melville
Mrs Dalloway (Virginia Woolf)
Mrs Dalloway
23
Virginia Woolf
My Family and Other Animals (Gerald Durrell)
My Family and Other Animals
24
Gerald Durrell
No Middle Name (Lee Child)
No Middle Name
25
Lee Child
One Hundred Years of Solitude (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)
One Hundred Years of Solitude
26
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Poirot's Early Cases (Agatha Christie)
Poirot's Early Cases
27
Agatha Christie
Poirot's Last Case (Agatha Christie)
Poirot's Last Case
28
Agatha Christie
The Professor (Charlotte Bronte)
The Professor
29
Charlotte Bronte
The Return of Sherlock Holmes (Arthur Conan Doyle)
The Return of Sherlock Holmes
30
Arthur Conan Doyle
Seven Years in Tibet (Heinrich Harrer)
Seven Years in Tibet
31
Heinrich Harrer
The Shadow of the Wind (Carlos Ruiz Zafón)
The Shadow of the Wind
32
Carlos Ruiz Zafón
Spitfire (John Nichol)
Spitfire
33
John Nichol
Sybil (Benjamin Disraeli)
Sybil
34
Benjamin Disraeli
The Tattooist of Auschwitz (Heather Morris)
The Tattooist of Auschwitz
35
Heather Morris
The Three Musketeers (Alexandre Dumas)
The Three Musketeers
36
Alexandre Dumas
Travels With Charley (John Steinbeck)
Travels With Charley
37
John Steinbeck
Villette (Charlotte Brontë)
Villette
38
Charlotte Brontë
The Women at Hitler's Table (Rosella Postorino)
The Women at Hitler's Table
39
Rosella Postorino
The Yellow Wallpaper (Charlotte Perkins Gilman)
The Yellow Wallpaper
40
Charlotte Perkins Gilman
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