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50 Books From the Past 50 Years Everyone Should Read at Least Once

Give yourself an education in contemporary literature (or the last 50 years of it, at least) with this handy list of great books published since 1967. Source: Southern Living.
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A Brief History of Seven Killings (Marlon James)
A Brief History of Seven Killings
1
Marlon James
A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius (Dave Eggers)
A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius
2
Dave Eggers
A Lesson Before Dying (Ernest J. Gaines)
A Lesson Before Dying
3
Ernest J. Gaines
A Little Life (Hanya Yanagihara)
A Little Life
4
Hanya Yanagihara
A Spool of Blue Thread (Anne Tyler)
A Spool of Blue Thread
5
Anne Tyler
A Thousand Acres (Jane Smiley)
A Thousand Acres
6
Jane Smiley
A Visit From the Goon Squad (Jennifer Egan)
A Visit From the Goon Squad
7
Jennifer Egan
All the Light We Cannot See (Anthony Doerr)
All the Light We Cannot See
8
Anthony Doerr
American Pastoral (Philip Roth)
American Pastoral
9
Philip Roth
Americanah (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie)
Americanah
10
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Amsterdam (Ian McEwan)
Amsterdam
11
Ian McEwan
Angle of Repose (Wallace Stegner)
Angle of Repose
12
Wallace Stegner
Beloved (Toni Morrison)
Beloved
13
Toni Morrison
Birds of America (Lorrie Moore)
Birds of America
14
Lorrie Moore
Cold Mountain (Charles Frazier)
Cold Mountain
15
Charles Frazier
Dear Life (Alice Munro)
Dear Life
16
Alice Munro
Exit West (Mohsin Hamed)
Exit West
17
Mohsin Hamed
Gilead (Marilynne Robinson)
Gilead
18
Marilynne Robinson
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Maya Angelou)
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
19
Maya Angelou
Interpreter of Maladies (Jhumpa Lahiri)
Interpreter of Maladies
20
Jhumpa Lahiri
Let the Great World Spin (Colum McCann)
Let the Great World Spin
21
Colum McCann
Love in the Time of Cholera (Gabriel García Márquez)
Love in the Time of Cholera
22
Gabriel García Márquez
March (Geraldine Brooks)
March
23
Geraldine Brooks
Middlesex (Jeffrey Eugenides)
Middlesex
24
Jeffrey Eugenides
Midnight's Children (Salman Rushdie)
Midnight's Children
25
Salman Rushdie
My Struggle: Book 1 (Karl Ove Knausgaard)
My Struggle: Book 1
26
Karl Ove Knausgaard
Salvage the Bones (Jesmyn Ward)
Salvage the Bones
27
Jesmyn Ward
Shadow Country
Shadow Country
28
Tenth of December (George Saunders)
Tenth of December
29
George Saunders
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao (Junot Díaz)
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
30
Junot Díaz
The Color Purple (Alice Walker)
The Color Purple
31
Alice Walker
The God of Small Things (Arundhati Roy)
The God of Small Things
32
Arundhati Roy
The Goldfinch (Donna Tartt)
The Goldfinch
33
Donna Tartt
The Good Lord Bird
The Good Lord Bird
34
The Hours (Michael Cunningham)
The Hours
35
Michael Cunningham
The House on Mango Street (Sandra Cisneros)
The House on Mango Street
36
Sandra Cisneros
The Joy Luck Club (Amy Tan)
The Joy Luck Club
37
Amy Tan
The Luminaries (Eleanor Catton)
The Luminaries
38
Eleanor Catton
The Remains of the Day (Kazuo Ishiguro)
The Remains of the Day
39
Kazuo Ishiguro
The Road (Cormac McCarthy)
The Road
40
Cormac McCarthy
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