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50 Books That Will Help You Become an Adult

Inspired by Buzzfeed's "31 Amazing Books That Just May Help You Be An Adult," but expanded and edited based on what this adult think helped him get to where he is.
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Room (Emma Donoghue)
Room
1
Emma Donoghue
Between the World and Me (Ta-Nehisi Coates)
Between the World and Me
2
Ta-Nehisi Coates
The Bluest Eye (Toni Morrison)
The Bluest Eye
3
Toni Morrison
Fangirl (Rainbow Rowell)
Fangirl
4
Rainbow Rowell
The Diary of a Young Girl (Anne Frank)
The Diary of a Young Girl
5
Anne Frank
Interpreter of Maladies (Jhumpa Lahiri)
Interpreter of Maladies
6
Jhumpa Lahiri
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle (Haruki Murakami)
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
7
Haruki Murakami
The Year of Magical Thinking (Joan Didion)
The Year of Magical Thinking
8
Joan Didion
Grace's Guide (Grace Helbig)
Grace's Guide
9
Grace Helbig
Anne of Green Gables (L.M. Montgomery)
Anne of Green Gables
10
L.M. Montgomery
Amusing Ourselves to Death
Amusing Ourselves to Death
11
Rising Strong (Brené Brown)
Rising Strong
12
Brené Brown
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Douglas Adams)
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
13
Douglas Adams
Love in a Fallen City (Eileen Chang)
Love in a Fallen City
14
Eileen Chang
The Last Lecture (Randy Pausch)
The Last Lecture
15
Randy Pausch
White Teeth (Zadie Smith)
White Teeth
16
Zadie Smith
Their Eyes Were Watching God (Zora Neale Hurston)
Their Eyes Were Watching God
17
Zora Neale Hurston
The House on Mango Street (Sandra Cisneros)
The House on Mango Street
18
Sandra Cisneros
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (Muriel Spark)
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
19
Muriel Spark
To All the Boys I've Loved Before (Jenny Han)
To All the Boys I've Loved Before
20
Jenny Han
David Copperfield (Charles Dickens)
David Copperfield
21
Charles Dickens
A Song of Ice and Fire (George R. R. Martin)
A Song of Ice and Fire
22
George R. R. Martin
Bridget Jones's Diary (Helen Fielding)
Bridget Jones's Diary
23
Helen Fielding
Pretty Little Mistakes (Heather McElhatton)
Pretty Little Mistakes
24
Heather McElhatton
Speak, Memory (Vladimir Nabokov)
Speak, Memory
25
Vladimir Nabokov
Marriage, a History: How Love Conquered Marriage (Stephanie Coontz)
Marriage, a History: How Love Conquered Marriage
26
Stephanie Coontz
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Mark Twain)
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
27
Mark Twain
Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead (Sheryl Sandberg)
Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead
28
Sheryl Sandberg
Jane Eyre (Charlotte Bronte)
Jane Eyre
29
Charlotte Bronte
The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics (Daniel James Brown)
The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics
30
Daniel James Brown
Tao Te Ching (Lao-Tzu)
Tao Te Ching
31
Lao-Tzu
The Gospels
The Gospels
32
Love Medicine (Louise Erdrich)
Love Medicine
33
Louise Erdrich
Emma (Jane Austen)
Emma
34
Jane Austen
Bad Feminist (Roxane Gay)
Bad Feminist
35
Roxane Gay
Fun Home (Alison Bechdel)
Fun Home
36
Alison Bechdel
Mother Night (Kurt Vonnegut)
Mother Night
37
Kurt Vonnegut
Ghana Must Go
Ghana Must Go
38
The Stranger (Albert Camus)
The Stranger
39
Albert Camus
The New Jim Crow (Alexander)
The New Jim Crow
40
Alexander
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