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50 Books to Read Before You're 50

"This list covers history, cookbooks, fiction, and poetry to help navigate a new stage of life. There are also a few classics that you should have read by now regardless! How many of the below books have you read?" -penguinrandomhouse
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My Life in France (Julia Child)
My Life in France
1
Julia Child
A Field Guide to Getting Lost (Rebecca Solnit)
A Field Guide to Getting Lost
2
Rebecca Solnit
The Signature of All Things (Elizabeth Gilbert)
The Signature of All Things
3
Elizabeth Gilbert
Everything in Its Place (Oliver Sacks)
Everything in Its Place
4
Oliver Sacks
Walden and Civil Disobedience (Henry David Thoreau)
Walden and Civil Disobedience (Henry David Thoreau)
5
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
Brave New World
6
Aldous Huxley
Notes From Underground (Fyodor Dostoyevsky)
Notes From Underground
7
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Cook Like a Pro (Ina Garten)
Cook Like a Pro
8
Ina Garten
The Second Sex (Simone De Beauvoir)
The Second Sex
9
Simone De Beauvoir
The Friend (Sigrid Nunez)
The Friend
10
Sigrid Nunez
The Source of Self-Regard (Toni Morrison)
The Source of Self-Regard
11
Toni Morrison
What We Talk About When We Talk About Love (Raymond Carver)
What We Talk About When We Talk About Love
12
Raymond Carver
Dubliners (James Joyce)
Dubliners
13
James Joyce
Love Poems (For Married People) (John Kenney)
Love Poems (For Married People)
14
John Kenney
Last Orders (Graham Swift)
Last Orders
15
Graham Swift
Of Human Bondage (W. Somerset Maugham)
Of Human Bondage
16
W. Somerset Maugham
Salt (Mark Kurlansky)
Salt
17
Mark Kurlansky
The Blind Assassin (Margaret Atwood)
The Blind Assassin
18
Margaret Atwood
Becoming (Michelle Obama)
Becoming
19
Michelle Obama
Days Without End (Sebastian Barry)
Days Without End
20
Sebastian Barry
Bird by Bird (Anne Lamott)
Bird by Bird
21
Anne Lamott
The Good Soldier (Ford Madox Ford)
The Good Soldier
22
Ford Madox Ford
Option B (Sheryl Sandberg & Adam Grant)
Option B
23
Sheryl Sandberg & Adam Grant
The Life Changing Magic of Tidying Up (Marie Kondo)
The Life Changing Magic of Tidying Up
24
Marie Kondo
Atomic Habits (James Clear)
Atomic Habits
25
James Clear
Omnivores Dilemma (Micheal Pollan)
Omnivores Dilemma
26
Micheal Pollan
The Art of Travel (Alain De Botton)
The Art of Travel
27
Alain De Botton
The Makioka Sisters (Junichiro Tanizaki)
The Makioka Sisters
28
Junichiro Tanizaki
Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet (Jamie Ford)
Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet
29
Jamie Ford
Istanbul: Memories and the City (Orhan Pamuk)
Istanbul: Memories and the City
30
Orhan Pamuk
Before We Were Yours (Lisa Wingate)
Before We Were Yours
31
Lisa Wingate
House of Leaves (Mark Z. Danielewski)
House of Leaves
32
Mark Z. Danielewski
A Year in Provence (Peter Mayle)
A Year in Provence
33
Peter Mayle
The Rape of Europa (Lynn H. Nicholas)
The Rape of Europa
34
Lynn H. Nicholas
Sons and Lovers (D.H. Lawrence)
Sons and Lovers
35
D.H. Lawrence
Wanderlust (Rebecca Solnit)
Wanderlust
36
Rebecca Solnit
The Artist's Way (Julia Cameron)
The Artist's Way
37
Julia Cameron
So Much Life Left Over (Louis De Bernieres)
So Much Life Left Over
38
Louis De Bernieres
Go Tell It on the Mountain (James Baldwin)
Go Tell It on the Mountain
39
James Baldwin
The Reader (Bernhard Schlink)
The Reader
40
Bernhard Schlink
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