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50 Novels Before 50

Fifty classic and contemporary books I want to read before I turn 50 (which is still a few years away so it should be totally feasible).
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Things Fall Apart (Chinua Achebe)
Things Fall Apart
1
Chinua Achebe
A God in Ruins (Kate Atkinson)
A God in Ruins
2
Kate Atkinson
Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)
Pride and Prejudice
3
Jane Austen
The New York Trilogy (Paul Auster)
The New York Trilogy
4
Paul Auster
Old Goriot (Honore De Balzac)
Old Goriot
5
Honore De Balzac
The Sea (John Banville)
The Sea
6
John Banville
Jane Eyre (Charlotte Bronte)
Jane Eyre
7
Charlotte Bronte
Possession (A.S. Byatt)
Possession
8
A.S. Byatt
The Sorrow of Belgium (Hugo Claus)
The Sorrow of Belgium
9
Hugo Claus
Segu (Maryse Condé)
Segu
10
Maryse Condé
The Enchanted (Rene Denfeld)
The Enchanted
11
Rene Denfeld
Rebecca (Daphne Du Maurier)
Rebecca
12
Daphne Du Maurier
Washington Black (Esi Edugyan)
Washington Black
13
Esi Edugyan
Tan Twan Eng: The Garden of Evening Mists
Tan Twan Eng: The Garden of Evening Mists
14
My Brilliant Friend (Elena Ferrante)
My Brilliant Friend
15
Elena Ferrante
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
16
F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Life Before Us (Romain Gary)
The Life Before Us
17
Romain Gary
In Our Mad and Furious City (Guy Gunaratne)
In Our Mad and Furious City
18
Guy Gunaratne
The Eight Life (Nino Haratischwili)
The Eight Life
19
Nino Haratischwili
The Remains of the Day (Kazuo Ishiguro)
The Remains of the Day
20
Kazuo Ishiguro
The Haunting of Hill House (Shirley Jackson)
The Haunting of Hill House
21
Shirley Jackson
Human Acts (Han Kang)
Human Acts
22
Han Kang
After Midnight
After Midnight
23
Euphoria (Lily King)
Euphoria
24
Lily King
How We Disappeared (Jing-Jing Lee)
How We Disappeared
25
Jing-Jing Lee
The Magic Mountain (Thomas Mann)
The Magic Mountain
26
Thomas Mann
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter (Carson McCullers)
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
27
Carson McCullers
Atonement (Ian McEwan)
Atonement
28
Ian McEwan
Reservoir 13 (Jon McGregor)
Reservoir 13
29
Jon McGregor
The Cost of Sugar (Cynthia McLeod)
The Cost of Sugar
30
Cynthia McLeod
Song of Solomon (Toni Morrison)
Song of Solomon
31
Toni Morrison
The Discovery of Heaven (Harry Mulisch)
The Discovery of Heaven
32
Harry Mulisch
Suite Francaise (Irene Nemirovsky)
Suite Francaise
33
Irene Nemirovsky
Nineteen Eighty-Four (George Orwell)
Nineteen Eighty-Four
34
George Orwell
The Laws (Connie Palmen)
The Laws
35
Connie Palmen
My Name Is Red (Orhan Pamuk)
My Name Is Red
36
Orhan Pamuk
The Street (Ann Petry)
The Street
37
Ann Petry
The Plot Against America (Philip Roth)
The Plot Against America
38
Philip Roth
The God of Small Things (Arundhati Roy)
The God of Small Things
39
Arundhati Roy
A Grain of Wheat (Ngugi Wa Thiong'o)
A Grain of Wheat
40
Ngugi Wa Thiong'o
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