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500 Before 50

A list of books I have read from 2006 to 2016. All of these books were read before I turned 50. Good thing I keep lists.
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In Cold Blood (Truman Capote)
In Cold Blood
1
Truman Capote
S Is for Silence
S Is for Silence
2
Death Dance (Linda Fairstein)
Death Dance
3
Linda Fairstein
Emma (Jane Austen)
Emma
4
Jane Austen
A Necessary Evil (Alex Kava)
A Necessary Evil
5
Alex Kava
5th Horseman (James Patterson and Maxine Paetro)
5th Horseman
6
James Patterson and Maxine Paetro
The Trial (Franz Kafka)
The Trial
7
Franz Kafka
The Thin Man (Dashiell Hammett)
The Thin Man
8
Dashiell Hammett
Finding George Orwell in Burma
Finding George Orwell in Burma
9
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (Muriel Spark)
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
10
Muriel Spark
Guests of the Ayatollah: The First Battle in America's War With Militant Islam (Mark Bowden)
Guests of the Ayatollah: The First Battle in America's War With Militant Islam
11
Mark Bowden
The Polysyllabic Spree
The Polysyllabic Spree
12
A Cook's Tour (Anthony Bourdain)
A Cook's Tour
13
Anthony Bourdain
Dispatches From the Edge (Anderson Cooper)
Dispatches From the Edge
14
Anderson Cooper
A Confederacy of Dunces (John Kennedy Toole)
A Confederacy of Dunces
15
John Kennedy Toole
How to Read Literature Like a Professor (Thomas C. Foster)
How to Read Literature Like a Professor
16
Thomas C. Foster
Hamlet (William Shakespeare)
Hamlet
17
William Shakespeare
12 Sharp (Janet Evanovich)
12 Sharp
18
Janet Evanovich
Break No Bones (Kathy Reichs)
Break No Bones
19
Kathy Reichs
Vanishing Point (Marcia Muller)
Vanishing Point
20
Marcia Muller
The Rescue Artist (Edward Dolnick)
The Rescue Artist
21
Edward Dolnick
Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
Lolita
22
Vladimir Nabokov
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter (Carson McCullers)
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
23
Carson McCullers
Anonymous Lawyer (Jeremy Blachman)
Anonymous Lawyer
24
Jeremy Blachman
Motor Mouth (Janet Evanovich)
Motor Mouth
25
Janet Evanovich
House of Sand and Fog (Andre Dubus III)
House of Sand and Fog
26
Andre Dubus III
Woodward and Bernstein (Alicia Shepard)
Woodward and Bernstein
27
Alicia Shepard
Yarrow
Yarrow
28
High Fidelity (Nick Hornby)
High Fidelity
29
Nick Hornby
Cross-X (Joe Miller)
Cross-X
30
Joe Miller
The Quiet American (Graham Greene)
The Quiet American
31
Graham Greene
Bad Blood (Linda Fairstein)
Bad Blood
32
Linda Fairstein
Love Is a Mix Tape (Rob Sheffield)
Love Is a Mix Tape
33
Rob Sheffield
The Stranger (Albert Camus)
The Stranger
34
Albert Camus
The Last Season (Eric Blehm)
The Last Season
35
Eric Blehm
In an Instant (Lee and Bob Woodruff)
In an Instant
36
Lee and Bob Woodruff
The Canterbury Tales (Geoffrey Chaucer)
The Canterbury Tales
37
Geoffrey Chaucer
The Bitch in the House (Cathi Hanauer)
The Bitch in the House
38
Cathi Hanauer
Kitchen Confidential (Anthony Bourdain)
Kitchen Confidential
39
Anthony Bourdain
The Age of Innocence (Edith Wharton)
The Age of Innocence
40
Edith Wharton
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