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A Lifetime of Novels

100 novels spanning every decade of your life, from your teenage years to your 100th birthday (10 novels per decade)
Titles are taken from "The Novel Cure" by Ella Berthoud and Susan Elderkin
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The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian (Sherman Alexie)
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
1
Sherman Alexie
The Perks of Being a Wallflower (Stephen Chbosky)
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
2
Stephen Chbosky
Looking for Alaska (John Green)
Looking for Alaska
3
John Green
To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
To Kill a Mockingbird
4
Harper Lee
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye
5
J.D. Salinger
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (Muriel Spark)
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
6
Muriel Spark
Slaughterhouse-Five (Kurt Vonnegut)
Slaughterhouse-Five
7
Kurt Vonnegut
The Color Purple (Alice Walker)
The Color Purple
8
Alice Walker
A Boy's Own Story (Edmund White)
A Boy's Own Story
9
Edmund White
The Book Thief (Markus Zusak)
The Book Thief
10
Markus Zusak
Pere Goriot (Honore De Balzac)
Pere Goriot
11
Honore De Balzac
The Stranger (Albert Camus)
The Stranger
12
Albert Camus
The Mysteries of Pittsburgh (Michael Chabon)
The Mysteries of Pittsburgh
13
Michael Chabon
One Hundred Years of Solitude (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)
One Hundred Years of Solitude
14
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
I Cannot Get You Close Enough (Ellen Gilchrist)
I Cannot Get You Close Enough
15
Ellen Gilchrist
The Buddha of Suburbia (Hanif Kureishi)
The Buddha of Suburbia
16
Hanif Kureishi
The Group (Mary McCarthy)
The Group
17
Mary McCarthy
Goodbye, Columbus (Philip Roth)
Goodbye, Columbus
18
Philip Roth
The Secret History (Donna Tartt)
The Secret History
19
Donna Tartt
Sexing the Cherry (Jeanette Winterson)
Sexing the Cherry
20
Jeanette Winterson
London Fields (Martin Amis)
London Fields
21
Martin Amis
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (Anne Brontë)
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
22
Anne Brontë
Middlesex (Jeffrey Eugenides)
Middlesex
23
Jeffrey Eugenides
The Sun Also Rises (Ernest Hemingway)
The Sun Also Rises
24
Ernest Hemingway
The Best of Everything (Rona Jaffe)
The Best of Everything
25
Rona Jaffe
Of Human Bondage (W Somerset Maugham)
Of Human Bondage
26
W Somerset Maugham
The Rector's Daughter (F.M. Mayor)
The Rector's Daughter
27
F.M. Mayor
The Jungle (Upton Sinclair)
The Jungle
28
Upton Sinclair
Miss Mackenzie (Anthony Trollope)
Miss Mackenzie
29
Anthony Trollope
All the King's Men (Robert Penn Warren)
All the King's Men
30
Robert Penn Warren
The Kindness of Women (J.G. Ballard)
The Kindness of Women
31
J.G. Ballard
Seize the Day (Saul Bellow)
Seize the Day
32
Saul Bellow
The Debut (Anita Brookner)
The Debut
33
Anita Brookner
The Good Earth (Pearl S. Buck)
The Good Earth
34
Pearl S. Buck
Daniel Deronda (George Eliot)
Daniel Deronda
35
George Eliot
Daisy Fay and the Miracle Man (Fannie Flagg)
Daisy Fay and the Miracle Man
36
Fannie Flagg
May We Be Forgiven (A.M. Homes)
May We Be Forgiven
37
A.M. Homes
A Heart So White (Javier Marías)
A Heart So White
38
Javier Marías
In Praise of Older Women (Stephen Vizinczey)
In Praise of Older Women
39
Stephen Vizinczey
A Handful of Dust (Evelyn Waugh)
A Handful of Dust
40
Evelyn Waugh
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