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Books by 42: The Answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything

By the time I am 42 I would like to have read all of the following books. Perhaps it is a bit optimistic (I would have to read about 100 books this year to hit the target...) But you never know. . .
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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Douglas Adams)
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
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Douglas Adams
Abigail (Magda Szabo)
Abigail
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Magda Szabo
After Midnight (Irmgard Keun)
After Midnight
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Irmgard Keun
Afterlives (Abdulrazak Gurnah)
Afterlives
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Abdulrazak Gurnah
Against the Loveless World (Susan Abulhawa)
Against the Loveless World
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Susan Abulhawa
Agamemnon's Daughter (Ismail Kadare)
Agamemnon's Daughter
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Ismail Kadare
Agnes Grey (Anne Brontë)
Agnes Grey
7
Anne Brontë
Ali and Nino (Kurban Said)
Ali and Nino
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Kurban Said
Alone in Berlin (Hans Fallada)
Alone in Berlin
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Hans Fallada
American Fascists (Chris Hedges)
American Fascists
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Chris Hedges
Americanah (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie)
Americanah
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Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Anarchism and Other Essays (Emma Goldman)
Anarchism and Other Essays
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Emma Goldman
And the Weak Suffer What They Must? (Yanis Varoufakis)
And the Weak Suffer What They Must?
13
Yanis Varoufakis
And Then There Were None (Agatha Christie)
And Then There Were None
14
Agatha Christie
Anil's Ghost (Michael Ondaatje)
Anil's Ghost
15
Michael Ondaatje
Anne Frank: the Diary of a Young Girl (Anne Frank)
Anne Frank: the Diary of a Young Girl
16
Anne Frank
Another Day of Life (Ryszard Kapuscinski)
Another Day of Life
17
Ryszard Kapuscinski
Anxious People (Fredrik Backman)
Anxious People
18
Fredrik Backman
Are Prisons Obsolete? (Angela Y. Davis)
Are Prisons Obsolete?
19
Angela Y. Davis
Arthur Rimbaud - Complete Works (Arthur Rimbaud)
Arthur Rimbaud - Complete Works
20
Arthur Rimbaud
Assata (Assata Shakur)
Assata
21
Assata Shakur
At Combat (Albert Camus)
At Combat
22
Albert Camus
Azadi: Freedom. Fascism. Fiction. (Arundhati Roy)
Azadi: Freedom. Fascism. Fiction.
23
Arundhati Roy
A Baby in a Backpack to Bhutan: An Australian Family in the Land of the Thunder Dragon (Bunty Avieson)
A Baby in a Backpack to Bhutan: An Australian Family in the Land of the Thunder Dragon
24
Bunty Avieson
A Bewitched Place and Other Stories (Nicolai Gogol)
A Bewitched Place and Other Stories
25
Nicolai Gogol
A Breath of Life (Clarice Lispector)
A Breath of Life
26
Clarice Lispector
A Christmas Carol (Charles Dickens)
A Christmas Carol
27
Charles Dickens
A Complicated Kindness (Miriam Toews)
A Complicated Kindness
28
Miriam Toews
A Fine Balance (Rohinton Mistry)
A Fine Balance
29
Rohinton Mistry
A Happy Death (Albert Camus)
A Happy Death
30
Albert Camus
A Midsummer Night's Dream (William Shakespeare)
A Midsummer Night's Dream
31
William Shakespeare
An Ordinary Person's Guide to Empire (Arundhati Roy)
An Ordinary Person's Guide to Empire
32
Arundhati Roy
A Painter of Our Time (John Berger)
A Painter of Our Time
33
John Berger
A People's History of the World (Chris Harman)
A People's History of the World
34
Chris Harman
A Room of One's Own (Virginia Woolf)
A Room of One's Own
35
Virginia Woolf
A Separate Peace (John Knowles)
A Separate Peace
36
John Knowles
A Short Residence in Sweden & Memoirs of the Author of "Vindication of the Rights of Woman" (Mary Wollstencraft & William Godwin)
A Short Residence in Sweden & Memoirs of the Author of "Vindication of the Rights of Woman"
37
Mary Wollstencraft & William Godwin
A Small Place (Jamaica Kincaid)
A Small Place
38
Jamaica Kincaid
A Tale for the Time Being (Ruth Ozeki)
A Tale for the Time Being
39
Ruth Ozeki
A Xenophobe's Guide to the Canadians (Vaughn Roste and Peter W. Wilson)
A Xenophobe's Guide to the Canadians
40
Vaughn Roste and Peter W. Wilson
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