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Books by 42: The Answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything - Page 10

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 Old Man and the Sea (Ernest Hemingway)
The Old Man and the Sea
361
Ernest Hemingway
The Only Good Indians (Stephen Graham Jones)
The Only Good Indians
362
Stephen Graham Jones
The Outsiders (S E Hinton)
The Outsiders
363
S E Hinton
The People's History of the United States
The People's History of the United States
364
The Perks of Being a Wallflower (Stephen Chbosky)
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
365
Stephen Chbosky
The Phantom Ship (Frederick Marryat)
The Phantom Ship
366
Frederick Marryat
The Plague (Albert Camus)
The Plague
367
Albert Camus
The Poems of Emily Dickinson
The Poems of Emily Dickinson
368
The Princess Bride (William Goldman)
The Princess Bride
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William Goldman
The Prophet (Kahlil Gibran)
The Prophet
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Kahlil Gibran
The Quiet Revolutionary (Margaret Dewar)
The Quiet Revolutionary
371
Margaret Dewar
The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists (Robert Tressell)
The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists
372
Robert Tressell
The Rebel (Albert Camus)
The Rebel
373
Albert Camus
The Return (Hisham Matar)
The Return
374
Hisham Matar
The Road Years (Rick Mercer)
The Road Years
375
Rick Mercer
The Running Man (Stephen King as Richard Bachman)
The Running Man
376
Stephen King as Richard Bachman
The Saffron Kitchen (Yasmin Crowther)
The Saffron Kitchen
377
Yasmin Crowther
The Samurai Detective: Volume 1 (Shotaro Ikenami)
The Samurai Detective: Volume 1
378
Shotaro Ikenami
The Secret History (Donna Tartt)
The Secret History
379
Donna Tartt
The Secret Life of Saeed the Pessoptimist (Emile Habiby)
The Secret Life of Saeed the Pessoptimist
380
Emile Habiby
The Sentence (Louise Erdrich)
The Sentence
381
Louise Erdrich
The Shadow of the Sun (Ryszard Kapuscinski)
The Shadow of the Sun
382
Ryszard Kapuscinski
The Shape of the Beast (Arundhati Roy)
The Shape of the Beast
383
Arundhati Roy
The Silenced Majority: Stories of Uprisings, Occupations, Resistance, and Hope (Amy Goodman)
The Silenced Majority: Stories of Uprisings, Occupations, Resistance, and Hope
384
Amy Goodman
The Soccer War (Ryszard Kapuściński)
The Soccer War
385
Ryszard Kapuściński
The Stepford Wives (Ira Levin)
The Stepford Wives
386
Ira Levin
The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales (Jon Scieszka & Lane Smith)
The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales
387
Jon Scieszka & Lane Smith
The Story of Little Man 1-2 (Orhan Kemal)
The Story of Little Man 1-2
388
Orhan Kemal
The Story of My Experiments With Truth (Mohandas K. Gandhi)
The Story of My Experiments With Truth
389
Mohandas K. Gandhi
The Story Smuggler (Gospodinov)
The Story Smuggler
390
Gospodinov
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde (Robert Louis Stevenson)
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde
391
Robert Louis Stevenson
The Stranger (Albert Camus)
The Stranger
392
Albert Camus
The Sympathizer (Viet Thanh Nguyen)
The Sympathizer
393
Viet Thanh Nguyen
The True Story of the Three Little Pigs (Jon Sccieszka)
The True Story of the Three Little Pigs
394
Jon Sccieszka
The Turn of the Screw (Henry James)
The Turn of the Screw
395
Henry James
20th Century Poets and Poetics (Garry Geddes)
20th Century Poets and Poetics
396
Garry Geddes
The Twits (Roald Dahl)
The Twits
397
Roald Dahl
The Unbearable Lightness of Being (Milan Kundera)
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
398
Milan Kundera
The Underground Railroad (Colson Whitehead)
The Underground Railroad
399
Colson Whitehead
The Universe in a Single Atom: The Convergence of Science and Spiritua
The Universe in a Single Atom: The Convergence of Science and Spiritua
400
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