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Books by 42: The Answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything - Page 2

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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Bad Cree (Jessica Johns)
Bad Cree
41
Jessica Johns
Bad Feminist (Roxane Gay)
Bad Feminist
42
Roxane Gay
Bai Ganyo: Incredible Tales of a Modern Bulgarian (Aleko Konstantinov)
Bai Ganyo: Incredible Tales of a Modern Bulgarian
43
Aleko Konstantinov
Barracoon: The Story of the Last "Black Cargo" (Zora Neale Hurston)
Barracoon: The Story of the Last "Black Cargo"
44
Zora Neale Hurston
Beartown (Fredrik Backman)
Beartown
45
Fredrik Backman
Beloved (Toni Morrison)
Beloved
46
Toni Morrison
Beowulf (Anonymous)
Beowulf
47
Anonymous
Between the Assassinations (Aravind Adiga)
Between the Assassinations
48
Aravind Adiga
Between the World and Me (Ta-Nehisi Coates)
Between the World and Me
49
Ta-Nehisi Coates
Biopiracy: The Plunder of Nature and Knowledge (Vandana Shiva)
Biopiracy: The Plunder of Nature and Knowledge
50
Vandana Shiva
Blackwater (Jeremy Scahill)
Blackwater
51
Jeremy Scahill
Book of Laughter and Forgetting (Milan Kundera)
Book of Laughter and Forgetting
52
Milan Kundera
Born a Crime (Trevor Noah)
Born a Crime
53
Trevor Noah
Braiding Sweetgrass (Robin Wall Kimmerer)
Braiding Sweetgrass
54
Robin Wall Kimmerer
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
Brave New World
55
Aldous Huxley
Brave New World Revisited (Aldous Huxley)
Brave New World Revisited
56
Aldous Huxley
Brown Girl in the Ring (Nalo Hopkinson)
Brown Girl in the Ring
57
Nalo Hopkinson
Bunnicula (James Howe)
Bunnicula
58
James Howe
But Not the Hippopotamus (Sandra Boyton)
But Not the Hippopotamus
59
Sandra Boyton
Candide (Voltaire)
Candide
60
Voltaire
Capitalism: A Ghost Story (Arundhati Roy)
Capitalism: A Ghost Story
61
Arundhati Roy
Carmilla (J. Sheridan Le Fanu)
Carmilla
62
J. Sheridan Le Fanu
Celestial Bodies (Jokha Alharthi)
Celestial Bodies
63
Jokha Alharthi
Ceremony (Leslie Marmon Silko)
Ceremony
64
Leslie Marmon Silko
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Roald Dahl)
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
65
Roald Dahl
Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator (Roald Dahl)
Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator
66
Roald Dahl
Charlotte's Web (E.B. White)
Charlotte's Web
67
E.B. White
Christopher Pike Series (Christopher Pike)
Christopher Pike Series
68
Christopher Pike
Collected Poems of Dylan Thomas (Dylan Thomas)
Collected Poems of Dylan Thomas
69
Dylan Thomas
Come Rain or Shine (Kazuo Ishiguro)
Come Rain or Shine
70
Kazuo Ishiguro
Crime and Punishment (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
Crime and Punishment
71
Fyodor Dostoevsky
Cry, the Beloved Country (Alan Paton)
Cry, the Beloved Country
72
Alan Paton
Dancing in the No-Fly Zone (Hadani Ditmars)
Dancing in the No-Fly Zone
73
Hadani Ditmars
Days of Destruction, Days of Revolt (Chris Hedges and Joe Sacco)
Days of Destruction, Days of Revolt
74
Chris Hedges and Joe Sacco
Deacon King Kong (James McBride)
Deacon King Kong
75
James McBride
Dead Man Walking (Sister Helen Prejean)
Dead Man Walking
76
Sister Helen Prejean
Dead Man's Folly (Agatha Christie)
Dead Man's Folly
77
Agatha Christie
Death and the Penguin (Andrey Kurkov)
Death and the Penguin
78
Andrey Kurkov
Death Comes to Pemberley (P. D. James)
Death Comes to Pemberley
79
P. D. James
Death in the Andes (Mario Vargas Llosa)
Death in the Andes
80
Mario Vargas Llosa
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