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Books by 42: The Answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything - Page 3

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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Disobedience and Democracy (Howard Zinn)
Disobedience and Democracy
81
Howard Zinn
Do Not Say We Have Nothing (Madeleine Thien)
Do Not Say We Have Nothing
82
Madeleine Thien
Don't Mourn, Balkanize! (Andrej Grubačić)
Don't Mourn, Balkanize!
83
Andrej Grubačić
Down and Out in Paris and London (George Orwell)
Down and Out in Paris and London
84
George Orwell
Dracula (Bram Stoker)
Dracula
85
Bram Stoker
Dust Tracks on a Road (Zora Neale Hurston)
Dust Tracks on a Road
86
Zora Neale Hurston
Edgar Allan Poe Complete Tales & Poems (Edgar Allan Poe)
Edgar Allan Poe Complete Tales & Poems
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Edgar Allan Poe
Enduring Cuba (Zoe Bran)
Enduring Cuba
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Zoe Bran
Escape From Kathmandu (Kim Stanley Robinson)
Escape From Kathmandu
89
Kim Stanley Robinson
Eva Luna (Isabel Allende)
Eva Luna
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Isabel Allende
Exit West (Mohsin Hamed)
Exit West
91
Mohsin Hamed
Fahrenheit 451 (Ray Bradbury)
Fahrenheit 451
92
Ray Bradbury
Fast Food Nation (Eric Schlosser)
Fast Food Nation
93
Eric Schlosser
Fast Times in Palestine: A Love Affair With a Homeless Homeland (Pamela J. Olson)
Fast Times in Palestine: A Love Affair With a Homeless Homeland
94
Pamela J. Olson
Fear Street Series (R. L. Stine)
Fear Street Series
95
R. L. Stine
Fifteen Iraqi Poets (Dunya Mikhail)
Fifteen Iraqi Poets
96
Dunya Mikhail
Fifty Shades of Feminism (Lisa Appignanesi, Rachel Holmes and Susie Orbach)
Fifty Shades of Feminism
97
Lisa Appignanesi, Rachel Holmes and Susie Orbach
Five Little Indians (Michelle Good)
Five Little Indians
98
Michelle Good
Fledgling (Octavia E. Butler)
Fledgling
99
Octavia E. Butler
Forget Kathmandu: An Elegy for Democracy (Manjushree Thapa)
Forget Kathmandu: An Elegy for Democracy
100
Manjushree Thapa
4:50 From Paddington (Agatha Christie)
4:50 From Paddington
101
Agatha Christie
Frankenstein (Mary Shelley)
Frankenstein
102
Mary Shelley
Frankenstein in Baghdad (Ahmed Saadawi)
Frankenstein in Baghdad
103
Ahmed Saadawi
Freedom From Fear (Aung San Suu Kyi)
Freedom From Fear
104
Aung San Suu Kyi
Freedom in Exile (The Dalai Lama)
Freedom in Exile
105
The Dalai Lama
Freedom Is a Constant Struggle (Angela Davis)
Freedom Is a Constant Struggle
106
Angela Davis
Freedom Next Time (John Pilger)
Freedom Next Time
107
John Pilger
From a Crooked Rib (Nuruddin Farah)
From a Crooked Rib
108
Nuruddin Farah
Gather Together in My Name (Maya Angelou)
Gather Together in My Name
109
Maya Angelou
Geisha, a Life (Mineko Iwasaki)
Geisha, a Life
110
Mineko Iwasaki
Gingerbread (Helen Oyeyemi)
Gingerbread
111
Helen Oyeyemi
Girl, Woman, Other (Bernardine Evaristo)
Girl, Woman, Other
112
Bernardine Evaristo
Girls of Riyadh (Rajaa Alsanea)
Girls of Riyadh
113
Rajaa Alsanea
Go Tell It on the Mountain (James Baldwin)
Go Tell It on the Mountain
114
James Baldwin
Going to the Dogs: The Story of a Moralist (Erich Kastner)
Going to the Dogs: The Story of a Moralist
115
Erich Kastner
Good Omens (Terry Pratchett & Neil Gaiman)
Good Omens
116
Terry Pratchett & Neil Gaiman
Goodbye to Berlin (Christopher Isherwood)
Goodbye to Berlin
117
Christopher Isherwood
Goosebumps (R.L. Stine)
Goosebumps
118
R.L. Stine
Guns, Germs and Steel (Jared Diamond)
Guns, Germs and Steel
119
Jared Diamond
Half Blood Blues (Esi Edugyan)
Half Blood Blues
120
Esi Edugyan
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