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Books by 42: The Answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything - Page 5

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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Let the Right One in (Ajvide Lindqvist)
Let the Right One In
161
Ajvide Lindqvist
Letters From St. Petersburg (Victoria Hammond)
Letters From St. Petersburg
162
Victoria Hammond
Little House Series (Laura Ingalls Wilder)
Little House Series
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Laura Ingalls Wilder
Living My Life, Vol. 1 (Emma Goldman)
Living My Life, Vol. 1
164
Emma Goldman
Living My Life, Vol. 2 (Emma Goldman)
Living My Life, Vol. 2
165
Emma Goldman
Love Medicine (Louise Erdrich)
Love Medicine
166
Louise Erdrich
Lucy Parsons: Freedom, Equality & Solidarity (Lucy Parsons)
Lucy Parsons: Freedom, Equality & Solidarity
167
Lucy Parsons
MacBeth (William Shakespeare)
MacBeth
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William Shakespeare
Marching Powder (Rusty Young)
Marching Powder
169
Rusty Young
Mary Barton (Elizabeth Gaskell)
Mary Barton
170
Elizabeth Gaskell
Matilda (Roald Dahl)
Matilda
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Roald Dahl
Melmoth the Wanderer (Charles Maturin)
Melmoth the Wanderer
172
Charles Maturin
Memoirs of a Polar Bear (Yoko Tawada)
Memoirs of a Polar Bear
173
Yoko Tawada
Memoirs of an Arabian Princess From Zanzibar (Emily Ruete Sayyida Prin. of Zanzibar)
Memoirs of an Arabian Princess From Zanzibar
174
Emily Ruete Sayyida Prin. of Zanzibar
Metamorphosis (Franz Kafka)
Metamorphosis
175
Franz Kafka
Mexican Gothic (Silvia Moreno-Garcia)
Mexican Gothic
176
Silvia Moreno-Garcia
Michel the Giant: An African in Greenland (Tété-Michel Kpomassie)
Michel the Giant: An African in Greenland
177
Tété-Michel Kpomassie
Moments of Being (Virginia Woolf)
Moments of Being
178
Virginia Woolf
Moon of the Crusted Snow (Waubgeshig Rice)
Moon of the Crusted Snow
179
Waubgeshig Rice
Mornings in Jenin (Susan Abulhawa)
Mornings in Jenin
180
Susan Abulhawa
Mother Mary Comes to Me (Arundhati Roy)
Mother Mary Comes to Me
181
Arundhati Roy
Mr. Popper's Penguins (Richard & Florence Atwater, Robert Lawson)
Mr. Popper's Penguins
182
Richard & Florence Atwater, Robert Lawson
Mr. Potter (Jamaica Kincaid)
Mr. Potter
183
Jamaica Kincaid
Mrs. Dalloway (Virginia Woolf)
Mrs. Dalloway
184
Virginia Woolf
Mutual Aid: A Factor of Evolution (Peter Kropotkin)
Mutual Aid: A Factor of Evolution
185
Peter Kropotkin
My Ántonia (Willa Cather)
My Ántonia
186
Willa Cather
My Brilliant Friend (Elena Ferrante)
My Brilliant Friend
187
Elena Ferrante
My Heart Is a Chainsaw (Stephen Graham Jones)
My Heart Is a Chainsaw
188
Stephen Graham Jones
My Journey to Lhasa (Alexandra David-Neel)
My Journey to Lhasa
189
Alexandra David-Neel
My Sister, the Serial Killer (Oyinkan Braithwaite)
My Sister, the Serial Killer
190
Oyinkan Braithwaite
My Teacher Is an Alien (Bruce Coville)
My Teacher Is an Alien
191
Bruce Coville
My Travels Around the World (Nawal El Saadawi)
My Travels Around the World
192
Nawal El Saadawi
Narcissus and Goldmund (Hermann Hesse)
Narcissus and Goldmund
193
Hermann Hesse
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave (Frederick Douglass)
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave
194
Frederick Douglass
Near to the Wild Heart (Clarice Lispector, Trans. Alison Entrekin)
Near to the Wild Heart
195
Clarice Lispector, Trans. Alison Entrekin
Nellie L. (Connie Brummel Crook)
Nellie L.
196
Connie Brummel Crook
Nervous Conditions (Tsitsi Dangarembga)
Nervous Conditions
197
Tsitsi Dangarembga
Never Let Me Go (Kazuo Ishiguro)
Never Let Me Go
198
Kazuo Ishiguro
9-11 (Noam Chomsky)
9-11
199
Noam Chomsky
Nineteen Eighty-Four (George Orwell)
Nineteen Eighty-Four
200
George Orwell
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