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500 Books to Read Before Turning 50 - Page 3

A collection of books from a variety of lists that I want to read in the next 20 years, before turning 50.
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Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lighting Thief (Rick Riordan)
Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lighting Thief
81
Rick Riordan
Poems
Poems
82
Poems by Emily Dickinson
Poems by Emily Dickinson
83
Poems of Giacomo Leopardi
Poems of Giacomo Leopardi
84
Quran
Quran
85
Remembrance of Things Past (Marcel Proust)
Remembrance of Things Past
86
Marcel Proust
Selected Stories of Lu Xun
Selected Stories of Lu Xun
87
Small Is Beautiful
Small Is Beautiful
88
Sophie's Choice (William Styron)
Sophie's Choice
89
William Styron
Stories: Anton Chekhov (Anton Chekhov)
Stories: Anton Chekhov
90
Anton Chekhov
Tess of the D'urbervilles (Thomas Hardy)
Tess of the D'urbervilles
91
Thomas Hardy
The Aeneid (Virgil)
The Aeneid
92
Virgil
The Art of War (Sun Tzu)
The Art of War
93
Sun Tzu
The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas (Gertrude Stein)
The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas
94
Gertrude Stein
The Awakening (Kate Chopin)
The Awakening
95
Kate Chopin
The Banality of Evil by Hannah Arendt
The Banality of Evil by Hannah Arendt
96
The City and the City (China Mieville)
The City and the City
97
China Mieville
The Color of Water (James McBride)
The Color of Water
98
James McBride
The Communist Manifesto (Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels)
The Communist Manifesto
99
Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels
The Complete Stories
The Complete Stories
100
The Confederacy of Dunces
The Confederacy of Dunces
101
The Count of Monte Cristo (Alexandre Dumas)
The Count of Monte Cristo
102
Alexandre Dumas
The Decameron (Giovanni Boccaccio)
The Decameron
103
Giovanni Boccaccio
The Devil to Pay in the Backlands (João Guimarães Rosa)
The Devil to Pay in the Backlands
104
João Guimarães Rosa
The Divine Comedy (Dante Alighieri)
The Divine Comedy
105
Dante Alighieri
The Double Helix
The Double Helix
106
The Emigrants (W.G. Sebald)
The Emigrants
107
W.G. Sebald
The Fellowship of the Ring (J.R.R. Tolkien)
The Fellowship of the Ring
108
J.R.R. Tolkien
The Five People You Meet in Heaven (Mitch Albom)
The Five People You Meet in Heaven
109
Mitch Albom
The French Lieutenant's Woman (John Fowles)
The French Lieutenant's Woman
110
John Fowles
The Golden Notebook (Doris Lessing)
The Golden Notebook
111
Doris Lessing
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (Rebecca Skloot)
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
112
Rebecca Skloot
The Interpretation of Dreams (Sigmund Freud)
The Interpretation of Dreams
113
Sigmund Freud
The Magic Mountain (Thomas Mann)
The Magic Mountain
114
Thomas Mann
The Maltese Falcon (Dashiell Hammett)
The Maltese Falcon
115
Dashiell Hammett
The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat (Oliver Sacks)
The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat
116
Oliver Sacks
The Man Without Qualities (Robert Musil)
The Man Without Qualities
117
Robert Musil
The Martian (Andy Weir)
The Martian
118
Andy Weir
The Myth of Sisyphus (Albert Camus)
The Myth of Sisyphus
119
Albert Camus
The Odyssey (Homer)
The Odyssey
120
Homer
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