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Monika's 250 Books to Read by 40 - Page 2

With a little over 5 years to go, I decided that it was a good idea to make a list of 250 books I want to have under my belt when I'm 40 (in the year of 2023). Some are books I want to read again and the rest are what popped into my head at 34. Should be a little of everything and all my from my shelves. Hopefully ListChallenges is still around then.
(Knowing myself right I'll probably end up reading every book but the ones on this list.)
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By Night the Mountain Burns (Juan Tomas Avila Laurel)
By Night the Mountain Burns
41
Juan Tomas Avila Laurel
Cancer Ward (Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn)
Cancer Ward
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Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Cereus Blooms at Night (Shani Mootoo)
Cereus Blooms at Night
43
Shani Mootoo
Chess Story (Stefan Zweig)
Chess Story
44
Stefan Zweig
Child of God (Cormac McCarthy)
Child of God
45
Cormac McCarthy
The Christmas Oratorio
The Christmas Oratorio
46
The Cider House Rules (John Irving)
The Cider House Rules
47
John Irving
The City and the City (China Mieville)
The City and the City
48
China Mieville
Close Quarters (William Golding)
Close Quarters
49
William Golding
Cocaine Nights
Cocaine Nights
50
The Color Purple (Alice Walker)
The Color Purple
51
Alice Walker
The Custom of the Country (Edith Wharton)
The Custom of the Country
52
Edith Wharton
A Dance to the Music of Time (Anthony Powell)
A Dance to the Music of Time
53
Anthony Powell
Dangerous Liaisons (Pierre Choderlos De Laclos)
Dangerous Liaisons
54
Pierre Choderlos De Laclos
Daughters Who Walk This Path (Yejide Kilanko)
Daughters Who Walk This Path
55
Yejide Kilanko
David Copperfield (Charles Dickens)
David Copperfield
56
Charles Dickens
Democracy (Joan Didion)
Democracy
57
Joan Didion
Did You Ever Have a Family (Bill Clegg)
Did You Ever Have a Family
58
Bill Clegg
Down and Out in Paris and London (George Orwell)
Down and Out in Paris and London
59
George Orwell
A Dry White Season
A Dry White Season
60
East of Eden (John Steinbeck)
East of Eden
61
John Steinbeck
The Edible Woman (Margaret Atwood)
The Edible Woman
62
Margaret Atwood
Electric Koolaid Acid Test
Electric Koolaid Acid Test
63
The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer (Siddhartha Mukherjee)
The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer
64
Siddhartha Mukherjee
Everything You Need
Everything You Need
65
Excellent Women (Barbara Pym)
Excellent Women
66
Barbara Pym
Exit West (Mohsin Hamed)
Exit West
67
Mohsin Hamed
Extinction (Thomas Bernhard)
Extinction
68
Thomas Bernhard
The Fall (Albert Camus)
The Fall
69
Albert Camus
Far From the Madding Crowd (Thomas Hardy)
Far From the Madding Crowd
70
Thomas Hardy
A Farewell to Arms (Ernest Hemingway)
A Farewell to Arms
71
Ernest Hemingway
Fear of Flying (Erica Jong)
Fear of Flying
72
Erica Jong
The Feast of the Goat (Mario Vargas Llosa)
The Feast of the Goat
73
Mario Vargas Llosa
Fire Down Below (William Golding)
Fire Down Below
74
William Golding
The Fishermen (Chigozie Obioma)
The Fishermen
75
Chigozie Obioma
Floreana (Margaret Wittmer)
Floreana
76
Margaret Wittmer
For Whom the Bell Tolls (Ernest Hemingway)
For Whom the Bell Tolls
77
Ernest Hemingway
Fordlandia (Greg Grandin)
Fordlandia
78
Greg Grandin
Galore
Galore
79
Gerard Woodward: I'll Go to Bed at Noon
Gerard Woodward: I'll Go to Bed at Noon
80
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