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Monika's 250 Books to Read by 40 - Page 4

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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Little Women (Louisa May Alcott)
Little Women
121
Louisa May Alcott
The Lonely City: Adventures in the Art of Being Alone (Olivia Laing)
The Lonely City: Adventures in the Art of Being Alone
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Olivia Laing
Lonesome Traveller (Jack Kerouac)
Lonesome Traveller
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Jack Kerouac
Lord of the Barnyard (Tristan Egolf)
Lord of the Barnyard
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Tristan Egolf
The Lost Language of Cranes
The Lost Language of Cranes
125
The Lover (Marguerite Duras)
The Lover
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Marguerite Duras
M Train (Patti Smith)
M Train
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Patti Smith
The Magic Mountain (Thomas Mann)
The Magic Mountain
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Thomas Mann
Mason & Dixon (Thomas Pynchon)
Mason & Dixon
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Thomas Pynchon
The Master and Margarita (Mikhail Bulgakov)
The Master and Margarita
130
Mikhail Bulgakov
Mating (Norman Rush)
Mating
131
Norman Rush
Metamorphosis (Franz Kafka)
Metamorphosis
132
Franz Kafka
Mr Norris Changes Trains (Christopher Isherwood)
Mr Norris Changes Trains
133
Christopher Isherwood
My Uncle Napoleon (Iraj Pezeshkzad)
My Uncle Napoleon
134
Iraj Pezeshkzad
Mysteries (Knut Hamsun)
Mysteries
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Knut Hamsun
Native Son (Richard Wright)
Native Son
136
Richard Wright
Nights at the Circus (Angela Carter)
Nights at the Circus
137
Angela Carter
The Nun (Denis Diderot)
The Nun
138
Denis Diderot
One Hundred Years of Solitude (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)
One Hundred Years of Solitude
139
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Orlando (Virginia Woolf)
Orlando
140
Virginia Woolf
The Orphan Master's Son (Adam Johnson)
The Orphan Master's Son
141
Adam Johnson
Our Lady of the Assassins
Our Lady of the Assassins
142
Our Lady of the Nile (Scholastique Mukasonga)
Our Lady of the Nile
143
Scholastique Mukasonga
Outer Dark (Cormac McCarthy)
Outer Dark
144
Cormac McCarthy
The Panopticon
The Panopticon
145
Paradise (Toni Morrison)
Paradise
146
Toni Morrison
The Penelopiad (Margaret Atwood)
The Penelopiad
147
Margaret Atwood
The People in the Trees (Hanya Yanagihara)
The People in the Trees
148
Hanya Yanagihara
Perfume (Patrick Suskind)
Perfume
149
Patrick Suskind
Petals of Blood
Petals of Blood
150
The Piano Teacher (Elfriede Jelinek)
The Piano Teacher
151
Elfriede Jelinek
The Picture of Dorian Gray (Oscar Wilde)
The Picture of Dorian Gray
152
Oscar Wilde
Pnin (Vladimir Nabokov)
Pnin
153
Vladimir Nabokov
The Power (Naomi Alderman)
The Power
154
Naomi Alderman
The Power and the Glory (Graham Greene)
The Power and the Glory
155
Graham Greene
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (Muriel Spark)
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
156
Muriel Spark
The Prophets of Eternal Fjord (Kim Leine)
The Prophets of Eternal Fjord
157
Kim Leine
Purity (Jonathan Franzen)
Purity
158
Jonathan Franzen
Queer (William S. Burroughs)
Queer
159
William S. Burroughs
The Quiet American (Graham Greene)
The Quiet American
160
Graham Greene
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