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Penguin's 20 Books Everyone Should Read by 40

" Here are some great reads for anyone at that stage in life where things are getting a little bit more serious.
Matt Blake
21 MAY 2020"
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High Fidelity (Nick Hornby)
High Fidelity
1
Nick Hornby
Expectation (Anna Hope)
Expectation
2
Anna Hope
Spring (Karl Ove Knausgaard)
Spring
3
Karl Ove Knausgaard
Swing Time (Zadie Smith)
Swing Time
4
Zadie Smith
I Feel Bad About My Neck (Nora Ephron)
I Feel Bad About My Neck
5
Nora Ephron
Invisible Man (Ralph Ellison)
Invisible Man
6
Ralph Ellison
Girl, Woman, Other (Bernardine Evaristo)
Girl, Woman, Other
7
Bernardine Evaristo
Atomised (Michel Houllebecq)
Atomised
8
Michel Houllebecq
Motherhood (Sheila Heti)
Motherhood
9
Sheila Heti
A Void (Georges Perec)
A Void
10
Georges Perec
Sula (Toni Morrison)
Sula
11
Toni Morrison
Ulysses (James Joyce)
Ulysses
12
James Joyce
To the Lighthouse (Virginia Woolf)
To the Lighthouse
13
Virginia Woolf
Convenience Store Woman (Sayaka Murata)
Convenience Store Woman
14
Sayaka Murata
The Outsider (Albert Camus)
The Outsider
15
Albert Camus
The Second Sex (Simone De Beauvoir)
The Second Sex
16
Simone De Beauvoir
Modern Lovers (Emma Staub)
Modern Lovers
17
Emma Staub
The Accidental Tourist (Anne Tyler)
The Accidental Tourist
18
Anne Tyler
The Last Samurai (Helen Dewitt)
The Last Samurai
19
Helen Dewitt
Cloud Atlas (David Mitchell)
Cloud Atlas
20
David Mitchell
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