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This Theatre Nerd's 500 Books to Read Before 50 - Page 11

Here's a list that seems popular this weekend. Enclosed are the books I hope to read before turning 50. Some are rereads, many are first time reads.
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The Oldest Boy (Sarah Ruhl)
The Oldest Boy
401
Sarah Ruhl
A Long Way Home: A Memoir (Saroo Brierley)
A Long Way Home: A Memoir
402
Saroo Brierley
There and Back Again: An Actors Tale (Sean Astin)
There and Back Again: An Actors Tale
403
Sean Astin
Iran Awakening (Shirin Ebadi)
Iran Awakening
404
Shirin Ebadi
Silence (Shusaku Endo)
Silence
405
Shusaku Endo
Gods of Jade and Shadow (Silvia Moreno-Garcia)
Gods of Jade and Shadow
406
Silvia Moreno-Garcia
Twelve Years a Slave (Solomon Northup)
Twelve Years a Slave
407
Solomon Northup
Becoming Maria: Love and Chaos in the South Bronx (Sonia Manzano)
Becoming Maria: Love and Chaos in the South Bronx
408
Sonia Manzano
Penny Dreadfuls (Stefan Dziemianowicz)
Penny Dreadfuls
409
Stefan Dziemianowicz
At Knit's End (Stephanie Pearl-McPhee)
At Knit's End
410
Stephanie Pearl-McPhee
The Last Days of Judas Iscariot (Stephen Adly Guirgis)
The Last Days of Judas Iscariot
411
Stephen Adly Guirgis
Three Plays (Stephen Adly Guirgis)
Three Plays
412
Stephen Adly Guirgis
Between Riverside and Crazy (Stephen Adly Gurgis)
Between Riverside and Crazy
413
Stephen Adly Gurgis
The Humans (A Play) (Stephen Karam)
The Humans (A Play)
414
Stephen Karam
A Labour of Love: Ten Years of Call the Midwife (Stephen McGann)
A Labour of Love: Ten Years of Call the Midwife
415
Stephen McGann
Finishing the Hat (Stephen Sondheim)
Finishing the Hat
416
Stephen Sondheim
Look, I Made a Hat (Stephen Sondheim)
Look, I Made a Hat
417
Stephen Sondheim
A Little Night Music (Stephen Sondheim and Hugh Wheeler)
A Little Night Music
418
Stephen Sondheim and Hugh Wheeler
Into the Woods (Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine)
Into the Woods
419
Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine
Passion (Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine)
Passion
420
Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine
Assassins (Stephen Sondheim and John Weidman)
Assassins
421
Stephen Sondheim and John Weidman
Pacific Overtures (Stephen Sondheim and John Weidman)
Pacific Overtures
422
Stephen Sondheim and John Weidman
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (Stephen Sondheim, Hugh Wheeler, & Christopher Bond)
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
423
Stephen Sondheim, Hugh Wheeler, & Christopher Bond
And the Dead Shall Rise (Steve Oney)
And the Dead Shall Rise
424
Steve Oney
Sherlock Holmes: The Final Adventure (Steven Dietz)
Sherlock Holmes: The Final Adventure
425
Steven Dietz
If I Forget and Other Plays (Steven Levenson)
If I Forget and Other Plays
426
Steven Levenson
The Mermaid Chair (Sue Monk Kidd)
The Mermaid Chair
427
Sue Monk Kidd
The Secret Life of Bees (Sue Monk Kidd)
The Secret Life of Bees
428
Sue Monk Kidd
Hooked (Sutton Foster)
Hooked
429
Sutton Foster
Murder in the Cathedral (T.S. Eliot)
Murder in the Cathedral
430
T.S. Eliot
The Empress (Tanika Gupta)
The Empress
431
Tanika Gupta
Educated (Tara Westover)
Educated
432
Tara Westover
Choir Boy (Tarell Alvin McCraney)
Choir Boy
433
Tarell Alvin McCraney
Sarah's Key (Tatiana De Rosnay)
Sarah's Key
434
Tatiana De Rosnay
Gary: A Sequel to Titus Andronicus (Taylor Mac)
Gary: A Sequel to Titus Andronicus
435
Taylor Mac
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (Tennesee Williams)
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
436
Tennesee Williams
Orpheus Descending (Tennessee Williams)
Orpheus Descending
437
Tennessee Williams
Bernhardt/Hamlet (Theresa Rebeck)
Bernhardt/Hamlet
438
Theresa Rebeck
Schindler's Ark (Thomas Keneally)
Schindler's Ark
439
Thomas Keneally
Irena's Children (Tilar J. Mazzeo)
Irena's Children
440
Tilar J. Mazzeo
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