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This Theatre Nerd's 500 Books to Read Before 50 - Page 12

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 Black Count: Glory, Revolution, Betrayal, and the Real Count of Monte Cristo (Tom Reiss)
The Black Count: Glory, Revolution, Betrayal, and the Real Count of Monte Cristo
441
Tom Reiss
Arcadia (Tom Stoppard)
Arcadia
442
Tom Stoppard
Leopoldstadt (Tom Stoppard)
Leopoldstadt
443
Tom Stoppard
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead (Tom Stoppard)
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead
444
Tom Stoppard
Civil Rights Queen: Constance Baker Motley and the Struggle for Equality (Tomiko Brown--Nagin)
Civil Rights Queen: Constance Baker Motley and the Struggle for Equality
445
Tomiko Brown--Nagin
Beloved (Toni Morrison)
Beloved
446
Toni Morrison
Jazz (Toni Morrison)
Jazz
447
Toni Morrison
The Bluest Eye (Toni Morrison)
The Bluest Eye
448
Toni Morrison
Angels in America (Tony Kushner)
Angels in America
449
Tony Kushner
Caroline, or Change (Tony Kushner and Jeanine Tesori)
Caroline, or Change
450
Tony Kushner and Jeanine Tesori
Girl With a Pearl Earring (Tracy Chevalier)
Girl With a Pearl Earring
451
Tracy Chevalier
Rest Is Resistance: A Manifesto (Tricia Hersey)
Rest Is Resistance: A Manifesto
452
Tricia Hersey
The Ramayana (Valmiki)
The Ramayana
453
Valmiki
The Letters of Vincent Van Gogh (Vincent Van Gogh)
The Letters of Vincent Van Gogh
454
Vincent Van Gogh
Finding Me: A Memoir (Viola Davis)
Finding Me: A Memoir
455
Viola Davis
Mrs. Dalloway (Virginia Woolf)
Mrs. Dalloway
456
Virginia Woolf
Orlando (Virginia Woolf)
Orlando
457
Virginia Woolf
To the Lighthouse (Virginia Woolf)
To the Lighthouse
458
Virginia Woolf
Leaves of Grass (Walt Whitman)
Leaves of Grass
459
Walt Whitman
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Other Writings (Washington Irving)
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Other Writings
460
Washington Irving
Shakespeare's Insults (Wayne F Hill)
Shakespeare's Insults
461
Wayne F Hill
The New American Musical (Wiley Hausam)
The New American Musical
462
Wiley Hausam
Joan of Arc: In Her Own Words (Willard Trask)
Joan of Arc: In Her Own Words
463
Willard Trask
The Miracle Worker (William Gibson)
The Miracle Worker
464
William Gibson
The Princess Bride (William Goldman)
The Princess Bride
465
William Goldman
The Shack (William Paul Young)
The Shack
466
William Paul Young
All's Well That Ends Well (William Shakespeare)
All's Well That Ends Well
467
William Shakespeare
Antony and Cleopatra (William Shakespeare)
Antony and Cleopatra
468
William Shakespeare
As You Like It (William Shakespeare)
As You Like It
469
William Shakespeare
Coriolanus (William Shakespeare)
Coriolanus
470
William Shakespeare
Cymbeline (William Shakespeare)
Cymbeline
471
William Shakespeare
Hamlet (William Shakespeare)
Hamlet
472
William Shakespeare
Henry IV Part I (William Shakespeare)
Henry IV Part I
473
William Shakespeare
Henry IV Part II (William Shakespeare)
Henry IV Part II
474
William Shakespeare
Henry V (William Shakespeare)
Henry V
475
William Shakespeare
Henry VI Part 1 (William Shakespeare)
Henry VI Part 1
476
William Shakespeare
Henry VI Part 2 (William Shakespeare)
Henry VI Part 2
477
William Shakespeare
Henry VI Part 3 (William Shakespeare)
Henry VI Part 3
478
William Shakespeare
Henry VIII (William Shakespeare)
Henry VIII
479
William Shakespeare
Julius Caesar (William Shakespeare)
Julius Caesar
480
William Shakespeare
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