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This Theatre Nerd's 500 Books to Read Before 50 - Page 2

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 Martian (Andy Weir)
The Martian
41
Andy Weir
Angela Lansbury's Positive Moves: My Personal Plan for Fitness and Well-Being (Angela Lansbury)
Angela Lansbury's Positive Moves: My Personal Plan for Fitness and Well-Being
42
Angela Lansbury
Angela Davis: An Autobiography (Angela Y. Davis)
Angela Davis: An Autobiography
43
Angela Y. Davis
The Red Tent (Anita Diamant)
The Red Tent
44
Anita Diamant
Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992 (Anna Deavere Smith)
Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992
45
Anna Deavere Smith
The Three Mothers (Anna Malaika Tubbs)
The Three Mothers
46
Anna Malaika Tubbs
Tales From the Secret Annex (Anne Frank)
Tales From the Secret Annex
47
Anne Frank
The Diary of a Young Girl (Anne Frank)
The Diary of a Young Girl
48
Anne Frank
Beowulf (Anonymous)
Beowulf
49
Anonymous
The Arabian Nights (Anonymous)
The Arabian Nights
50
Anonymous
All the Light We Cannot See (Anthony Doerr)
All the Light We Cannot See
51
Anthony Doerr
The Little Prince (Antoine De Saint-Exupéry)
The Little Prince
52
Antoine De Saint-Exupéry
The Cherry Orchard (Anton Chekov)
The Cherry Orchard
53
Anton Chekov
Year of the Mad King (Antony Sher)
Year of the Mad King
54
Antony Sher
The Complete Sherlock Holmes (Arthur Conan Doyle)
The Complete Sherlock Holmes
55
Arthur Conan Doyle
Gypsy (Arthur Laurents, Stephen Sondheim)
Gypsy
56
Arthur Laurents, Stephen Sondheim
A View From the Bridge (Arthur Miller)
A View From the Bridge
57
Arthur Miller
Death of a Salesman (Arthur Miller)
Death of a Salesman
58
Arthur Miller
The Crucible (Arthur Miller)
The Crucible
59
Arthur Miller
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (August Wilson)
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
60
August Wilson
Seven Guitars (August Wilson)
Seven Guitars
61
August Wilson
Disgraced: A Play (Ayad Akhtar)
Disgraced: A Play
62
Ayad Akhtar
Reading Lolita in Tehran (Azar Nafisi)
Reading Lolita in Tehran
63
Azar Nafisi
A Promised Land (Barack Obama)
A Promised Land
64
Barack Obama
Rivers of London (Ben Aaronovitch)
Rivers of London
65
Ben Aaronovitch
A Girl From Yamhill: A Memoir (Beverly Cleary)
A Girl From Yamhill: A Memoir
66
Beverly Cleary
Unprotected (Billy Porter)
Unprotected
67
Billy Porter
My Life With Bonnie and Clyde (Blanche Caldwell Barrow)
My Life With Bonnie and Clyde
68
Blanche Caldwell Barrow
God Makes My Little Tail Wiggle (Bob and Cody Wolff)
God Makes My Little Tail Wiggle
69
Bob and Cody Wolff
Dracula (Bram Stoker)
Dracula
70
Bram Stoker
Jim Henson: The Biography (Brian Jay Jones)
Jim Henson: The Biography
71
Brian Jay Jones
The Life Worth Living (Byron L. Sherwin)
The Life Worth Living
72
Byron L. Sherwin
Mere Christianity (C.S. Lewis)
Mere Christianity
73
C.S. Lewis
Out of the Silent Planet (C.S. Lewis)
Out of the Silent Planet
74
C.S. Lewis
Perelandra (C.S. Lewis)
Perelandra
75
C.S. Lewis
Surprised by Joy: The Shape of My Early Life (C.S. Lewis)
Surprised by Joy: The Shape of My Early Life
76
C.S. Lewis
That Hideous Strength (C.S. Lewis)
That Hideous Strength
77
C.S. Lewis
The Chronicles of Narnia (C.S. Lewis)
The Chronicles of Narnia
78
C.S. Lewis
The Screwtape Letters (C.S. Lewis)
The Screwtape Letters
79
C.S. Lewis
The Adventures of Pinocchio (Carlo Collodi)
The Adventures of Pinocchio
80
Carlo Collodi
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