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35 Books You Need to Read in Your Twenties

From Cheryl Strayed's Wild to Amy Poehler's Yes Please, these are the books you need to get through your own roaring twenties
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Wild (Cheryl Strayed)
Wild
Cheryl Strayed
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Yes Please (Amy Poehler)
Yes Please
Amy Poehler
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On the Road (Jack Kerouac)
On the Road
Jack Kerouac
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My Year With Eleanor (Noelle Hancock)
My Year With Eleanor
Noelle Hancock
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Answer to the Riddle Is Me (David Stuart MacLean)
Answer to the Riddle Is Me
David Stuart MacLean
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Beloved, by Toni Morrison
Beloved, by Toni Morrison
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The Opposite of Loneliness
The Opposite of Loneliness
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Tuesdays With Morrie
Tuesdays With Morrie
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The Handmaid's Tale (Margaret Atwood)
The Handmaid's Tale
Margaret Atwood
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The Secret History (Donna Tartt)
The Secret History
Donna Tartt
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The Alchemist (Paulo Coelho)
The Alchemist
Paulo Coelho
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The Art of Asking (Amanda Palmer)
The Art of Asking
Amanda Palmer
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The Marriage Plot (Jeffrey Eugenides)
The Marriage Plot
Jeffrey Eugenides
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Walden (Henry David Thoreau)
Walden
Henry David Thoreau
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Not That Kind of Girl (Lena Dunham)
Not That Kind of Girl
Lena Dunham
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His Dark Materials – Philip Pullman
His Dark Materials – Philip Pullman
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The Year of Magical Thinking (Joan Didion)
The Year of Magical Thinking
Joan Didion
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The Myths of Happiness (Sonja Lyubomirsky)
The Myths of Happiness
Sonja Lyubomirsky
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American Gods (Neil Gaiman)
American Gods
Neil Gaiman
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The Defining Decade Why Your Twenties Matter (Meg Jay)
The Defining Decade Why Your Twenties Matter
Meg Jay
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Of Human Bondage (W. Somerset Maugham)
Of Human Bondage
W. Somerset Maugham
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Ready Player One (Ernest Cline)
Ready Player One
Ernest Cline
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Giovanni's Room (James Baldwin)
Giovanni's Room
James Baldwin
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Hyperbole and a Half (Allie Brosh)
Hyperbole and a Half
Allie Brosh
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Exit Here (Myers)
Exit Here
Myers
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Half Broke Horses (Jeannette Walls)
Half Broke Horses
Jeannette Walls
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A Single Man (Christopher Isherwood)
A Single Man
Christopher Isherwood
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One Hundred Years of Solitude (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)
One Hundred Years of Solitude
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
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Bird by Bird (Anne Lamott)
Bird by Bird
Anne Lamott
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East of Eden (John Steinbeck)
East of Eden
John Steinbeck
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Native Son (Richard Wright)
Native Son
Richard Wright
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Demian
Demian
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The Solitude of Prime Numbers
The Solitude of Prime Numbers
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The Fall (Albert Camus)
The Fall
Albert Camus
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Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (And Other Concerns) (Mindy Kaling)
Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (And Other Concerns)
Mindy Kaling
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