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40 Books to Read Before You Turn 40

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Unaccustomed Earth (Jhumpa Lahiri)
Unaccustomed Earth
Jhumpa Lahiri
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The Remains of the Day (Kazuo Ishiguro)
The Remains of the Day
Kazuo Ishiguro
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Middlemarch (George Eliot)
Middlemarch
George Eliot
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The Year of Magical Thinking (California)
The Year of Magical Thinking
California
5
The Chosen (Chaim Potok)
The Chosen
Chaim Potok
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A Little Life (Hanya Yanagihara)
A Little Life
Hanya Yanagihara
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The Age of Innocence (Edith Wharton)
The Age of Innocence
Edith Wharton
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American Pastoral (Philip Roth)
American Pastoral
Philip Roth
9
The Interestings : A Novel
The Interestings : A Novel
10
War and Peace (Leo Tolstoy)
War and Peace
Leo Tolstoy
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Dear Life (Alice Munro)
Dear Life
Alice Munro
12
Big Magic (Elizabeth Gilbert)
Big Magic
Elizabeth Gilbert
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A House for Mr. Biswas (V.S. Naipaul)
A House for Mr. Biswas
V.S. Naipaul
14
The Razor's Edge (W. Somerset Maugham)
The Razor's Edge
W. Somerset Maugham
15
The Portable Dorothy Parker (Dorothy Parker)
The Portable Dorothy Parker
Dorothy Parker
16
Ulysses (James Joyce)
Ulysses
James Joyce
17
A Thousand Splendid Suns (Khaled Hosseini)
A Thousand Splendid Suns
Khaled Hosseini
18
Man's Search for Meaning (Viktor Frankl)
Man's Search for Meaning
Viktor Frankl
19
The Sea (John Banville)
The Sea
John Banville
20
Leaves of Grass (Walt Whitman)
Leaves of Grass
Walt Whitman
21
Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
Lolita
Vladimir Nabokov
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A Town Like Alice (Nevil Shute)
A Town Like Alice
Nevil Shute
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The Sense of an Ending (Julian Barnes)
The Sense of an Ending
Julian Barnes
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Celebrations, Rituals of Peace and Prayer
Celebrations, Rituals of Peace and Prayer
25
People of the Book (Geraldine Brooks)
People of the Book
Geraldine Brooks
26
Cloud Atlas (David Mitchell)
Cloud Atlas
David Mitchell
27
Wuthering Heights (Emily Brontë)
Wuthering Heights
Emily Brontë
28
In Cold Blood (Truman Capote)
In Cold Blood
Truman Capote
29
Midnight's Children (Salman Rushdie)
Midnight's Children
Salman Rushdie
30
A Brief History of Seven Killings (Marlon James)
A Brief History of Seven Killings
Marlon James
31
Stag's Leap
Stag's Leap
32
Great Expectations (Charles Dickens)
Great Expectations
Charles Dickens
33
An American Tragedy (Theodore Dreiser)
An American Tragedy
Theodore Dreiser
34
When Breath Becomes Air (Paul Kalanithi)
When Breath Becomes Air
Paul Kalanithi
35
The African Trilogy (Chinua Achebe)
The African Trilogy
Chinua Achebe
36
One Hundred Years of Solitude (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)
One Hundred Years of Solitude
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
37
Alexander Hamilton (Ron Chernow)
Alexander Hamilton
Ron Chernow
38
We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves (Karen Joy Fowler)
We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves
Karen Joy Fowler
39
The Idiot (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
The Idiot
Fyodor Dostoevsky
40
Homegoing (Yaa Gyasi)
Homegoing
Yaa Gyasi
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