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40 Books to Read Before You Turn 30 (BookBub)

"From thought-provoking modern fiction to timeless classics, these books are worth a read before turning 30. Publishers' descriptions included. » By BookBub
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1984 (George Orwell)
1984
George Orwell
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Americanah (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie)
Americanah
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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Atlas Shrugged (Ayn Rand)
Atlas Shrugged
Ayn Rand
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Beloved (Toni Morrison)
Beloved
Toni Morrison
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Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk (Ben Fountain)
Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk
Ben Fountain
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Bleak House (Charles Dickens)
Bleak House
Charles Dickens
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The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Who (Junot Diaz)
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Who
Junot Diaz
8
The Color Purple (Alice Walker)
The Color Purple
Alice Walker
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Cutting for Stone (Abraham Verghese)
Cutting for Stone
Abraham Verghese
10
The Diary of a Young Girl (Anne Frank)
The Diary of a Young Girl
Anne Frank
11
Eat Pray Love (Elizabeth Gilbert)
Eat Pray Love
Elizabeth Gilbert
12
Freedom (Jonathan Franzen)
Freedom
Jonathan Franzen
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Half a Life (Darin Straus)
Half a Life
Darin Straus
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The Handmaid's Tale (Margaret Atwood)
The Handmaid's Tale
Margaret Atwood
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The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (Rebecca Skloot)
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
Rebecca Skloot
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The Inheritance of Loss (Kiran Desai)
The Inheritance of Loss
Kiran Desai
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Jane Eyre (Charlotte Brontë)
Jane Eyre
Charlotte Brontë
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Just Kids (Patti Smith)
Just Kids
Patti Smith
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A Lesson Before Dying (Ernest J. Gaines)
A Lesson Before Dying
Ernest J. Gaines
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A Little Life (Hanya Yanagihara)
A Little Life
Hanya Yanagihara
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Little Women (Louisa May Alcott)
Little Women
Louisa May Alcott
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Middlesex (Jeffrey Eugenides)
Middlesex
Jeffrey Eugenides
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Mrs Dalloway (Virginia Woolf)
Mrs Dalloway
Virginia Woolf
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Night (Elie Weisel)
Night
Elie Weisel
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A Prayer for Owen Meany (John Irving)
A Prayer for Owen Meany
John Irving
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Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)
Pride and Prejudice
Jane Austen
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The Road (Cormac McCarthy)
The Road
Cormac McCarthy
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A Room With a View (E.M. Forster)
A Room With a View
E.M. Forster
29
The Short and Tragic Life of Robert Peace
The Short and Tragic Life of Robert Peace
30
A Spool of Blue Thread (Anne Tyler)
A Spool of Blue Thread
Anne Tyler
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Still Alice (Lisa Genova)
Still Alice
Lisa Genova
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A Thousand Splendid Suns (Khaled Hosseini)
A Thousand Splendid Suns
Khaled Hosseini
33
To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
To Kill a Mockingbird
Harper Lee
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Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption
Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption
35
Vanity Fair (William Thackeray)
Vanity Fair
William Thackeray
36
Welcome to Braggsville (T. Geronimo Johnson)
Welcome to Braggsville
T. Geronimo Johnson
37
When Breath Becomes Air (Paul Kalanithi)
When Breath Becomes Air
Paul Kalanithi
38
Wild (Cheryl Strayed)
Wild
Cheryl Strayed
39
Wuthering Heights (Emily Brontë)
Wuthering Heights
Emily Brontë
40
The Year of Magical Thinking (Joan Didion)
The Year of Magical Thinking
Joan Didion
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