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400 Books to Read Before Iii Hit 40

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Good Omens (Terry Pratchett)
Good Omens (Terry Pratchett)
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Black Leopard, Red Wolf (Marlon James)
Black Leopard, Red Wolf (Marlon James)
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Foucault's Pendulum (Umberto Eco)
Foucault's Pendulum (Umberto Eco)
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Hidden Figures (Margot Lee Shetterly)
Hidden Figures (Margot Lee Shetterly)
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Roots (Alex Haley)
Roots (Alex Haley)
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The Sparrow (Mary Doria Russell)
The Sparrow (Mary Doria Russell)
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Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil (John Berendt)
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil (John Berendt)
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The Painted Veil (W. Somerset Maugham)
The Painted Veil (W. Somerset Maugham)
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Birdsong (Sebastian Faulks)
Birdsong (Sebastian Faulks)
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Barracoon: The Story of the Last "Black Cargo" (Zora Neale Hurston)
Barracoon: The Story of the Last "Black Cargo" (Zora Neale Hurston)
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Clariel (Garth Nix)
Clariel (Garth Nix)
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The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich (William L. Shirer)
The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich (William L. Shirer)
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Buddenbrooks (Thomas Mann)
Buddenbrooks (Thomas Mann)
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Doctor Faustus (Thomas Mann)
Doctor Faustus (Thomas Mann)
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Le Morte D'Arthur (Thomas Malory)
Le Morte D'Arthur (Thomas Malory)
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Sorcerer to the Crown (Zen Cho)
Sorcerer to the Crown (Zen Cho)
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The Prince (Niccolò Machiavelli)
The Prince (Niccolò Machiavelli)
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Friday Black (Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah)
Friday Black (Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah)
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Zuleika Dobson (Max Beerbohm)
Zuleika Dobson (Max Beerbohm)
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Among Others (Jo Walton)
Among Others (Jo Walton)
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From Here to Eternity (James Jones)
From Here to Eternity (James Jones)
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Neuromancer (William Gibson)
Neuromancer (William Gibson)
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The Faerie Queene (Edmund Spenser)
The Faerie Queene (Edmund Spenser)
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Lady Oracle (Margaret Atwood)
Lady Oracle (Margaret Atwood)
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Tampa (Alissa Nutting)
Tampa (Alissa Nutting)
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Don't Call Us Dead: Poems (Danez Smith)
Don't Call Us Dead: Poems (Danez Smith)
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The Last Samurai (Helen Dewitt)
The Last Samurai (Helen Dewitt)
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Gargantua and Pantagruel (Francois Rabelais)
Gargantua and Pantagruel (Francois Rabelais)
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The Cider House Rules (John Irving)
The Cider House Rules (John Irving)
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Falling in Love With Hominids (Nalo Hopkinson)
Falling in Love With Hominids (Nalo Hopkinson)
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Solutions and Other Problems (Allie Brosh)
Solutions and Other Problems (Allie Brosh)
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Sunshine (Robin McKinley)
Sunshine (Robin McKinley)
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The Inconvenient Indian (Thomas King)
The Inconvenient Indian (Thomas King)
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The Anatomy of Melancholy (Robert Burton)
The Anatomy of Melancholy (Robert Burton)
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The Descendants (Kaui Hart Hammings)
The Descendants (Kaui Hart Hammings)
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A Stranger in Olondria (Sofia Samatar)
A Stranger in Olondria (Sofia Samatar)
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Cecilia (Fanny Burney)
Cecilia (Fanny Burney)
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Delusions of Gender (Cordelia Fine)
Delusions of Gender (Cordelia Fine)
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The Black Dahlia (James Ellroy)
The Black Dahlia (James Ellroy)
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The Queue (Basma Abdel Aziz)
The Queue (Basma Abdel Aziz)
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