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50 Books That Will Help You Become an Adult

Inspired by Buzzfeed's "31 Amazing Books That Just May Help You Be An Adult," but expanded and edited based on what this adult think helped him get to where he is.
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Room (Emma Donoghue)
Room
Emma Donoghue
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Between the World and Me (Ta-Nehisi Coates)
Between the World and Me
Ta-Nehisi Coates
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The Bluest Eye (Toni Morrison)
The Bluest Eye
Toni Morrison
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Fangirl (Rainbow Rowell)
Fangirl
Rainbow Rowell
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The Diary of a Young Girl (Anne Frank)
The Diary of a Young Girl
Anne Frank
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Interpreter of Maladies (Jhumpa Lahiri)
Interpreter of Maladies
Jhumpa Lahiri
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The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle (Haruki Murakami)
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
Haruki Murakami
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The Year of Magical Thinking (Joan Didion)
The Year of Magical Thinking
Joan Didion
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Grace's Guide (Grace Helbig)
Grace's Guide
Grace Helbig
10
Anne of Green Gables (L.M. Montgomery)
Anne of Green Gables
L.M. Montgomery
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Amusing Ourselves to Death
Amusing Ourselves to Death
12
Rising Strong (Brené Brown)
Rising Strong
Brené Brown
13
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Douglas Adams)
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Douglas Adams
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Love in a Fallen City (Eileen Chang)
Love in a Fallen City
Eileen Chang
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The Last Lecture (Randy Pausch)
The Last Lecture
Randy Pausch
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White Teeth (Zadie Smith)
White Teeth
Zadie Smith
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Their Eyes Were Watching God (Zora Neale Hurston)
Their Eyes Were Watching God
Zora Neale Hurston
18
The House on Mango Street (Sandra Cisneros)
The House on Mango Street
Sandra Cisneros
19
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (Muriel Spark)
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
Muriel Spark
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To All the Boys I've Loved Before (Jenny Han)
To All the Boys I've Loved Before
Jenny Han
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David Copperfield (Charles Dickens)
David Copperfield
Charles Dickens
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A Song of Ice and Fire (George R. R. Martin)
A Song of Ice and Fire
George R. R. Martin
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Bridget Jones's Diary (Helen Fielding)
Bridget Jones's Diary
Helen Fielding
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Pretty Little Mistakes (Heather McElhatton)
Pretty Little Mistakes
Heather McElhatton
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Speak, Memory (Vladimir Nabokov)
Speak, Memory
Vladimir Nabokov
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Marriage, a History: How Love Conquered Marriage (Stephanie Coontz)
Marriage, a History: How Love Conquered Marriage
Stephanie Coontz
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The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Mark Twain)
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Mark Twain
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Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead (Sheryl Sandberg)
Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead
Sheryl Sandberg
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Jane Eyre (Charlotte Bronte)
Jane Eyre
Charlotte Bronte
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The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics (Daniel James Brown)
The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics
Daniel James Brown
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Tao Te Ching (Lao-Tzu)
Tao Te Ching
Lao-Tzu
32
The Gospels
The Gospels
33
Love Medicine (Louise Erdrich)
Love Medicine
Louise Erdrich
34
Emma (Jane Austen)
Emma
Jane Austen
35
Bad Feminist (Roxane Gay)
Bad Feminist
Roxane Gay
36
Fun Home (Alison Bechdel)
Fun Home
Alison Bechdel
37
Mother Night (Kurt Vonnegut)
Mother Night
Kurt Vonnegut
38
Ghana Must Go
Ghana Must Go
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The Stranger (Albert Camus)
The Stranger
Albert Camus
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The New Jim Crow (Alexander)
The New Jim Crow
Alexander
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