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50 Books to Read by Age 50

Your essential short list of novels, nonfiction and biographies Got some time on your hands? This list of 50 great books is a good way to raise your literary IQ. It's by no means the "definitive" list, but each of these masterpieces is at least as relevant and powerful today as when it was written. And they're all still terrific reads.
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The Odyssey
The Odyssey
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The Illiad
The Illiad
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Hamlet
Hamlet
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The Bible
The Bible
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Frankenstein
Frankenstein
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The Count of Monte Cristo
The Count of Monte Cristo
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David Copperfield
David Copperfield
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Moby Dick (Herman Melville)
Moby Dick (Herman Melville)
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Les Mis
Les Mis
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War and Peace (Leo Tolstoy)
War and Peace (Leo Tolstoy)
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The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Mark Twain)
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Mark Twain)
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Dracula (Bram Stoker)
Dracula (Bram Stoker)
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The Jungle (Upton Sinclair)
The Jungle (Upton Sinclair)
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The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
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As I Lay Dying (William Faulkner)
As I Lay Dying (William Faulkner)
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Tropic of Cancer (Henry Miller)
Tropic of Cancer (Henry Miller)
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Gone With the Wind (Margaret Mitchell)
Gone With the Wind (Margaret Mitchell)
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The Grapes of Wrath
The Grapes of Wrath
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For Whom the Bell Tolls
For Whom the Bell Tolls
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Fountainhead
Fountainhead
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The Diary of a Young Girl
The Diary of a Young Girl
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Animal Farm
Animal Farm
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The Naked and the Dead
The Naked and the Dead
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1984 (George Orwell)
1984 (George Orwell)
25
The Natural
The Natural
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Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
27
Profiles in Courage
Profiles in Courage
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Doctor Zhivago (Boris Pasternak)
Doctor Zhivago (Boris Pasternak)
29
Green Eggs and Ham (Dr. Seuss)
Green Eggs and Ham (Dr. Seuss)
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To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
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Night
Night
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The Making of the President 1960 by Theodore H. White
The Making of the President 1960 by Theodore H. White
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Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
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One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
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In Cold Blood
In Cold Blood
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Slaughterhouse-Five (Kurt Vonnegut)
Slaughterhouse-Five (Kurt Vonnegut)
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Burr
Burr
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Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance (Robert M Pirsig)
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance (Robert M Pirsig)
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Ragtime (E.L. Doctorow)
Ragtime (E.L. Doctorow)
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The Tao of Physics (Fritjof Capra)
The Tao of Physics (Fritjof Capra)
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