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50 Books to Read by Age 50 - Page 2

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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Roots (Alex Haley)
Roots
Alex Haley
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Beloved (Toni Morrison)
Beloved
Toni Morrison
43
The Satanic Verses (Salman Rushdie)
The Satanic Verses
Salman Rushdie
44
American Pastoral
American Pastoral
45
John Adams by David McCullough
John Adams by David McCullough
46
The Corrections (Jonathan Franzen)
The Corrections
Jonathan Franzen
47
What Is the What
What Is the What
48
My Life in France
My Life in France
49
Infidel
Infidel
50
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (Hunter S. Thompson)
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Hunter S. Thompson
51
All the President's Men
All the President's Men
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