At 40: Books I've Managed to Read So Far!

You will notice my taste varies from horror to world lit, fiction and non-fiction, etc...
When there were book series I read as a kid I just included it as a single item so as not to inundate everyone with a thousand Goosebumps, Nancy Drew, and Boxcar Children Books (not that I remember all the books I read as a kid anyways. There are a few I could describe and can't find, etc... so this list is incomplete. Enjoy!

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The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian (Sherman Alexie)

The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian

1

Sherman Alexie

The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle (Arthur Conan Doyle)

The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle

2

Arthur Conan Doyle

After Midnight (Irmgard Keun)

After Midnight

3

Irmgard Keun

Afterlives (Abdulrazak Gurnah)

Afterlives

4

Abdulrazak Gurnah

Agamemnon's Daughter (Ismail Kadare)

Agamemnon's Daughter

5

Ismail Kadare

The Age of Reason (Jean-Paul Sartre)

The Age of Reason

6

Jean-Paul Sartre

Agnes Grey (Anne Brontë)

Agnes Grey

7

Anne Brontë

American Fascists (Chris Hedges)

American Fascists

8

Chris Hedges

Americanah (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie)

Americanah

9

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

An Ordinary Person's Guide to Empire (Arundhati Roy)

An Ordinary Person's Guide to Empire

10

Arundhati Roy

Anarchism and Other Essays (Emma Goldman)

Anarchism and Other Essays

11

Emma Goldman

And Then There Were None (Agatha Christie)

And Then There Were None

12

Agatha Christie

And the Weak Suffer What They Must? (Yanis Varoufakis)

And the Weak Suffer What They Must?

13

Yanis Varoufakis

Anne Frank: the Diary of a Young Girl (Anne Frank)

Anne Frank: the Diary of a Young Girl

14

Anne Frank

Another Day of Life (Ryszard Kapuscinski)

Another Day of Life

15

Ryszard Kapuscinski

Anxious People (Fredrik Backman)

Anxious People

16

Fredrik Backman

Are Prisons Obsolete? (Angela Y. Davis)

Are Prisons Obsolete?

17

Angela Y. Davis

Arthur Rimbaud - Complete Works (Arthur Rimbaud)

Arthur Rimbaud - Complete Works

18

Arthur Rimbaud

The Autobiography of Malcolm X (Malcolm X)

The Autobiography of Malcolm X

19

Malcolm X

The Awakening (Kate Chopin)

The Awakening

20

Kate Chopin

Azadi: Freedom. Fascism. Fiction. (Arundhati Roy)

Azadi: Freedom. Fascism. Fiction.

21

Arundhati Roy

A Baby in a Backpack to Bhutan: An Australian Family in the Land of the Thunder Dragon (Bunty Avieson)

A Baby in a Backpack to Bhutan: An Australian Family in the Land of the Thunder Dragon

22

Bunty Avieson

Bad Cree (Jessica Johns)

Bad Cree

23

Jessica Johns

Bad Feminist (Roxane Gay)

Bad Feminist

24

Roxane Gay

Bai Ganyo: Incredible Tales of a Modern Bulgarian (Aleko Konstantinov)

Bai Ganyo: Incredible Tales of a Modern Bulgarian

25

Aleko Konstantinov

The Barefoot Book of Ballet Stories (Jane Yolen, Heidi E. Y. Stemple)

The Barefoot Book of Ballet Stories

26

Jane Yolen, Heidi E. Y. Stemple

The Barefoot Book of Fairy Tales (Malachy Doyle)

The Barefoot Book of Fairy Tales

27

Malachy Doyle

Barracoon: The Story of the Last "Black Cargo" (Zora Neale Hurston)

Barracoon: The Story of the Last "Black Cargo"

28

Zora Neale Hurston

The Beach (Alex Garland)

The Beach

29

Alex Garland

The Beggar and the Hare (Tuomas Kyrö)

The Beggar and the Hare

30

Tuomas Kyrö

Beowulf (Anonymous)

Beowulf

31

Anonymous

Between the Assassinations (Aravind Adiga)

Between the Assassinations

32

Aravind Adiga

A Bewitched Place and Other Stories (Nicolai Gogol)

A Bewitched Place and Other Stories

33

Nicolai Gogol

The BFG (Roald Dahl)

The BFG

34

Roald Dahl

Biopiracy: The Plunder of Nature and Knowledge (Vandana Shiva)

Biopiracy: The Plunder of Nature and Knowledge

35

Vandana Shiva

Blackwater (Jeremy Scahill)

Blackwater

36

Jeremy Scahill

The Blood of Others (Simone De Beauvoir)

The Blood of Others

37

Simone De Beauvoir

Book of Laughter and Forgetting (Milan Kundera)

Book of Laughter and Forgetting

38

Milan Kundera

Born a Crime (Trevor Noah)

Born a Crime

39

Trevor Noah

The Boxcar Children (Gertrude Chandler Warner)

The Boxcar Children

40

Gertrude Chandler Warner

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