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Monika's 250 Books to Read by 40

With a little over 5 years to go, I decided that it was a good idea to make a list of 250 books I want to have under my belt when I'm 40 (in the year of 2023). Some are books I want to read again and the rest are what popped into my head at 34. Should be a little of everything and all my from my shelves. Hopefully ListChallenges is still around then.
(Knowing myself right I'll probably end up reading every book but the ones on this list.)
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13 Ways of Looking at a Fat Girl (Mona Awad)
13 Ways of Looking at a Fat Girl
Mona Awad
2
2666 (Roberto Bolano)
2666
Roberto Bolano
3
The Age of Innocence (Edith Wharton)
The Age of Innocence
Edith Wharton
4
Almost Transparent Blue - Ryu Murakami
Almost Transparent Blue - Ryu Murakami
5
American Gods (Neil Gaiman)
American Gods
Neil Gaiman
6
An African in Greenland (Tété-Michel Kpomassie)
An African in Greenland
Tété-Michel Kpomassie
7
An American Tragedy, by Theodore Dreiser
An American Tragedy, by Theodore Dreiser
8
Anna Karenina (Leo Tolstoy)
Anna Karenina
Leo Tolstoy
9
Antarctic Navigation (Elizabeth Arthur)
Antarctic Navigation
Elizabeth Arthur
10
Apocalypse for Beginners (Nicolas Dickner)
Apocalypse for Beginners
Nicolas Dickner
11
Around the World in Eighty Days (Jules Verne)
Around the World in Eighty Days
Jules Verne
12
At Swim, Two Boys (Jamie O'Neill)
At Swim, Two Boys
Jamie O'Neill
13
At Swim-Two-Birds (Flann O'Brien)
At Swim-Two-Birds
Flann O'Brien
14
August Is a Wicked Month (Edna O'Brien)
August Is a Wicked Month
Edna O'Brien
15
Bad Behaviour (Mary Gaitskill)
Bad Behaviour
Mary Gaitskill
16
Bear (Marian Engel)
Bear
Marian Engel
17
The Beautiful Room Is Empty
The Beautiful Room Is Empty
18
Beauty Is a Wound (Eka Kurniawan)
Beauty Is a Wound
Eka Kurniawan
19
Been Down So Long It Looks Like Up to Me (Richard Fariña)
Been Down So Long It Looks Like Up to Me
Richard Fariña
20
The Beggar Maid
The Beggar Maid
21
Bestialitetens Historie (Jens Ingvald Bjørneboe)
Bestialitetens Historie
Jens Ingvald Bjørneboe
22
Blaming
Blaming
23
Bleak House (Charles Dickens)
Bleak House
Charles Dickens
24
Blonde (Joyce Carol Oates)
Blonde
Joyce Carol Oates
25
The Blood Miracles (Lisa McInerney)
The Blood Miracles
Lisa McInerney
26
The Bluest Eye (Toni Morrison)
The Bluest Eye
Toni Morrison
27
Bodies of Light (Sarah Moss)
Bodies of Light
Sarah Moss
28
The Bone People (Keri Hulme)
The Bone People
Keri Hulme
29
The Bonfire of the Vanities (Tom Wolfe)
The Bonfire of the Vanities
Tom Wolfe
30
Bonjour Tristesse by Francois Sagan
Bonjour Tristesse by Francois Sagan
31
Book of Laughter and Forgetting (Milan Kundera)
Book of Laughter and Forgetting
Milan Kundera
32
A Boy's Own Story (Edmund White)
A Boy's Own Story
Edmund White
33
Breakfast of Champions (Kurt Vonnegut)
Breakfast of Champions
Kurt Vonnegut
34
Brideshead Revisited (Evelyn Waugh)
Brideshead Revisited
Evelyn Waugh
35
BRIGHT LIGHTS, BIG CITY (Jay McInerney)
BRIGHT LIGHTS, BIG CITY
Jay McInerney
36
Brighton Rock
Brighton Rock
37
Brooklyn (Colm Toibin)
Brooklyn
Colm Toibin
38
The Brothers Karamazov (Fyodor Dostoyevsky)
The Brothers Karamazov
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
39
Burial Rites (Hannah Kent)
Burial Rites
Hannah Kent
40
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee (Dee Brown)
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
Dee Brown
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