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Monika's 250 Books to Read by 40 - Page 2

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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By Night the Mountain Burns (Juan Tomas Avila Laurel)
By Night the Mountain Burns
Juan Tomas Avila Laurel
42
Cancer Ward (Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn)
Cancer Ward
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
43
Cereus Blooms at Night (Shani Mootoo)
Cereus Blooms at Night
Shani Mootoo
44
Chess Story (Stefan Zweig)
Chess Story
Stefan Zweig
45
Child of God (Cormac McCarthy)
Child of God
Cormac McCarthy
46
The Christmas Oratorio
The Christmas Oratorio
47
The Cider House Rules (John Irving)
The Cider House Rules
John Irving
48
The City and the City (China Mieville)
The City and the City
China Mieville
49
Close Quarters (William Golding)
Close Quarters
William Golding
50
Cocaine Nights
Cocaine Nights
51
The Color Purple (Alice Walker)
The Color Purple
Alice Walker
52
The Custom of the Country (Edith Wharton)
The Custom of the Country
Edith Wharton
53
A Dance to the Music of Time (Anthony Powell)
A Dance to the Music of Time
Anthony Powell
54
Dangerous Liaisons (Pierre Choderlos De Laclos)
Dangerous Liaisons
Pierre Choderlos De Laclos
55
Daughters Who Walk This Path (Yejide Kilanko)
Daughters Who Walk This Path
Yejide Kilanko
56
David Copperfield (Charles Dickens)
David Copperfield
Charles Dickens
57
Democracy (Joan Didion)
Democracy
Joan Didion
58
Did You Ever Have a Family (Bill Clegg)
Did You Ever Have a Family
Bill Clegg
59
Down and Out in Paris and London (George Orwell)
Down and Out in Paris and London
George Orwell
60
A Dry White Season
A Dry White Season
61
East of Eden (John Steinbeck)
East of Eden
John Steinbeck
62
The Edible Woman (Margaret Atwood)
The Edible Woman
Margaret Atwood
63
Electric Koolaid Acid Test
Electric Koolaid Acid Test
64
The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer (Siddhartha Mukherjee)
The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer
Siddhartha Mukherjee
65
Everything You Need
Everything You Need
66
Excellent Women (Barbara Pym)
Excellent Women
Barbara Pym
67
Exit West (Mohsin Hamed)
Exit West
Mohsin Hamed
68
Extinction (Thomas Bernhard)
Extinction
Thomas Bernhard
69
The Fall (Albert Camus)
The Fall
Albert Camus
70
Far From the Madding Crowd (Thomas Hardy)
Far From the Madding Crowd
Thomas Hardy
71
A Farewell to Arms (Ernest Hemingway)
A Farewell to Arms
Ernest Hemingway
72
Fear of Flying (Erica Jong)
Fear of Flying
Erica Jong
73
The Feast of the Goat (Mario Vargas Llosa)
The Feast of the Goat
Mario Vargas Llosa
74
Fire Down Below (William Golding)
Fire Down Below
William Golding
75
The Fishermen (Chigozie Obioma)
The Fishermen
Chigozie Obioma
76
Floreana (Margaret Wittmer)
Floreana
Margaret Wittmer
77
For Whom the Bell Tolls (Ernest Hemingway)
For Whom the Bell Tolls
Ernest Hemingway
78
Fordlandia (Greg Grandin)
Fordlandia
Greg Grandin
79
Galore
Galore
80
Gerard Woodward: I'll Go to Bed at Noon
Gerard Woodward: I'll Go to Bed at Noon
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