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Monika's 250 Books to Read by 40 - Page 4

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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Little Women (Louisa May Alcott)
Little Women
Louisa May Alcott
122
The Lonely City: Adventures in the Art of Being Alone (Olivia Laing)
The Lonely City: Adventures in the Art of Being Alone
Olivia Laing
123
Lonesome Traveller (Jack Kerouac)
Lonesome Traveller
Jack Kerouac
124
Lord of the Barnyard (Tristan Egolf)
Lord of the Barnyard
Tristan Egolf
125
The Lost Language of Cranes
The Lost Language of Cranes
126
The Lover (Marguerite Duras)
The Lover
Marguerite Duras
127
M Train (Patti Smith)
M Train
Patti Smith
128
The Magic Mountain (Thomas Mann)
The Magic Mountain
Thomas Mann
129
Mason & Dixon (Thomas Pynchon)
Mason & Dixon
Thomas Pynchon
130
The Master and Margarita (Mikhail Bulgakov)
The Master and Margarita
Mikhail Bulgakov
131
Mating (Norman Rush)
Mating
Norman Rush
132
Metamorphosis (Franz Kafka)
Metamorphosis
Franz Kafka
133
Mr Norris Changes Trains (Christopher Isherwood)
Mr Norris Changes Trains
Christopher Isherwood
134
My Uncle Napoleon (Iraj Pezeshkzad)
My Uncle Napoleon
Iraj Pezeshkzad
135
Mysteries (Knut Hamsun)
Mysteries
Knut Hamsun
136
Native Son (Richard Wright)
Native Son
Richard Wright
137
Nights at the Circus (Angela Carter)
Nights at the Circus
Angela Carter
138
The Nun (Denis Diderot)
The Nun
Denis Diderot
139
One Hundred Years of Solitude (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)
One Hundred Years of Solitude
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
140
Orlando (Virginia Woolf)
Orlando
Virginia Woolf
141
The Orphan Master's Son (Adam Johnson)
The Orphan Master's Son
Adam Johnson
142
Our Lady of the Assassins
Our Lady of the Assassins
143
Our Lady of the Nile (Scholastique Mukasonga)
Our Lady of the Nile
Scholastique Mukasonga
144
Outer Dark (Cormac McCarthy)
Outer Dark
Cormac McCarthy
145
The Panopticon
The Panopticon
146
Paradise (Toni Morrison)
Paradise
Toni Morrison
147
The Penelopiad (Margaret Atwood)
The Penelopiad
Margaret Atwood
148
The People in the Trees (Hanya Yanagihara)
The People in the Trees
Hanya Yanagihara
149
Perfume (Patrick Suskind)
Perfume
Patrick Suskind
150
Petals of Blood
Petals of Blood
151
The Piano Teacher (Elfriede Jelinek)
The Piano Teacher
Elfriede Jelinek
152
The Picture of Dorian Gray (Oscar Wilde)
The Picture of Dorian Gray
Oscar Wilde
153
Pnin (Vladimir Nabokov)
Pnin
Vladimir Nabokov
154
The Power (Naomi Alderman)
The Power
Naomi Alderman
155
The Power and the Glory (Graham Greene)
The Power and the Glory
Graham Greene
156
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (Muriel Spark)
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
Muriel Spark
157
The Prophets of Eternal Fjord (Kim Leine)
The Prophets of Eternal Fjord
Kim Leine
158
Purity (Jonathan Franzen)
Purity
Jonathan Franzen
159
Queer (William S. Burroughs)
Queer
William S. Burroughs
160
The Quiet American (Graham Greene)
The Quiet American
Graham Greene
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