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Penguin Random House - 40 Books to Read Before You're 40

Penguin Random House compiled a list of books they think people should read before they turn 40. Regardless of your age, how many of these books have you already read?
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Unaccustomed Earth (Jhumpa Lahiri)
Unaccustomed Earth
1
Jhumpa Lahiri
The Remains of the Day (Kazuo Ishiguro)
The Remains of the Day
2
Kazuo Ishiguro
Middlemarch (George Eliot)
Middlemarch
3
George Eliot
The Year of Magical Thinking (Joan Didion)
The Year of Magical Thinking
4
Joan Didion
The Chosen (Chaim Potok)
The Chosen
5
Chaim Potok
A Little Life (Hanya Yanagihara)
A Little Life
6
Hanya Yanagihara
The Age of Innocence (Edith Wharton)
The Age of Innocence
7
Edith Wharton
American Pastoral (Philip Roth)
American Pastoral
8
Philip Roth
The Interestings (Meg Wolitzer)
The Interestings
9
Meg Wolitzer
War and Peace (Leo Tolstoy)
War and Peace
10
Leo Tolstoy
Dear Life (Alice Munro)
Dear Life
11
Alice Munro
Big Magic (Elizabeth Gilbert)
Big Magic
12
Elizabeth Gilbert
A House for Mr. Biswas (Mr. Biswas)
A House for Mr. Biswas
13
Mr. Biswas
The Razor's Edge (W. Somerset Maugham)
The Razor's Edge
14
W. Somerset Maugham
The Portable Dorothy Parker (Dorothy Parker)
The Portable Dorothy Parker
15
Dorothy Parker
Ulysses (James Joyce)
Ulysses
16
James Joyce
A Thousand Splendid Suns (Khaled Hosseini)
A Thousand Splendid Suns
17
Khaled Hosseini
Man's Search for Meaning (Viktor Frankl)
Man's Search for Meaning
18
Viktor Frankl
The Sea (John Banville)
The Sea
19
John Banville
Leaves of Grass (Walt Whitman)
Leaves of Grass
20
Walt Whitman
Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
Lolita
21
Vladimir Nabokov
A Town Like Alice (Nevil Shute)
A Town Like Alice
22
Nevil Shute
The Sense of an Ending (Julian Barnes)
The Sense of an Ending
23
Julian Barnes
Celebrations, Rituals of Peace and Prayer
Celebrations, Rituals of Peace and Prayer
24
People of the Book (Geraldine Brooks)
People of the Book
25
Geraldine Brooks
Cloud Atlas (David Mitchell)
Cloud Atlas
26
David Mitchell
Wuthering Heights (Emily Brontë)
Wuthering Heights
27
Emily Brontë
In Cold Blood (Truman Capote)
In Cold Blood
28
Truman Capote
Midnight's Children (Salman Rushdie)
Midnight's Children
29
Salman Rushdie
A Brief History of Seven Killings (Marlon James)
A Brief History of Seven Killings
30
Marlon James
Stag's Leap
Stag's Leap
31
Great Expectations (Charles Dickens)
Great Expectations
32
Charles Dickens
An American Tragedy (Theodore Dreiser)
An American Tragedy
33
Theodore Dreiser
When Breath Becomes Air (Paul Kalanithi)
When Breath Becomes Air
34
Paul Kalanithi
The African Trilogy (Chinua Achebe)
The African Trilogy
35
Chinua Achebe
One Hundred Years of Solitude (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)
One Hundred Years of Solitude
36
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Alexander Hamilton (Ron Chernow)
Alexander Hamilton
37
Ron Chernow
We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves (Karen Joy Fowler)
We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves
38
Karen Joy Fowler
The Idiot (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
The Idiot
39
Fyodor Dostoevsky
Homegoing (Yaa Gyasi)
Homegoing
40
Yaa Gyasi
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