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Penguin Random House: 50 Books to Read Before You're 50

"This list covers history, cookbooks, fiction, and poetry to help navigate a new stage of life. There are also a few classics that you should have read by now regardless! How many of the below books have you read?" (The ReadDown, Penguin Random House)
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My Life in France (Julia Child)
My Life in France
Julia Child
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A Field Guide to Getting Lost (Rebecca Solnit)
A Field Guide to Getting Lost
Rebecca Solnit
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The Signature of All Things (Elizabeth Gilbert)
The Signature of All Things
Elizabeth Gilbert
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Everything in Its Place (Oliver Sacks)
Everything in Its Place
Oliver Sacks
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Walden and Civil Disobedience (Henry David Thoreau)
Walden and Civil Disobedience
Henry David Thoreau
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Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
Brave New World
Aldous Huxley
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Notes From Underground (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
Notes From Underground
Fyodor Dostoevsky
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Cook Like a Pro (Ina Garten)
Cook Like a Pro
Ina Garten
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The Second Sex (Simone De Beauvoir)
The Second Sex
Simone De Beauvoir
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The Friend (Sigrid Nunez)
The Friend
Sigrid Nunez
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The Source of Self-Regard: Selected Essays, Speeches, and Meditations (Toni Morrison)
The Source of Self-Regard: Selected Essays, Speeches, and Meditations
Toni Morrison
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What We Talk About When We Talk About Love (Raymond Carver)
What We Talk About When We Talk About Love
Raymond Carver
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Dubliners (James Joyce)
Dubliners
James Joyce
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Love Poems (For Married People) (John Kenney)
Love Poems (For Married People)
John Kenney
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Last Orders Graham Swift
Last Orders Graham Swift
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Of Human Bondage (W Somerset Maugham)
Of Human Bondage
W Somerset Maugham
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Salt (Mark Kurlansky)
Salt
Mark Kurlansky
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The Blind Assassin (Margaret Atwood)
The Blind Assassin
Margaret Atwood
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Becoming (Michelle Obama)
Becoming
Michelle Obama
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Days Without End (Sebastian Barry)
Days Without End
Sebastian Barry
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Bird by Bird (Anne Lamott)
Bird by Bird
Anne Lamott
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The Good Soldier (Ford Madox Ford)
The Good Soldier
Ford Madox Ford
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Option B (Sheryl Sandberg & Adam Grant)
Option B
Sheryl Sandberg & Adam Grant
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The Life Changing Magic of Tidying Up (Marie Kondo)
The Life Changing Magic of Tidying Up
Marie Kondo
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Atomic Habits (James Clear)
Atomic Habits
James Clear
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The Omnivore's Dilemma (Michael Pollan)
The Omnivore's Dilemma
Michael Pollan
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The Art of Travel (Alain De Botton)
The Art of Travel
Alain De Botton
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The Makioka Sisters (Jun'ichirō Tanizaki, Trans. Edward Seidensticker)
The Makioka Sisters
Jun'ichirō Tanizaki, Trans. Edward Seidensticker
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Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet (Jamie Ford)
Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet
Jamie Ford
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Istanbul: Memories and the City (Orhan Pamuk)
Istanbul: Memories and the City
Orhan Pamuk
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Before We Were Yours (Lisa Wingate)
Before We Were Yours
Lisa Wingate
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House of Leaves (Mark Danielewski)
House of Leaves
Mark Danielewski
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A Year in Provence (Peter Mayle)
A Year in Provence
Peter Mayle
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The Rape of Europa: The Fate of Europe's Treasures in the Third Reich and the Second World War (Lynn H. Nicholas)
The Rape of Europa: The Fate of Europe's Treasures in the Third Reich and the Second World War
Lynn H. Nicholas
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Sons and Lovers (D.H. Lawrence)
Sons and Lovers
D.H. Lawrence
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Wanderlust: A History of Walking (Rebecca Solnit)
Wanderlust: A History of Walking
Rebecca Solnit
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The Artist's Way – a Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity (Julia Cameron)
The Artist's Way – a Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity
Julia Cameron
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So Much Life Left Over (Louis De Bernieres)
So Much Life Left Over
Louis De Bernieres
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Go Tell It on the Mountain (James Baldwin)
Go Tell It on the Mountain
James Baldwin
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The Reader (Bernhard Schlink)
The Reader
Bernhard Schlink
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