An extensive (but by no means complete) list of books to spend reading in the next weeks, months and years – however long you have before hitting the big Four-Oh
Compiling this list felt almost like too much responsibility. After all, who am I to provide the definitive list of books to read before you're 40? But fear not, I have a defence prepared.
I am an avid reader – on a bad week I’ll probably only read one book. I write and have written books and I review books. So I’ve decreed it, I’m doing the damn list. I did seek input lest it all get a bit too subjective on this list and perhaps this could serve as a bit ofInitially, I tried to limit the inclusions by utilising subheadings. I opted for Heavy Hitters, Thinkers and Bangers as my categories. Heavy Hitters being the big ‘uns, the Dickens, Dostoevskys and De Beauvoirs, the Thinkers being the ones that ain’t pretty necessarily, but leave you changed none the less.
And so here is an extensive list of books to spend reading in the next weeks, months and years – however long you have before hitting the big Four-Oh, by which time my follow up list 60 Books To Read Before Your 60 will hopefully be ready.Considered a modern classic, The Secret History was a smash hit debut for Donna Tartt . Set in an affluent liberal arts college, the story follows a tight-knit group of eccentric Classics students in the aftermath of a terrible deed.
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