Exceptional books featuring lead characters who are aged 50+ (approximately!)
Mid-Life Onwards
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Enlightenment: A Novel
by Sarah Perry
Hardcover: Jun 2024
Paperback: Jun 2025
A dazzling new work of literary fiction from the author of The Essex Serpent, a story of love and astronomy told over the course of twenty years through the lives of two improbable best friends.
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Spent: A Comic Novel
by Alison Bechdel
Hardcover: May 2025
The celebrated and beloved New York Times bestselling author of the modern classic Fun Home presents a laugh-out-loud, brilliant, and passionately political work of autofiction.
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Old School Indian: A Novel
by Aaron John Curtis
Hardcover: May 2025
A coming-of-middle-age novel about an Ahkwesáhsne man's reluctant return home and what it takes to heal.
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The Alternatives: A Novel
by Caoilinn Hughes
Hardcover: Apr 2024
Paperback: Apr 2025
From the writer Anthony Doerr calls "a massive talent," the story of four brilliant Irish sisters, orphaned in childhood, who scramble to reconnect when the oldest disappears into the Irish countryside.
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It. Goes. So. Fast.: The Year of No Do-Overs
by Mary Louise Kelly
Hardcover: Apr 2023
Paperback: Apr 2025
Operating Instructions meets Glennon Doyle in this new book by famed NPR reporter Mary Louise Kelly that is destined to become a classic—about the year before her son goes to college—and the joys, losses and surprises that happen along ...
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The Usual Desire to Kill: A Novel
by Camilla Barnes
Hardcover: Apr 2025
An often hilarious, surprisingly moving portrait of a long-married couple, seen through the eyes of their wickedly observant daughter—for fans of A Man Called Ove and The Royal Tenenbaums.
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Glorious Exploits: A Novel
by Ferdia Lennon
Hardcover: Mar 2024
Paperback: Mar 2025
An utterly original celebration of that which binds humanity across battle lines and history.
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Waiting for the Monsoon
by Rod Nordland
Hardcover: Mar 2024
Paperback: Mar 2025
A legendary New York Times war correspondent delivers his unforgettable final dispatch: a deeply moving meditation on life inspired by his sudden battle with terminal brain cancer.
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Clear: A Novel
by Carys Davies
Hardcover: Apr 2024
Paperback: Mar 2025
A stunning, exquisite novel from an award-winning writer about a minister dispatched to a remote island off of Scotland to "clear" the last remaining inhabitant, who has no intention of leaving—an unforgettable tale of resilience, change, and ...
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Leaving: A Novel
by Roxana Robinson
Hardcover: Feb 2024
Paperback: Mar 2025
What risks would you be willing to take to fall in love again?
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Long Island: Eilis Lacey Series #2
by Colm Toibin
Hardcover: May 2024
Paperback: Feb 2025
From the beloved, critically acclaimed New York Times bestselling author comes a spectacularly moving and intense novel of secrecy, misunderstanding, and love, the story of Eilis Lacey, the complex and enigmatic heroine of Brooklyn, Tóibín'...
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Three Days in June: A Novel
by Anne Tyler
Hardcover: Feb 2025
A new Anne Tyler novel destined to be an instant classic: a socially awkward mother of the bride navigates the days before and after her daughter's wedding.
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