Adventures in Aging

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8 participants (42 books)

Overview

Books, fiction or nonfiction, featuring people 50 and older as main characters. This challenge is open ended. I look forward to seeing what you find.

Challenge Books

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Goddesses in Older Women: Archetypes in Women Over Fifty by Jean Shinoda Bolen

Goddesses in Older Women: Archetypes in Women Over Fifty

Jean Shinoda Bolen

256 pages • 2001 • 7 editions

nonfiction feminism psychology adventurous reflective slow-paced
The Borrowed Life of Frederick Fife by Anna Johnston

The Borrowed Life of Frederick Fife

Anna Johnston

336 pages • 2024 • 10 editions

fiction contemporary emotional slow-paced
The Housekeeper and the Professor by Yōko Ogawa

The Housekeeper and the Professor

Yōko Ogawa

180 pages • 2003 • 96 editions

fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective medium-paced
Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt

Remarkably Bright Creatures

Shelby Van Pelt

360 pages • 2022 • 116 editions

fiction literary magical realism mystery emotional hopeful medium-paced
Act of God by Jill Ciment

Act of God

Jill Ciment

179 pages • 2015 • 6 editions

fiction science fiction dark reflective fast-paced
An Elderly Lady is Up to No Good by Helene Tursten

An Elderly Lady #1

An Elderly Lady is Up to No Good

Helene Tursten

171 pages • 2018 • 16 editions

fiction crime short stories dark funny fast-paced
Killers of a Certain Age by Deanna Raybourn

Killers of a Certain Age #1

Killers of a Certain Age

Deanna Raybourn

368 pages • 2022 • 24 editions

fiction contemporary thriller adventurous funny mysterious fast-paced
The Secret Diary of Hendrik Groen, 83 1/4 Years Old by Hendrik Groen

Hendrik Groen #1

The Secret Diary of Hendrik Groen, 83 1/4 Years Old

Hendrik Groen

384 pages • 2014 • 55 editions

fiction contemporary emotional funny lighthearted slow-paced
The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared by Jonas Jonasson

The Hundred-Year-Old Man #1

The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared

Jonas Jonasson

396 pages • 2009 • 165 editions

fiction contemporary adventurous funny lighthearted medium-paced
Mr. Loverman by Bernardine Evaristo

Mr. Loverman

Bernardine Evaristo

314 pages • 2013 • 32 editions

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ literary emotional reflective medium-paced