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The Legendary Wolf by Ammar HabibLike a Mule Bringing Ice Cream to the Sun by Sarah Ladipo ManyikaWater for Elephants by Sara GruenThe Old Man and the Sea by Ernest HemingwayOlive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout
Protagonists Over 60
364 books — 175 voters
Aging, Ailments and Attitudes by Cathy Lee PhillipsA Man Called Ove by Fredrik BackmanMy Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry by Fredrik BackmanThe Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins ReidThe Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry by Rachel Joyce
[ATY 2022] Aging, or The Golden Years
218 books — 164 voters

Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe by Fannie FlaggThe Color Purple by Alice WalkerWoman of a Certain Rage by Georgie HallNo Sex Please, I'm Menopausal! by Stevie TurnerThe Hot Flash Club by Nancy Thayer
Menopause in Fiction
75 books — 32 voters
Pearls by Dot NuechterleinThe Shell Seekers by Rosamunde PilcherHow to Age Disgracefully by Clare PooleyAged to Perfection by Niloufar LamakanFried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe by Fannie Flagg
Growing older disgracefully
31 books — 25 voters

The Carer by Scott  L. NelsonAlzheimer's Disease by Mary T. NewportStill Alice by Lisa GenovaLosing My Mind by Thomas DeBaggioTangles by Sarah Leavitt
Alzheimer's/demetia memoirs
85 books — 22 voters
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button by F. Scott FitzgeraldCharlie and the Great Glass Elevator by Roald DahlElsewhere by Gabrielle ZevinThe Thief Lord by Cornelia FunkeThe Confessions of Max Tivoli by Andrew Sean Greer
Aging Backwards
34 books — 19 voters

Bill Cosby by Sandra ZieglerJared, the Subway Guy by Jared FogleIt's Not About the Bike by Lance ArmstrongFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburySex and the City by Candace Bushnell
Books that aged poorly
103 books — 17 voters

Dog Shaming by Pascale LemireWilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge by Mem FoxColors by Deborah DrapacFlowers by Matthew SchneiderThrough the Seasons by Cynthia R. Green
picture books for those with dementia
94 books — 16 voters
The Carer by Scott  L. NelsonDementia by Stephen                LewisRouted to Heaven  by Julie Bonn BlankJust Show Up by Kara TippettsMein Leben mit Frontotemporaler Demenz by Raimund Oberschmid
Hard Seasons
24 books — 15 voters


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