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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
365 books — 175 voters
A Man Called Ove by Fredrik BackmanMy Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry by Fredrik BackmanThe Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry by Rachel JoyceThe Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins ReidThe Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Di... by Jonas Jonasson
[ATY 2022] Aging, or The Golden Years
217 books — 130 voters

A Christmas Carol by Charles DickensThe Remains of the Day by Kazuo IshiguroKing Lear by William ShakespeareThe Old Man and the Sea by Ernest HemingwayMacbeth by William Shakespeare
40+ Main Characters
334 books — 88 voters
Without a Map by Lisa Steele-MaleyLoving Someone Who Has Dementia by Pauline G. BossWatching Her Go by Ann ChildressElder Care by Lori A Caputo-HartfordThe 36-Hour Day by Nancy L. Mace
Best Caregiving Books: Alzheimer's/Dementia and Eldercare
214 books — 83 voters

She Who Wins by Renée C. BauerPiloting Your Life by Terri Hanson MeadThe Jamange Line by The ConductorWild Swans by Jung ChangCleopatra by Stacy Schiff
Nonfiction Books that might especially appeal to women over 40.
170 books — 59 voters
Phenomena by Susan TarrWithout MAlice by Amesbury ClarkeThe Carer by Scott L. NelsonCabbie with a Dangerous Mind by Karl WigginsAnxiety by Danny Winter
books on brain disorders
20 books — 58 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
77 books — 34 voters
Pearls by Dot NuechterleinThe Shell Seekers by Rosamunde PilcherAged to Perfection by Niloufar LamakanHow to Age Disgracefully by Clare PooleyFried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe by Fannie Flagg
Growing older disgracefully
32 books — 26 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
104 books — 18 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
95 books — 17 voters

The Carer by Scott L. NelsonDementia by Stephen LewisWintering by Katherine MayMein Leben mit Frontotemporaler Demenz by Raimund OberschmidJust Show Up by Kara Tippetts
Hard Seasons
25 books — 16 voters
Beyond the Fountain of Youth by Julian Robert Gershon Jr.Runaway Train by Sandra L. Kearse-StocktonThe Patient Will See You Now by Eric J. TopolResetting Healthcare Post-COVID-19 Pandemic by Sanjay PrasadThe 21st Century Man by Judson Brandeis
Important Books About The Future of U.S. Health Care
15 books — 15 voters

The Rocking Chair Rebellion by Eth CliffordGrandpa's Great Escape by David WalliamsWhat About Grandma? by Hadley IrwinAlice with Golden Hair by Eleanor Means HullEscape from Shangri-La by Michael Morpurgo
Nursing Homes in YA and Middle Grade Fiction
104 books — 11 voters
The Scientific Conquest of Death by Sebastian SetheEnding Aging by Aubrey de GreyThe Singularity is Near by Ray KurzweilGrief by Shannon StewartRunaway Train by Sandra L. Kearse-Stockton
Books on gerontology, life extension and transhumanism
15 books — 5 voters

Secrets To Natural Testosterone After 40 by Lance MillsRunaway Train by Sandra L. Kearse-StocktonMasculinity Repair Kit in 4 Weeks, Testosterone and more by N. SakrLongevity for the Lazy by Richard MalishAbout Prostate Troubles by Benedict Lust
Top Men's Health Books
9 books — 5 voters
Runaway Train by Sandra L. Kearse-StocktonThe Art of Senior Dating by Ravina M. ChandraSecrets of Dating After Fifty by Karen Haddigan
Life After Fifty: Aging, Dating, & Relationships
3 books — 3 voters

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