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    The best books on Midlife Crisis, recommended by Kieran Setiya

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    The best books on Midlife Crisis - In Our Prime: The Invention of Middle Age by Patricia Cohen

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    In Our Prime: The Invention of Middle Age
    by Patricia Cohen

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    The best books on Midlife Crisis - The Summer Before the Dark by Doris Lessing

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    The Summer Before the Dark
    by Doris Lessing

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    The best books on Midlife Crisis - The Information by Martin Amis

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    The Information
    by Martin Amis

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    The best books on Midlife Crisis - How to Live: A Life of Montaigne in One Question and Twenty Attempts at an Answer by Sarah Bakewell

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    How to Live: A Life of Montaigne in One Question and Twenty Attempts at an Answer
    by Sarah Bakewell

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    The best books on Midlife Crisis - Middle Age by Christopher Hamilton

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    Middle Age
    by Christopher Hamilton

  • The best books on Midlife Crisis - In Our Prime: The Invention of Middle Age by Patricia Cohen
  • The best books on Midlife Crisis - The Summer Before the Dark by Doris Lessing
  • The best books on Midlife Crisis - The Information by Martin Amis
  • The best books on Midlife Crisis - How to Live: A Life of Montaigne in One Question and Twenty Attempts at an Answer by Sarah Bakewell
  • The best books on Midlife Crisis - Middle Age by Christopher Hamilton

The best books on Midlife Crisis, recommended by Kieran Setiya

It’s an observable phenomenon that the gap in life satisfaction between the very young and the very old with those in their 40s is equivalent to that associated with getting a divorce. Kieran Setiya, the MIT philosopher and author of Midlife: A Philosophical Guide, chooses the best books to counsel you through this difficult period.

The best books on Midlife Crisis, recommended by Kieran Setiya

    The best books on Ageing, recommended by Kathleen Taylor

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    The best books on Ageing - Gilead: A Novel by Marilynne Robinson

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    Gilead: A Novel
    by Marilynne Robinson

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    The best books on Ageing - The Warden by Anthony Trollope

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    The Warden
    by Anthony Trollope

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    The best books on Ageing - How We Die: Reflections on Life's Final Chapter by Sherwin Nuland

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    How We Die: Reflections on Life's Final Chapter
    by Sherwin Nuland

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    The best books on Ageing - How to Grow Old: Ancient Wisdom for the Second Half of Life by Marcus Tullius Cicero

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    How to Grow Old: Ancient Wisdom for the Second Half of Life
    by Marcus Tullius Cicero

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    The best books on Ageing - King Lear by William Shakespeare

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    King Lear
    by William Shakespeare

  • The best books on Ageing - Gilead: A Novel by Marilynne Robinson
  • The best books on Ageing - The Warden by Anthony Trollope
  • The best books on Ageing - How We Die: Reflections on Life's Final Chapter by Sherwin Nuland
  • The best books on Ageing - How to Grow Old: Ancient Wisdom for the Second Half of Life by Marcus Tullius Cicero
  • The best books on Ageing - King Lear by William Shakespeare

The best books on Ageing, recommended by Kathleen Taylor

Old age. We all hope to reach it, but there are big differences between a ‘good’ old age and one beset by dementia or Alzheimer’s. Neuroscientist and science writer, Kathleen Taylor, talks us through the latest science on ageing and the literary works that can give us a clearer picture of what it’s all about.

The best books on Ageing, recommended by Kathleen Taylor

    The best books on Ageing, recommended by Margaret Drabble

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    The best books on Ageing - Late Call by Angus Wilson

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    Late Call
    by Angus Wilson

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    The best books on Ageing - The Coming of Age by Simone de Beauvoir

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    The Coming of Age
    by Simone de Beauvoir

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    The best books on Ageing - Ammonites and Leaping Fish: A Life in Time by Penelope Lively

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    Ammonites and Leaping Fish: A Life in Time
    by Penelope Lively

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    The best books on Ageing - The Long Life by Helen Small

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    The Long Life
    by Helen Small

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    The best books on Ageing - Unexpected Lessons in Love by Bernardine Bishop

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    Unexpected Lessons in Love
    by Bernardine Bishop

  • The best books on Ageing - Late Call by Angus Wilson
  • The best books on Ageing - The Coming of Age by Simone de Beauvoir
  • The best books on Ageing - Ammonites and Leaping Fish: A Life in Time by Penelope Lively
  • The best books on Ageing - The Long Life by Helen Small
  • The best books on Ageing - Unexpected Lessons in Love by Bernardine Bishop

The best books on Ageing, recommended by Margaret Drabble

Is old age necessarily degrading? Should we leave home in our final years? Is there ever a good time to go? Novelist, biographer and critic Dame Margaret Drabble, now aged 80, discusses the difficult questions that arise as we age—and recommends five books that examine them in depth.

The best books on Ageing, recommended by Margaret Drabble

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