A Book with a Protagonist Older than 50

The 2024 #SomethingBookishReadingChallenge - hosted by lipglossmaffia

Everyone has a story to tell. Older and (sometimes) wiser, these characters will charm you and keep you wondering what they’ll do next. Don't limit your search to one genre, okay?

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In the Upper Country
Kai Thomas with Milton Barnes (Narrator), Tymika Tafari (Narrator), Wesley French (Narrator)

9 hours, 47 minutes • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction historical literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced

In the Upper Country

Kai Thomas with Milton Barnes (Narrator), Tymika Tafari (Narrator), Wesley French (Narrator)

9 hours, 47 minutes • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction historical literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced

Tuesdays with Morrie
Mitch Albom

210 pages • first pub 1997 (editions)

nonfiction memoir emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced

Tuesdays with Morrie

Mitch Albom

210 pages • first pub 1997 (editions)

nonfiction memoir emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced

Under the Tamarind Tree
Nigar Alam

320 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction historical literary emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

Under the Tamarind Tree

Nigar Alam

320 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction historical literary emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid

The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
Taylor Jenkins Reid

389 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

fiction historical lgbtqia+ literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced

The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo

Taylor Jenkins Reid

389 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

fiction historical lgbtqia+ literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced

Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke

Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
Susanna Clarke

1006 pages • first pub 2004 (editions)

fiction fantasy historical adventurous mysterious slow-paced

Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell

Susanna Clarke

1006 pages • first pub 2004 (editions)

fiction fantasy historical adventurous mysterious slow-paced

The Brilliant Life of Eudora Honeysett by Annie Lyons

The Brilliant Life of Eudora Honeysett
Annie Lyons with Nicolette McKenzie (Narrator)

10 hours, 39 minutes • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction contemporary emotional reflective medium-paced

The Brilliant Life of Eudora Honeysett

Annie Lyons with Nicolette McKenzie (Narrator)

10 hours, 39 minutes • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction contemporary emotional reflective medium-paced

Fledgling
Octavia E. Butler with Adenderle Ojo (Narrator)

12 hours, 22 minutes • first pub 2005 (editions)

fiction fantasy horror lgbtqia+ dark mysterious tense medium-paced

Fledgling

Octavia E. Butler with Adenderle Ojo (Narrator)

12 hours, 22 minutes • first pub 2005 (editions)

fiction fantasy horror lgbtqia+ dark mysterious tense medium-paced

Doppelgänger
Daša Drndić with S. D. Curtis (Translator), Celia Hawkesworth (Translator)

160 pages • first pub 2002 (editions)

fiction literary dark reflective medium-paced

Doppelgänger

Daša Drndić with S. D. Curtis (Translator), Celia Hawkesworth (Translator)

160 pages • first pub 2002 (editions)

fiction literary dark reflective medium-paced

The House of Plain Truth by Donna Hemans

The House of Plain Truth
Donna Hemans

288 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

fiction literary emotional reflective slow-paced

The House of Plain Truth

Donna Hemans

288 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

fiction literary emotional reflective slow-paced

Three Apples Fell from the Sky by Narine Abgaryan

Three Apples Fell from the Sky
Narine Abgaryan with Anoush NeVart (Narrator), Lisa C. Hayden (Translator)

8 hours, 10 minutes • first pub 2015 (editions)

fiction contemporary magical realism hopeful relaxing slow-paced

Three Apples Fell from the Sky

Narine Abgaryan with Anoush NeVart (Narrator), Lisa C. Hayden (Translator)

8 hours, 10 minutes • first pub 2015 (editions)

fiction contemporary magical realism hopeful relaxing slow-paced

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