40 Books to Read Before Turning 40
The manual for making your first four decades the most joyful, wise and stress-free of your life.
By Leigh Newman
14 of 40
The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson
By Emily Dickinson
770 pages;
Back Bay Books
She wrote almost 1,800 poems, but few were published in her lifetime. She rarely left her room, much less her father's house; locals regarded her as an eccentric. Yet Dickinson's verse grappled with big issues—love and death and solitude—and her passion is nearly unparalleled.
Published 03/18/2011
