Senior Citizen Appreciation

Respect and cherish senior citizens on National Senior Citizens Day on August 21, 2024. Enjoy these books which highlight characters considered to be senior citizens.

Updated July 8, 2024
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The old man and the sea
Hemingway, Ernest
Paper Book
A Scribner Classics Edition Told in his famed powerful and minimalist prose, this story of courage and personal triumph remains one of Ernest Hemingway's most enduring works. The Old Man and the Sea is one of Hemingway's most enduring works. Told in...
The remains of the day
Ishiguro, Kazuo
Paper Book
A compelling portrait of the perfect English butler, who, at the end of his career in postwar England, reviews his life and secretly questions the greatness of the nobleman he served. This Booker Prize-winning novel is now a Merchant-Ivory film starring Anthony Hopkins and Emma Thompson.
A tale for the time being
Ozeki, Ruth L.
Paper Book
A brilliant, unforgettable novel from bestselling author Ruth Ozeki, author of The Book of Form and Emptiness Finalist for the Booker Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Award "A time being is someone who lives in time, and that means you, and me, and...
Drive your plow over the bones of the dead
Tokarczuk, Olga
Paper Book
WINNER OF THE NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE New York Times Readers Pick: 100 Best Books of the 21st Century "A brilliant literary murder mystery." --Chicago Tribune "Extraordinary. Tokarczuk's novel is funny, vivid, dangerous, and disturbing...

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