Classics worth reading or rereading as a 40-something
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Totally agree - I was actually wondering if anyone would say it, and I'm glad I'm not alone here 
Not only I thought it was "profound and insightful" but also written in this incredible and genuine voice that is absolutely amazing. And it also made me LOL more than any other book in recent memory. Afterward I reread all the other short stories by Salinger (actually some I never read before to tell the truth and enjoyed it immensely.
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| OP here, thank you, this is great. |
Anonymous
| Another vote for Gatsby. It was so much better the second time around. Such a beautiful book! |
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| House of Mirth |
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This! |
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| Ethan Frome. I hated it in high school, thought it was the worst book I'd ever read (until I read James Joyce's Ulysses in college). But I picked it up again a few years after college and was blown away by the evocative language. I still don't care much for the storyline but I could pity the characters instead of detesting them. And the prose evoked my college years in New England. |
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| To Kill a Mockingbird -- not just because of the release of "the lost novel" but because it is a beautiful book with such an important message |
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| 10 years later and this thread still holds up. Just finished Middlemarch and before that read all of Edith Wharton. Will hit more on this thread soon. |
Anonymous
Added bonus: F. Scott Fitzgerald is buried at a church in Rockville. You can visit his grave after finishing the book. |
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Hunchback of Notre Dame
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Our Town - so sad to read it now as an adult - as a high school student I found it so ‘boring’ and I think I missed the point
Gatsby Of Mice And Men - also super sad |
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| I read James. Then I went back and read Huck Finn. It's interesting to read the same story from different view points. |
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| Winnie the Pooh was surprisingly delightful- especially the audio. |
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The House of Mirth
Ethan Frome Anna Karenina Middlemarch Bleak House The Woman in White The Overcoat Crime and Punishment Mansfield Park The Heart of Darkness |
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Native Son by Richard Wright
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