i got all of the old classics (Tom Sawyer, etc) as well as books like Atlas Shrugged, 1984, Animal Farm,….
Those were all required reading for both of my kids, in high school. Just as they were required reading for hubby and I (in HS).
Today?? Kids probably are punished, if caught reading any of those.
Your book collection sounds very similar to ours.
I’m so glad I ordered/bought so many of them decades ago.
Whenever I saw one of our old grade/high school books, I’d buy them.
We’ve lugged around a set of my folks old Brittanica encyclopedias, World Books, etc, forever.
They are fun reading, especially, now!
I love to look through old encyclopedias!
Another suggestion is to get your hands on old history books, or history books from places like Abeka…. As we all can see Dems are always trying to rewrite history.