[apillar]

I must be a literary heathen. Although I was forced to read most of these books in High School and College, I found virtually all theme to be dull and ponderous and I certainly wouldn't re-read any of them by choice or as leisure reading. Give me some Agatha Christie, Steven King, or Tom Clancy any day...

[katana]

I've found that books I tried mightily to get through when I was in my teens and twenties (fiction and non-fiction) either without success or any enjoyment are readily accessible on this side of my fifties. Others that I did enjoy in my youth seem shallow and of no interest. But there are also a few which have consistently held up and only improved with (my) age. Perspective and degree of patience all change with time. But then again, I still find Joyce's Ulysses a really tough go.