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Originally Posted by issybird
I think this is a good list; the books fall solidly into the quality literature category without quite the element of necessary compulsion, i.e., you get a side of entertainment with your mind-stretching. I like classics myself, but I gather that's not a universally shared taste. They do make for excellent discussions, though!
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I don't necessarily like classics, but I like to say I've read them. Hence the need for some element of compulsion.
I certainly didn't like
The Three Musketeers or
The Old Man and the Sea, but I do like feeling smug about having read them, as I expect I will about
The Scarlet Pimpernel, as soon as I get to it.