Classics – Bay State Reader's Advisory

Today’s Top Ten Tuesday prompt from That Artsy Reader Girl is “Books I Want to Read Again.”

Inspired by my mother’s reading both War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy and Remembrance of Things Past by Marcel Proust at the same time last month, here’s my list of classics I would like to reread, someday. (Maybe if I’m retired the next time there’s another major shutdown of outside activities.) I used Penguin’s list of 100 Must-Read Classic Books; Book Riot’s list of 100 Must-Read Classics by Women; and a list of The 40 Best Books to Read during Lockdown from The Independent to jog my memory.

My list is heavy on long novels with compelling stories that you can live in for a while. That’s the kind of reading I liked best when I was young, and still do. (This list doesn’t include any classics that I plan to read eventually but haven’t already read when I was younger or haven’t already reread as an older adult.)

I wish I could go back in time and include more diversity in my reading when I was younger. A good topic for a different list…”Top Ten Classics I Should Be Rereading But Am Only Reading Now for the First Time.”