Do you want to read these books again?

[Mandy Muffin]

I don't know where they come up with these lists but here are 14 books that you should re-read (assuming you actually read them once) and they will seem different to you. 

http://mashable.com/2014/08/17/books-that-change-with-age/

[Doug62]

Now I feel like a slacker.  The only one of these books I've read is The Great Gatsby, and I only read it this year.

[rapa]

As a parent, LOVE YOU FOREVER never gets old. Have gifted it to many new parents.

[Sailspinner]

Several years ago I had occasion to re-read some books I'd held on to for many years because they held such meaning for me when I read them the first time. What a disappointing experience that was. For years, every time I looked at the shelf and saw those titles I was reminded how important those words were but when I read them again with a grown up mind set . . . I couldn't see what I ever had seen as important. No matter that the books didn't measure up on the second (or third) reading, they served the purpose at the time and it is interesting to note how one's attitudes and views have changed with maturity.

That said, "Love You Forever" still is a favorite and one I gave to my grown youngest when he became a father. rapa is right - it never gets old.

[Flowergram]

Some books never grow old with me.  I read Tom Sawyer and Robinson Crusoe when I was about ten years old and still love them.  I also read a few that I would never want to reread.  Maybe some of the books we read gave a little wisdom to our lives and others are supposed to be just for fun or imagination.  It is good that our outlook changes as we do.  Thanks Mandy for making us think a little.

[Mandy Muffin]

I have read 12 of the books in my time, some very long ago.  I reread "The Fountainhead" a few years back and disagree that the theme is improbable.  The classic conflict is still going on in America as to individual vs societal ownership of "intellectual property."  I read each and every one of the Harry Potter books, mostly because I was raising a daughter at the time and we read most of the stories together.  Kafka still gives me the creeps and his classic "Metamorphosis" will make anybody a little paranoid. I recently reread his "The Trial" and watch for the cops to come and get me at night.  I think the chances are better that the men in white coats will come first. 

[Ioruach]

As far as The Fountainhead is concerned, I read about a quarter of it years ago. If I remember correctly, I think I would rather practice self flagellation than re-read any of it again. On the other hand, I think many of those on the list are well worth re-reading.

[Lip Service]

My exact feelings about The Foutainhead

[Grammie Sue]

The ones I have read, I read as an adult and I do not have the patience to read again.