
Despite the large and ever-growing number of unread books in my collection, whenever I'm at a loss about what to read next I invariably gravitate to something chosen from a short list of well-loved favorites. The criteria for being part of that elect group of books isn't so much a matter of importance or literary merit , but rather stems from my personal and empirical experience as a reader. To put it simply, they are books I never tire of re-reading. The list includes The Great Gatsby , The Loved One , [...]