There are books that it is not enough to read just once because their meaning changes according to the moment of life in which you are.
There are books that it is not enough to read only once, because their meaning changes according to the moment of life where you are. Some books, for example, are sometimes classified as children's reading but actually have a lot to say to adults as well. Just reread them to realize it.
The list that we propose contains some of the most read and known books in the world but certainly each of you will be able to enrich it with the readings that struck him most in different moments of his life and from which you will have drawn ever new lessons.
Here 10 books that really deserve to be read more than once in a lifetime.
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Index
The little Prince
Is the Little Prince among the books that changed your life? The story of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry it is much more than a simple story for children, so much so that by re-reading The Little Prince as an adult you could grasp between the lines of the new nuances and meanings that you had never thought of before.
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The Alchemist
The journey and the dream are the two main themes of the novel by Paolo Coelho which sees the young Santiago as the protagonist a recurring dream: at the foot of the Pyramids there would be an ancient hidden treasure. His journey is actually an allegory of life and the challenges that each of us must face in order to grow.
Jonathan Livingstone The Seagull
The story of the seagull Jonathan Livingstone it is a hymn to freedom. The protagonist of this short novel is a seagull different from the others. He is interested in flying and trains to become perfect in flight. He is a character misunderstood by others who do not understand his passion for flying. He will be the one to explain to the other seagulls that flight is essential for freedom and that it takes a lot of love to explore new places.
Alice in Wonderland
Alice knew it would be enough to open her eyes to return to the faded reality without adult fantasy and then he decides to keep them closed for a while longer and to stay in the world of dreams where everything is upside down and where every certainty collapses. Did you as children also think that adults were unimaginative? And now that you've grown up, have you kept at least a pinch of it?
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One hundred years of solitude
In Marquez's famous novel, magical elements and supernatural events are combined with the details of daily life and the political reality of Latin America. There is no shortage of ghosts that visit the characters, a recurring theme of South American literature. Here is the unforgettable opening of One Hundred Years of Solitude:
"Many years later, in front of the firing squad, Colonel Aureliano Buendía he would have remembered that remote afternoon when his father had brought him to know the ice ”.
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Sofia's world
Jostein Gaarder's World of Sofia is more than just a book about history of philosophy explained to the children. It contains many of the fundamental questions that humanity asks itself in the course of life, there are numerous plots and stories one inside the other, in the typical style of the author, who among other things has a lot of sense of humor. You will be happy to reread it or read it for the first time if you have not already done so.
The old Man and the Sea
It is the classic of the classics when it comes to books signed by Ernest Hemingway, who thanks to this novel won the Nobel Prize in 1954. The 'old man' is considered by all to be a very unfortunate fisherman, but his life also changes thanks to the company of Manolin (or Manolo) a boy who considers him a real master.
Celestine's prophecy
Celestine's Prophecy is an initiation story that offers several keys to interpret existence. The adventure that leads to the search and discovery of nine keys serves to open the doors to a new vision of life and to understand that there is a solution to save the Planet, its creatures and its beauty.
Animal Farm
Animal Farm is Orwell's best known novel along with 1984. It is set on a farm where animals, tired of being exploited by man, they rebel, drive out the boss and decide to divide the tasks each according to their abilities and needs. But the situation gets out of control and the animals themselves become more and more similar to humans in behavior and in part also in appearance.
Siddhartha
At the heart of Siddhartha's adventures we find the anxiety of search for themselves, the will to change your life for the better, the challenges you need to face in order to grow and the remorse for your previous conduct. Siddhartha is one of the most famous coming of age novels in the world. You will find that reading this book will have something new and different to communicate to you depending on the moment you are living.
What are the books that you have read more than once in your life and what have they taught you?
