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ITT: Books (and general media, though mainly books cos it is /lit/) that transcend age boundaries. Kids books that adults can genuinely like, and vice versa.

I nominate Pratchett, and am sending a hired assassin after the first person who says Harry Potter.

pic unrelated, me having NEW AGE FUN with a VINTAGE FEEL.

>> No.1957574

The Hungry Caterpillar
That book is interpreted differently throughout the stages original life

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>> No.1957587

>>1957571
The Little Prince
Animal Farm

>> No.1957590

>>1957574
Of* life
What the fuck is autocorrect doing

>> No.1957598

I like A Series of Unfortunate Events.

& most Shel Silverstein stories.

>> No.1957600

But Harry Potter DOES transcend age boundaries.

>> No.1957609

>>1957600

I am thinking of adults who don't have the reading age of a 16 year old in this case.

>> No.1957666

It's weird that most of these books ARE fantasy, or magical realism.

Actually, it's not that weird.

>> No.1957688

Freedom by Jonathan Franzen
The Corrections by Jonathan Franzen
The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan
The Bastard of Istanbul by Elif Shafak

>> No.1957793

Fuck off back to Cambridgeshire, OP.
Just kidding, I love that song.

>> No.1957800

Jonathan Livingston Seagull. I know I'm the only one on /lit/ who genuinely likes this book.

>> No.1957815

Why am i always the only person to say "The Neverending Story" when a thread like this comes up? Unbelievable!

>> No.1957822

Who's in your pic, OP? The dude looks like Jeff Dahmer.

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>>1957571
Hes alive!

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Christ you guys are missing some pretty crucial ones

The Phantom Tollbooth
Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell
Ender's Game
Every Roald Dahl book
The Golden Compass (debatable fo sho)
Artimus Fowl

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> Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark

>> No.1957880

Hitchhiker's Guide To you know
The Hobbit
Sherlock Holmes stories (at least they appealed to me when I was a kid)

>> No.1957881

>>1957837

Johnathan Strange and Mr. Norrell, while fantastic, is probably a little too densely-written for kids these days to be able to get into.

>> No.1957896

Anything by Roald Dahl. I'm actually surprised that you haven't mentioned him.

>> No.1957951

>>1957896
I did! >>1957837
And then I went on to make a short story thread because I was thinking about Skin.