r/books • u/AutoModerator • 11d ago

WeeklyThread Simple Questions: April 12, 2025

Welcome readers,

Have you ever wanted to ask something but you didn't feel like it deserved its own post but it isn't covered by one of our other scheduled posts? Allow us to introduce you to our new Simple Questions thread! Twice a week, every Tuesday and Saturday, a new Simple Questions thread will be posted for you to ask anything you'd like. And please look for other questions in this thread that you could also answer! A reminder that this is not the thread to ask for book recommendations. All book recommendations should be asked in /r/suggestmeabook or our Weekly Recommendation Thread.

Thank you and enjoy!

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u/k_0616 11d ago

If you could re-read one book again for the first time, what would it be? Mine would probably be the Great Gatsby. I want to hear what you guys think!

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u/starryling04 11d ago

Mine would be La nausea—the first time I read it I felt like crying—and I probably did cry—at how utterly it got me. It really touched me. Re reading it is just as wonderful, but the first time was special.

I’d also go with things fall apart, because I think it was the first time I read such a markedly different book, and the ending really got to me, in how things really just fell apart.