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There are certain milestones in life: losing your first tooth, experiencing your first kiss, finding out that life isn’t always fair,. The last two kind of go hand-in-hand.

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These 18 must-read classic novels, poetry collections, and works of non-fiction will help you navigate life, society, our political climate, and more in 2018. Make this year one for the books. Apr 19, 2018 - But a few pages into Bleak House, we realized that not all the Great Books have aged well. Some are racist and some are sexist, but most are.

Twenty-five is when you’re oh-so young but you feel oh-so old (don’t worry — you’re not). It’s when the term “student loans” morphs from a hopeful thing into your worst nightmare. And it’s when you’re secretly pinning images of people climbing Mt. Kilimanjaro or trekking through Mongolia to your “Things To Do” Pinterest board as you sit inside your cubicle at work. But it’s not all bad.

Twenty-five is when you (hopefully) start along the path of figuring out what you want your life to look like. Or maybe you just want to kick back with your friends at happy hour and philosophize about your last worst date. Either way — books can help. I’m not talking about super “serious” self-help books that instruct you to pray to the Cosmos and chant over some burning sage in hopes of getting all the answers.

I’m talking books full of pain, suffering, one-night stands, outrageous journeys, and hilarious mistakes. Assuming you read some staples like The Bell Jar, On the Road, and Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas while you were brooding and dreaming in high school and your early 20s, here are 17 books that everyone should read at 25. They could change your life, or they might just entertain you. Either way, it's a win. By Pamela Moore. Are you trying to make it as a painter or singer or dancer?

Is the notion of the “struggling artist” starting to look a little less romantic to you, because of things like rent and bills and the cost of gasoline? Let legendary punk singer, poet, and artist Smith rekindle your passion and light a fire under your ass. She struggled. She and Robert Mapplethorpe survived by drinking coffee and gnawing on heads of lettuce, and it was all worth it. It’s also just that's well worth your time, no matter how old you are. By Zadie Smith.