The little ones, like Of Mice and Men, Animal Farm and Jonathan Livingston Seagull. I’ve read them all to pieces more than once and replaced them many times. They can be read in one night and are delightful works. There is always something new to find, either an unnoticed writing device, or a little something within the story itself. They are also perfect to read aloud to someone else, they are like fairy tales for adults. Grapes of Wrath has been replaced a few times—it is my family’s story, maternal side. We have a signed first edition somewhere, probably in the same trunk with the family Confederate battle flag. There have been other books that I have fallen asleep reading and rolled over time and again and broke their spines. I can be pretty rough on the physical longevity of books, unless they are first editions, or nice portfolios, etc. I have very little respect for badly bound paperbacks that can’t handle being bend a few times without losing their pages. I would be furious if my publisher ever put my words in something so cheap.