Post what you feel are the best books to read at pivotal stages

>>8644319
>inb4 edgy books/books the poster doesn't agree with politically get posted for adolescence

The Little Prince for adolescence
The Iliad for late teens / young adult
The Odyssey for 50s-60s

>adolescent
Romeo and Juliet
>late teens/young adult
The Henriad
>20s/early adulthood
Much Ado About Nothing, Othello
>middle age
Macbeth
>50s-60s
Timon of Athens, Julius Caesar
>twilight years
King Lear, The Tempest

>>8644361

Why Caesar for 50-60?

>>8644319
>Adolescent
NIetzsche
>Late teens/young adult
Books about personal finances, microeconomics, secondary sources of philosophy and the better half of self help books
>20s/early adulthood
Western canon
>Middle-age
More on religious treatises around the world, in all large religions, and about history and culture
>50s-60s
idk
>twilight years
idk

>>8644397
>>Adolescent
>Nietzsche

What did he meme by this

>>8644397
Why'd anyone read seriously about religion anon

>>8644403
Teenagers generally misunderstand Nietzsche but they can still draw inspiration from it to at least not be docile signal receiving motivation deprived fuccbois

>>8644388
I believe it makes a good statement about how while many people are assholes, most are still redeemable. I notice that many of my friends in this age range are disheartened by what they see in people around them, and I feel that Julius Caesar might be a good lesson.

>>8644397
>the better half of self help books

There is no better half

>>8644397
I have a feeling you haven't ever read very much

>>8644421

Hey, thanks. I like that perspective.

>adolescent
My diaries from 5-10 years ago.

>late teens/young adult
My current diary.

>20s/early adulthood
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

>middle age
The Book of Job

>50s-60s
The Great Gatsby

>twilight years
The Cat in the Hat

>>8644444

Just stop

>>8644444
This didn't deserve quints