10 Children’s Books You Should Read As An Adult

8. A Series of Unfortunate Events

Confession: I love these books. I love the weird quotes and descriptions that make familiar situations seem strange and new, and the strange experiences oddly familiar. If you haven’t already read these books, I highly recommend them, even though they are aimed towards junior readers.

9. The Giver

This was my first introduction to dystopian literature, and I ate up every word. While the purpose of this book is to show that we need to experience that bad things in life in order to truly appreciate what makes good things good, this lesson hits us differently as adults. For most of us reading this in 5th grade, not many truly terrible things had happened to us; so while we could appreciate the theory of what Lois Lowry was trying to say, as adults we have actually experienced tragedy. And we may need some reminding of why pain is necessary.