The Great Books Are for Everybody
An unlikely champion of the canon urges readers not to think of the books as “belonging” to conservatives.
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The Great Books Are for EverybodyAn unlikely champion of the canon urges readers not to think of the books as “belonging” to conservatives.Cathy YoungJun 12, 2026ShareGyula Benczúr’s Reading Woman in the Forest (1875). (Photo via Wikimedia Commons)What’s So Great About the Great Books?Why You Should Read Classic Literature(Even Though It Might Destroy You)by Naomi KanakiaPrinceton, 262 pp., $25.95 (hardcover)AMID ANXIETIES ABOUT artificial intelligence and reports of social media–induced brain rot which some say has left college students unable to finish reading twenty-page articles let alone full-length books, there is also talk about a book resurgence. The young’uns, evidently, are discovering the joys of print.
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