There was no way this list was going to continue with a Nabokov reference, so here it is. I read Lolita in middle school, which is not normal. I remember distinctly checking out Kafka's Metamorphosis on the same day, so I was definitely in a weird phase. Either way, I read Lolita and really fell for the prose, which sparked a long era of Nabokov obsession in my life, which is thankfully at an end. I loved it so much that I lent it to a friend who rudely never returned it, so I bought a replacement, lent that to another friend, who never returned it, and thus, Lolita is also responsible for my strict no-lending policy.

I associate this novel so strongly with summers and vacations and it really is one of the best American road trip novels out there, so now is a good time to dig in if you haven't read it yet.

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