The great gatsby through and through. I would also argue to kill a mockingbird but not on the same level. First time I read the great gatsby I thought it was so boring, hard to read and nothing substantial. In fact I actively remember engaging in conversation about how much I hated it. It was until a couple months later I started thinking about it and realized how good the story was. I re read it twice since then and now it’s one of my favourite books of all time. To kill a mockingbird was a bit better in the sense that that I could appreciate the story even in the school context, but I hated how we were pressured to read it. It made what is otherwise one of my favourite book as well, initially a bit of a drag and uninteresting.
Anne of green gables. Green flag if you love it especially a man