India, Aug. 20 -- I never really read many of the classic books that were part of the curriculum in school. Oh, I skimmed them to study for tests. I even once watched the movie version and pretended to understand the difference. But did I truly enjoy Dickens or Shakespeare at sixteen? Not on your life. But who did? Reading Great Expectations at 16 is a little being force-fed broccoli. It's healthy for you, but a little hard to swallow. But with growing up comes the intriguing realisation: some of those books actually. are good. Like, really good. So on that score, here are the 10 greatest and must-read classics (classic novels) of all time.

And they're not all intimidating tomes either. Some of the best classic books of all time are funn...