I don’t know if it applies to books, but dress historians and curators are using gloves less and less because the lack of feeling can cause you to unknowingly damage the item. I wonder if it’s the same idea?

Beowulf - Anonymous

Romeo and Juliet - William Shakespeare

Macbeth - William Shakespeare - prefer it to R&J but I had to read this twice in full analysis and I'm still mad about it.

To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee - it really affected my outlook on certain things. But I recognize its flaws.

Night - Elie Wiesel

Huge chunks of the Odyssey by Homer

The Scarlet Letter - Nathaniel Hawthorne

The Great Gatsby - F. Scott Fitzgerald - didn't finish it, got bored

Of Mice and Men - John Steinbeck - I love this one to this day.

The Crucible - Arthur Miller - this one I have such mixed feelings about.

Various poems and short stories and even Psalm 23 were peppered throughout all of that. A Rose for Emily has stuck with me well past highschool

Edit: All Quiet on the Western Front - Erich Maria Remarque

No problem! :D

The experience was okay. I tried both reading internally and speaking out loud and I remember being so upset that my progress was so slow. The story was simple but my brain eventually burned out from trying to take in two alphabets. So, yes, it was annoying. But I feel it was worth it.

I read a couple children's books both in Korean and English and I've read an edition of Pearl by Anonymous in both Modern and Old English.

1. I read the Korean books for language learning and read Pearl out of curiosity.

2. I was a complete beginner in Korean. Basically, I knew a few words and could read the alphabet (Hangul). As for Pearl, I have no education in Old English, I just thought it would be fun.

3. Being a beginner, I wouldn't get the same immersion if I read an original version. I thought it would help my reading by having English along with it.

4. I have finished all of them. I remember it being very tedious going through both languages at my beginner level. But I did learn some. I also finished Pearl but gave up scanning the Old English before finishing.

I think it depends on subject matter. If I'm reading something science or philosophy heavy then it will slow me down but if it's a lighter read then I can match audio speed by just reading visually. But I've had the experience where I had to read it visually because the subject was too hard to take in otherwise. I speed up audiobooks to around 1.25-1.75 speed anyway depending on the voice, if that helps any.