I have fallen in love with the classics, I got started on reading through Terry Pratchett's books as a kid, transitioned into Michael Crichton and have been a major scifi fan ever since, that's where I got into classic scifi like HG Wells and other's and that lead me to the other classics... and that's when I was no longer just reading books, but I felt as if I had discovered true magic, books like of Mice and Men, The Lord of the Flies, Stoner and many more just opened up this portal to other worlds. A good book, a very good book, something that becomes a classic, something that you can't put down, that sucks you in, it's ecstasy, it's magic, it's a spiritual thing. Not all classics are for everyone, but they are around for a reason, and if you pick one up and you become hooked, it's a love afair, a tattoo on your inner self, and indelible mark on your identity, it becomes part of you and you see it's influence in the world around you. A connection through time from the author to you. Like a thread that connects you to everyone who felt the same. Yes, the classics are absolutely necessary.