I've been reading the same dog-eared copy of a P.G. Wodehouse book for near on 40 years. Another one that I read a lot was Life At The Limit by Graham Hill but I haven't read it for a few years now. The big take away from Hill's book which I first read in or about 1972 was that you will be one step up the ladder in life once you realize that no one is going to help you.