Still the greatest novel I have ever read. As a boy, I ripped through it every year, starting around age 10, for about 5 years. I read and loved it as an exciting, funny and sometimes terrifying adventure book for kids. 
 I didn't pick it up again until around age 21. I was talking to a very literary friend, and mentioned that Huckleberry Finn was a great book for kids. He looked at me and said, "You haven't read it lately, have you? Go and read it again." 
 I did, and found myself (as predicted) reading a completely different book. The depth of Twain's insight into the good, bad and ugly of the American canvas, as seen by a child, was truly astonishing. I will never forget thinking what a miraculous talent was on display in those pages. 
 I proceeded to read it every year for the next 5 years or so. Since that time, I have come back to it again and again, usually thinking "I will just read a few pages and go on to something else". By the time I finish the first page, I am hooked to the point where I have trouble putting it down, or sleeping when I do put it down. 
 If you love books, and haven't read this one, see if you can get through the first five pages and then stop. If you can, you are tougher than I. If I picked it up now, I would be hooked all over again.