#Books written “recently” (say, within the last decade or two) are still being evaluated by critics and readers. Their apparent merits might prove exaggerated in the end. There might even be plagiarism or falsities that haven't been detected yet. No-one has had the time to fully digest them and grow up with them. Very few parents have passed them along to their children as a precious thing. The values or the insights they contain may not survive one generation.

**Read old.**