Reading Shakespeare in the original Klingon version was worth learning the language I'd say, so many subtleties got lost when translating his works to English.

Reading Shakespeare in the original Klingon version was worth learning the language I'd say, so many subtleties got lost when translating his works to English. Jokes aside, I (really) learned English by reading Douglas' Adams "The Hitchhikers' Guide To The Galaxy" series. I still have the complete edition paperback and it's probably the only book I possess that I've read from start to finish at least three times. Which says a lot since the 5 individual books are more than 1.000 pages together. Well, writing about it here I'm thinking I should start another read-through. I also enjoyed reading Argentinian fiction once my Spanish was good enough for it, e.g. Adolfo Bioy-Casares or Julio Cortazar, which were surprisingly accessible (Borges was really painful in comparison).