Back in high school, I read The Walking Drum by Louis L'Amour for our AP World History class, and it became one of my favorite books because of the sprawling adventure and interesting depictions of distant lands. But I knew there was an awful lot of gross sexism in it, so my present self has no idea if it was actually a good story or not. I'm re-reading it now, and it already has me hooked on the pirate adventure vibes, and already it's been super casually sexist... So who knows how it'll be 😐