How does it hold up?
I still have lots of respect for Camus, but somehow I tend to file most of his books in the "stuff I liked when I was 16" box... the post-humous "Le premier homme" might be different, and also more generally his philosophical position seems to hold up quite well (much better than Sartre's, for sure), but I'm no expert there...
Well, I'll be 32 this year, and this was my first experience reading The Stranger. As my personal feelings of isolation, anxiety and hopelessness haven't really receded with age, I thought it was a fantastic read that really hit home.
I haven't read it since my teen years either, but the way life has gone, I can't imagine it having any less of an impact today. Heck, I've been carting my copy from place to place for close to thirty-five years now. Maybe it's time to justify all that packing and unpacking and read it again!