Books We Love to Reread

Aquila: I've tried to limit myself to books that aren't already on this list, but it would be a lie not to include my most reread book.

tardis: I re-read LOTR less than I used to, but it still has the power to suck me in all over again.

MaowangVater: Sure to enter the canon of 20th century English literature.

CarltonC: I reread LotR multiple times into my twenties, but have only attempted it once in my fifties.

JohnChic: This is and has been my most re-read book in the last 50 yesrs.

Porua: I was at a very impressionable age when I first read it. This book touched me in a way only a book can touch one when one is young. I re-read it many times during my adolescence-teenage just to recapture that feeling.

JalenV: It was on my sophomore HS's summer reading list. (Ex military brat -- different HS each year). I love Miss Austen's depiction of the society and her characters. That HS paperback copy has since been replaced with a hardcover copy.

JalenV: I was a bullied child, too. I admire Jane's courage to do the honorable thing even when it leaves her heartbroken.

AbigailAdams26: The story of an orphan who finds a home and family, there is something both reassuring and deeply moving about this, and all of LMM's books.

AbigailAdams26: As one of three sisters, I always find so much I can identify with in this story of the March family.

al.vick: Well, the whole series really...

JalenV: I love the optimism and redemption in this book. I own both the Nora S. Unwin and Tasha Tudor illustrated hardcovers.

AbigailAdams26: This story of healing and rebirth is one I like to revisit every winter, when the idea of a green garden has great appeal.

shervinafshar: There's so much to absorb in any re-reading of this book. My favorite chapter is that which narrates the ultimate fate of the Imperial Planetologist, Liet-Kynes.

vwinsloe: Dune is a place you can go when you need to get away from where you are.

scraps: I find this satirical look at good and evil to be funny and a great reminder that not everyone is acting as you expect.

kindlibrarian: With its child protagonists, it was accessible to me as a young person, with additional layers of comprehension and reflection gained with each re-read as an adult.

perennialreader: Short and easy read. It's good for when you need to change genres.

kindlibrarian: A glorious portrait of long distance friendship, shared love of books, a charming bookstore, and a sideways glance at history.

perennialreader: Always a good read to take to the beach.

Aspenhugger: A wonderful comedy. I only wish the list included Connie Willis' To Say Nothing of the Dog.

2wonderY: Yes, yes, yes! Delightful!

shj2be: Beware the Jabberwock, my son!

waltzmn: (Am I really the first to point out the world's greatest puzzle book?)

tardis: Such a good story!

QuareMorito: there's only a few books I can say I've reread so many times that I've had to buy multiple copies, the warmth in these pages? unmatched

tardis: This stands for all of the Discworld books, which I reread often.

CarltonC: I have reread many of the Discworld series, but the City Watch, Witches and Death sub-series are particularly entertaining.

SandyAMcPherson: A captivating adventure saga, with heart-felt passages and daily struggles we can understand, likeable main characters with effectively nasty villains. MC, Maia, is an engaging, three-dimensional personality, having an unusual back-story of being completely ignored by his emperor-father and 3 older half-brothers. Yet he becomes the heir to the throne with next-to-no training or education in Imperial behaviours and governance.

knerd.knitter: This is also a book whose audiobook I used to listen to as a child.

dara85: I first read this book as a teenager and then as an over 50 adult. My feelings for the book did not change. I loved it just as much the second time.

tardis: This is representing ALL the Murderbot books for me, because I re-read them all.

invisiblelizard: My favorite book as a kid. I love the twist at the end and how she tricked me all the way through. I checked this out of my library many times and read and re-read it. As an adult I ordered a nice hardback copy for myself and read it every couple of years.

Aquila: I can reread this book on a hot day in the middle of summer and still end up curled up under the covers. Winter.

MaowangVater: We reread it every Christmas. First with our children, and then the grandchildren.

perennialreader: Love this story and all the tv adaptations also.

tardis: Something about watching Miles implode and then reinvent himself always works for me.

kindlibrarian: Tales of a kooky, brilliant large family that really existed. Charming and funny.

perennialreader: Loved this and reread it with my book group.

scraps: This book is one of the most spiritual books I have read. It is about not giving up on yourself and finding your own way to happiness. I reread it every couple of years.

kindlibrarian: Uncommon survival story with a well drawn main character and space science cleverly woven in. Each fresh read or listen uncovers something new.

Porua: One of the scariest books I have ever read but strangely enough it became a comfort read for a younger me.

wyvernfriend: Death's apprentice has to take the reins, litterally.

wyvernfriend: It's hard to pick just one story in this series, this is an alternative middle ages where magic is an undercurrent. Katherine Kurtz was killing well-loved characters well before other writers.

perennialreader: Read it 3 times.

shervinafshar: Just an occasional walk past the Hall of Justice on Lombard Street.

wyvernfriend: I love this series so much. A fiction-watching bot who has hacked their governor module has to deal with messy human stuff like emotions and not killing them.

Porua: Not the first Hercule Poirot mystery I read but the one which got me to really love the intricacies of an Agatha Christie mystery plot!

wyvernfriend: Lyrical, mystical and magic

invisiblelizard: A masterful blending of history and magic. Clarke is a genius. She's written layers upon layers. I've read this several times and each time I have a somewhat different, wonderful experience.

Aquila: My favorite Wynne Jones, and there's so much in it.