Poll: Re-Readable Books

[wolf92]

I've re-read The Hitchhikers series multiple times, I re-read the later Harry Potter books, The Alchemist, and Let the Great World Spin.

 

[Gabanuka]

Lord of the rings every year around Christmas. Thats it really.

 

[verbose123]

It seems that I am quite fond of Jonathan Livingston Seagull and Jane Eyre. I have been reading and re-reading them since childhood.

 

[Lilani]

Recently (and by recently I mean right now) I've been thinking about books that could be read more than once. Personally I don't re-read books a whole lot, as I tend to find a lot of books that I enjoy to be very long. However, there have been books that I've read and enjoyed many times, and these books have all been mainly books in the Douglas Adams Hitchhiker series. So I was wandering, Escapists, what books, if any, have you read over and over again?

I hardly EVER reread books, but there is a quartet I read recently that I'm almost done rereading now. It's called the Truth series, and it's by Dawn COok. The four books are First Truth, Hidden Truth, Lost Truth, and Forgotten Truth.

The reason I'm rereading it is because it all ties together so well. Events and characters in the beginning tie very well with the end, and the end also influences the beginning. So, I'm rereading with the knowledge of the end in mind, and I'm picking up on many subtleties I missed (or didn't find important) before--subtleties that hint at what comes in the future. It's a very tightly wrapped story, and I highly recommend it.

 

[Pinkamena]

I think I read watership down like 4 or 5 times over the course of many years.

 

[uzo]

These aren't really novels per se, but .... the Fighting Fantasy series!!! Steve Jackson's "The Shamutanti Hills"/"Khare Cityport of Traps"/"The Seven Serpents"/"The Crown of Kings" from the Sorcery! FF series. Also, I really enjoyed Star Strider, Seas of Blood, and Flames of Fury.

 

[whycantibelinus]

On the Road by Kerouac is an excellent read, I have read it probably a good 7 times.

 

[strider2u]

Hegemony or Survival - Chomsky

Like quoting him anytime someone says America is the greatest/peaceful/prosperous/moral country on Earth. Quells their nationality.

Oh, and The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Harry Turtledove's Darness Series

 

[Mauro Carrizales]

I don't think there is any point in re-reading a book because you already know whats going to happen.

 

[Dango]

When I was 8 I read the same book 8 times, and then I never re-read a book ever again.

 

[ElectroJosh]

Kurt Vonnegut and Chuck Palahniuk (I think I spelt them both right) are easily re-readable and I would highly recommend their books to anyone here.

 

[GasMasksAreForChumps]

Jurrasicpark, The Dark Tower: The Last Gunslinger, and my personal favorite Stephan King's IT. Read those books all the time.

Метро 2033 (Metro 2033) by Dmitry Glukhovsky

I reread it every year at some point.

Did you read the book in Russian? Or has it been translated into English yet?

 

[Phasmal]

I've read Terry Pratchett's `Reaperman` probably over 7-8 times.

 

[Hashime]

I read the hitch-hikers guide series twice. It was a good call, I missed stuff the first time.

 

[Jessta]

Almost never, I only re-read a book when it gets to the point where I've pretty much forgotten everything about the book.

 

[Gaiseric]

I've reread most of my books at least once, but the ones I've reread the most are my Classic Battletech/MechWarrior books. I've read them so much over the years the covers and spines are trashed which is unfortunate because replacements would be difficult and expensive to obtain.

 

[_Depression]

The books I've reread are as follows (and yes I've charted how many times I've read each one, so I listed them in number of most reads, from most to least).

Ender's Game
Speaker of the Dead
Redwall
Mattimeo
Taggerung
HP 4
Wyrms
Bartimaeus Trilogy: Amulet of Samarkand
BT: The Golem's Eye
BT: Ptolemy's Gate
Anything else from Orson Scott Card or Brian Jacques

 

[Flig]

Cat's Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut - 3 times
House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski -3 times
Principia Discordia by Malakar the Younger - Twice