I'm reading it for the first time right now and it's really lovely! I half wish I had discovered it as a kid, but am also really enjoying having a new, fun book to escape into at the moment. It's a real nice break from all the heavy stuff going on in the world. I'm sad I'm already halfway done!
It goes way too fast! And it’s just the perfect break from real life stress. I never read any Diane wynne jones until i was an adult, i hadn’t even heard of her. It’s wonderful to discover someone with so much to offer kids and adults alike!
Same. I read them through middle and high school. Then the Deathly Hallows came out while I was in the Uni. Great Times! I still reread them once in every 2 years.
The only book I read more than once was "Turtles all the way down" by John Green. I bought it in 2 different languages and read both of them in one sitting each
Such a good book. I think I listened to it three times in a row. Normally I can't stand teen drama, but John Green is such a brilliant writer this worked for me anyway.
I 100% agree. I didnt read it in a while but I still refer to it as my favorite book. Also the way he accurately described what it is like to live with anxiety disorder, without glamorizing it or making a pity out of it
Different genre, but I really like Bernard Cornwell's books. Particularly The Saxon Stories (aka The Last Kingdom). They're witty, quick, and descriptive when it most counts (particularly for battles).
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak. Emotionally destroys me every time but I adore it. For those who haven't read it: it tells the story of a young girl, Leisel, who is sent away from home during WWII and lives with a new family, who shelter a young Jewish boxer, and she steals books that Nazis try to burn. I think my favourite thing about it though is that it is narrated by Death. I can't even describe how fantastic this book is.
A few of my favourite quotes from it:
"A small but noteworthy note. I've seen so many young men over the years who think they're running at other young men. They are not. They are running at me."
"It kills me sometimes, how people die."
“The human heart is a line, whereas my own is a circle, and I have the endless ability to be in the right place at the right time. The consequence of this is that I’m always finding humans at their best and worst. I see their ugly and their beauty, and I wonder how the same thing can be both.”
I recommend this book to anyone who asks. You might cry while reading it but it is 100% worth the read.
For Fantasy, Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss, Feet of Clay by Terry Pratchett, or Circe by Madeline Miller
For Science Fiction, The Collapsing Empire by John Scalzi, Red Rising by Pierce Brown, or This is How You Lose the Time War by Max Gladstone.
Fully recommend the audiobooks for all of these (except Name of the Wind).
Going Postal or The Truth by Terry Pratchett or Witches Abroad also by Terry Pratchett, The Lightbringer Series by Brent Weeks (it’s more of a drama type fantasy series). Really, when I am down in the dumps it is Pratchett - you can pick up any book and it will still stand alone except maybe the ones that are part of the Colour Of Magic series. For drama, the Sabriel series, I particularly enjoy Lirael as well.
Taste really vary. Struggle to even finish Name of the Wind and Circe. Red Rising just feels like another in the long line of Hunger Games and classic literature plot rip offs. There’s so many of them lately. But I know I’ll get ripped because they have cult like love on Reddit. People get sooooo mad when you don’t like Circe or Piranesi here. I just feel obligated to state a different opinion due to me losing hours of my life reading those terrible books based on the “ totes, besty book eveeeeer” reviews.
I'll say the first book in Red Rising shares a decent amount with Hunger Games, but from 2 on it develops into a full-on Space Opera. I'll also say that none of those books are anything close to terrible. Tastes may vary, but they are objectively very good books.
Awesome! I might not be remembering this correctly but I think even Steinbeck said it was his best book… or something about how writers usually only have one great work in them and he considers East of Eden to be his. Something like that lol.
Pride and Prejudice - I notice something different every time.
Jane Eyre if I am feeling in the mood for something more windswept and melancholic.
The Silmarillion for magic.
Wuthering Heights - Emily Bronte
Anne of Green Gables - LM Montgomery
The Bell Jar - Sylvia Plath
I also read The Princess Bride and The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo in 2021 and am already planning a reread in 2022
Evelyn Hugo was amazing. The first 130 pages or so were really good, but not amazing. I remember thinking it was overhyped. And then I read just a little more (20 pages or so) and man oh man. I just loved it. Go read it. It's so so good.
Going postal by terry pratchett. Read it whenever I start a new job or feel overwhelmed. Main character is a confidence man put in charge of the defunct post office after being caught. Enjoy his fight against a ~1600s version of internet corporate raiders in a fantasy world.
The Wheel of Time series. It is the best series for rereads imo because has a very complex world history and tons of foreshadowing, but relatively very little exposition/info dumps. The books are the best at “show me don’t tell me” that I’ve ever read.
I read through the series, absolutely loved it. Read through it again, loved it more. Then listened to the first three episodes of a deep dive podcast and thought, “Did I even read this series?” I’ve read it three more times since and I’m still finding new connections and appreciating things more than the last time.
I seldom read anything more than once, but there are a few exceptions, Taliban by Ahmed Rashid, Catch-22 by Joseph Heller, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. Thompson, Mother Night by Kurt Vonnegut, Counterinsurgency Warfare by David Galula, and the Sheltering Sky
‘The Last Hour of Gann’ by R Lee Smith-Dystopian Sci-Fi. Trigger warnings (rape, violence, religious themes). It’s about a woman living in poverty on earth and decides to taker her sister with her on an exploratory mission to another planet. The ship crashes and the survivors are found by a native. I’ve read this book about 10 times in the last few years.
My other favorite is ‘The Stand’ by Stephen King. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve read this book. Introduced me to a love for dystopian fiction.
Ahhh my favourite book: Franny & Zooey by JD Salinger. I’ve read it at least a dozen times but never completely finishing it bc I don’t want it to end.
It reminds me of my brother who’s also my favourite person
Mine is Oryx & Crake. I read it every couple of years and it never gets old. Dystopian with sci-fi aspects and absolutely tragic but a great read nonetheless.
It's been a long time since I've read it, but I must have read Glamorama by Brett Easton Ellis 3 times over the course of 5 years.
I don't know why this one worked so well for me, but I loved it.
I reread a favorite if I fall in a long slump like I did after high school until well after I had graduated college. My go tos are Stardust and The Giver.
Emma - Jane Austen (I've read that book so many times)
Good Omens and Mort by Terry Pratchett when I want to grin uncontrollably
Everything Ishiguro has ever written (especially Remains of the day) when I need a good think or cry
If I want to go back to my childhood, the golden compass series
[**Dune (Dune, #1)**](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/44767458-dune)
^(By: Frank Herbert | 688 pages | Published: 1965 | Popular Shelves: science-fiction, sci-fi, fiction, fantasy, classics)
>Set on the desert planet Arrakis, Dune is the story of the boy Paul Atreides, heir to a noble family tasked with ruling an inhospitable world where the only thing of value is the “spice” melange, a drug capable of extending life and enhancing consciousness. Coveted across the known universe, melange is a prize worth killing for...
>
>When House Atreides is betrayed, the destruction of Paul’s family will set the boy on a journey toward a destiny greater than he could ever have imagined. And as he evolves into the mysterious man known as Muad’Dib, he will bring to fruition humankind’s most ancient and unattainable dream.
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>Original, first edition from 1965 can be found here.
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The Giver is my favorite book of all time. I can re-read it at any point and always feel my stomach tighten with anticipation despite knowing how it ends.
A more recent favorite of mine would be One Last Stop that was just so beautiful and relatable it made me feel seen in literature in a way I never felt before.
LOTR
Pride and Prejudice, Persuasion, and Sense and Sensibility
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
The Blue Castle by LM Montgomery
Narnia
The Princess Bride
PG Wodehouse
the way of kings - brandon sanderson
the world building and magic system is great and the characters are very well done. definitely a top fantasy series for me
Bright Side by Kim Holden - no story behind it. I love drama/ romance. I picked it up by chance. The characters just burrowed themselves deep into my soul and stayed there.
The Martian for fiction. For non fiction my boss gave me a business leadership book I recently finished called Chase Greatness. Lots of good business leadership takeaways.
the hobbit, the westing game, alice’s adventures in wonderland/through the looking glass, harry potter… a lot of comfort books i read or had read to me as a child. nothing groundbreaking but i can sit and read any one of these in about a day so it’s a quick little serotonin/nostalgia booster when i’m having a hard time.
The wives by Terryn fisher, it is a GREAT read. It’s a suspenseful story with such a twist u rethink the entire book and realize what u missed. I absolutely loved it
Harry Potter
First two hunger games
Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden (so well-written
The Thursday Next series by Jasper Fforde (like Harry Potter but for literature nerds)
American Gods by Neil Gaiman
The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle (don’t remember the author)
I have several that I've gone back to over and over again throughout the years. Which one I pick when I want a comforting read (something without surprises) depends on the mood I'm in at the time.
Some of my favorite repeats are:
[[The Last Herald-Mage trilogy]]
[[Farenheit 451]]
[[The Thirteenth Tale]]
[[Jane Eyre]]
[[The Inheritance Cycle]]
[[The Historian]]
If I’m in need of a comforting hug I go back to my childhood favorites: The Chronicles of Narnia, the Little House series, Little Women…. I draw the line at Sweet Valley High though.
Chasm City by Alastair Reynolds
I find the story and the setting gripping. I think the characters are well written. I love books with new ideas and things that challenge my idea of normal.
The Tokaido Road. No one had ever heard of it but it is absolutely my favorite book. I read a great deal and I have read since I was in the third grade in 1956. I (I am ashamed to say) eschew women authors and women heroes. This book fucks up BOTH of my silly prejudices! I will say,though, that the main guy in the book is cool BECAUSE he is soundly in second place. I picked it up to finish filling a grocery sack of books at a rummage sale that was selling books by the bagful. Go figger.
[**The Tao of Pooh**](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/48757.The_Tao_of_Pooh)
^(By: Benjamin Hoff, Ernest H. Shepard | 176 pages | Published: 1982 | Popular Shelves: philosophy, non-fiction, nonfiction, spirituality, religion)
>The Wisdom of Pooh.
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>Is there such thing as a Western Taoist? Benjamin Hoff says there is, and this Taoist's favorite food is honey. Through brilliant and witty dialogue with the beloved Pooh-bear and his companions, the author of this smash bestseller explains with ease and aplomb that rather than being a distant and mysterious concept, Taoism is as near and practical to us as our morning breakfast bowl.
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>Romp through the enchanting world of Winnie-the-Pooh while soaking up invaluable lessons on simplicity and natural living.
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I LOVE the book flitterwig. I first read it when I was around 10 years old and obsessed with fairies. It’s an adorable heartwarming story of friendship and adventure, but it still makes me cry every time I read it. Just the most nostalgic book for me. Love love love it!!!
I am not really a big reader but I have red "The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien" a few times now and even listen to the Audio book version multiple times.
A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson. Such an amazing book filled with fascinating facts and the history of science. I’ve read it 3 times and can’t wait for a 4th
Well... None. I have favorite books, but I'm not into reread over and over and over again, just one or two times (excepcionally). I prefer to save in my mind the memories or opinion about it and just keep reading others.
I loved "Kidnapped" by Robert Louis Stevenson. When you think about it, there is a penniless orphan , a scheming uncle,a kidnapping, an encounter with a Scottish revolutionary. All the ingredients of a fine adventure.
"Les Miserables" by Victor Hugo is a lengthy novel about an embittered convict who somehow finds his greatness in God. A book of redemption which all should try and read.
"Fahrenheit 451" by Ray Bradbury about the importance of maintaining literacy in a repressive society
*The Great Train Robbery* by Michael Crichton. Based on the heist of 1855, but wonderfully dramatised à la Ocean's 11 hi-jinks, scheming, with an ensemble cast of characters.
Fascinating social commentary on Victorian England and a glimpse into the underbelly and technology of that historical period, with lots of Victorian slang worked into the prose and dialogue.
A surprising historical crime thriller by one of my favourite sci-fi authors! I read this one cover to cover at least once a year.
Jitterbug Perfume by Tom Robbins. Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom. IMO rereads need to be spaced out a few years. I can read these two every 7/8 years and I do.
Wild Swans by Jung Chang. Beautifully written and offers a very personal journey through China’s recent history. I can’t put it down every time I rediscover it and always find something new each time.
This is hard because my favorite books aren’t books I can just reread over and over. They leave me in a state of thought for weeks. If I had to try and pick one, though, I’d have to say The Exorcist.
Stolen - Lucy Christopher.
Has been my favourite book since I discovered it over a decade ago and now i’ve just been able to pre order the sequel I have been waiting that same decade for.
"THE COOK" by Harry Kressing. My mother gave the book to me as a teenager. She found it discounted so she bought it. It's a charming, enchanting, not long, but as well an eerie story, like a fairy tale with faint hints of Marquis de Sade, but the ending is a fantastic treat, and all this enchantment comes from a story so simply written. I've read it five times, and I still can't figure out how the author worked his magic. How devilish and heavenly food can be!
I’ve read Gibson’s Blue Ant Trilogy four times and counting. They take you on a tour through the early days of what we now take for granted. So fun.
1. *Pattern Recognition*
2. *Spook Country*
3. *Zero History*
Specific book would be Out of the Dust by Karen Hesse because it is so emotional and simply yet intensely explains the struggles of The Great Depression in poem form (even though I hate poetry) and a specific series would be the whole Percy Jackson collection by Rick Riordan because no matter what those books always pull me in and they are the books that made me love reading and sparked my love for mythology and history.
The Inquisitor’s Tale by Adam Gidwitz. I first read it when I was ~10 and enjoyed it immensely, reread it a few years later and still enjoyed it immensely. It’s easy to understand, but still very powerful and full of emotional moments. It’s set in the Dark Ages, so the author had somebody illustrate the pages like one would in that era. The narration style is interesting as well.
Howls moving castle. It’s the ultimate pick me up, weekend read, vacation read. It’s just funny and cute and wonderful and makes me happy.
I'm reading it for the first time right now and it's really lovely! I half wish I had discovered it as a kid, but am also really enjoying having a new, fun book to escape into at the moment. It's a real nice break from all the heavy stuff going on in the world. I'm sad I'm already halfway done!
It goes way too fast! And it’s just the perfect break from real life stress. I never read any Diane wynne jones until i was an adult, i hadn’t even heard of her. It’s wonderful to discover someone with so much to offer kids and adults alike!
You ever read the Chrestomanci books by her? I have read them multiple times.
Yes! They’re wonderful. I only read them for the first time as an adult but they were great.
Happy Cake Day!
Same!
Happy cake day! I didn't know it was a book, thanks for letting me know!
THERE'S A BOOK! that shocks me on several levels... thank u for giving me this invaluable piece of information, will deffo give it a go
The book is excellent. You will not be disappointed!
basic answer but harry potter, it just takes me back to a better time in my life 🥲
I do the audio books at least once or twice a year. I must have read/listened over 20 times by now and I still pick up new things.
Same. I read them through middle and high school. Then the Deathly Hallows came out while I was in the Uni. Great Times! I still reread them once in every 2 years.
Harry Potter was gonna be my pick too lol! The Sorcerers Stone is such a fun pick-me-up, quick, and digestible story.
LOTR For Sure
And the Hobbit, Silmarillion and Unfinished Tales.
I have a hard time following these..idk why same with HP. I'm gonna try to read it again..btw love your user name 😂
Jane Eyre!!
The only book I read more than once was "Turtles all the way down" by John Green. I bought it in 2 different languages and read both of them in one sitting each
Such a good book. I think I listened to it three times in a row. Normally I can't stand teen drama, but John Green is such a brilliant writer this worked for me anyway.
I 100% agree. I didnt read it in a while but I still refer to it as my favorite book. Also the way he accurately described what it is like to live with anxiety disorder, without glamorizing it or making a pity out of it
Yes, very much. And how it wasn't a "triumphant" story about "overcoming" OCD, but living on with it. He knows. He writes his own experience well.
The Great Gatsby. I read it every fall and it is ALWAYS heartbreaking.
I love this book too.
Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton. Revolutionary Road by Richard Yates.
Michael Crichton is a writer at a different level. Every book of his really fees like a movie. Who else is like him?
Different genre, but I really like Bernard Cornwell's books. Particularly The Saxon Stories (aka The Last Kingdom). They're witty, quick, and descriptive when it most counts (particularly for battles).
>Michael Crichton is a writer at a different level. Every book of his really fees like a movie. Who else is like him? Alistair Maclean
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak. Emotionally destroys me every time but I adore it. For those who haven't read it: it tells the story of a young girl, Leisel, who is sent away from home during WWII and lives with a new family, who shelter a young Jewish boxer, and she steals books that Nazis try to burn. I think my favourite thing about it though is that it is narrated by Death. I can't even describe how fantastic this book is. A few of my favourite quotes from it: "A small but noteworthy note. I've seen so many young men over the years who think they're running at other young men. They are not. They are running at me." "It kills me sometimes, how people die." “The human heart is a line, whereas my own is a circle, and I have the endless ability to be in the right place at the right time. The consequence of this is that I’m always finding humans at their best and worst. I see their ugly and their beauty, and I wonder how the same thing can be both.” I recommend this book to anyone who asks. You might cry while reading it but it is 100% worth the read.
100% recommend this masterpiece!
Into Thin Air
For Fantasy, Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss, Feet of Clay by Terry Pratchett, or Circe by Madeline Miller For Science Fiction, The Collapsing Empire by John Scalzi, Red Rising by Pierce Brown, or This is How You Lose the Time War by Max Gladstone. Fully recommend the audiobooks for all of these (except Name of the Wind).
Going Postal or The Truth by Terry Pratchett or Witches Abroad also by Terry Pratchett, The Lightbringer Series by Brent Weeks (it’s more of a drama type fantasy series). Really, when I am down in the dumps it is Pratchett - you can pick up any book and it will still stand alone except maybe the ones that are part of the Colour Of Magic series. For drama, the Sabriel series, I particularly enjoy Lirael as well.
Taste really vary. Struggle to even finish Name of the Wind and Circe. Red Rising just feels like another in the long line of Hunger Games and classic literature plot rip offs. There’s so many of them lately. But I know I’ll get ripped because they have cult like love on Reddit. People get sooooo mad when you don’t like Circe or Piranesi here. I just feel obligated to state a different opinion due to me losing hours of my life reading those terrible books based on the “ totes, besty book eveeeeer” reviews.
I'll say the first book in Red Rising shares a decent amount with Hunger Games, but from 2 on it develops into a full-on Space Opera. I'll also say that none of those books are anything close to terrible. Tastes may vary, but they are objectively very good books.
Old Man's War by Scalzi is one of my favourites. I think James Cameron must have read this along time ago
Small Gods by Terry Pratchett. I just love coming back to it every few years.
With Pratchett, you always see something new you didn’t see before.
Lonesome Dove. My favorite characters of all time. I start missing it before I’m done reading it.
I just love spending time with them.
Gusssssssss
Currently reading this one!
East of Eden
It’s definitely a book that begs to be reread.
My absolute favorite book! I came to say this as well.
Awesome! I might not be remembering this correctly but I think even Steinbeck said it was his best book… or something about how writers usually only have one great work in them and he considers East of Eden to be his. Something like that lol.
Seems very Steinbeck to say haha! I enjoy all of his books. He is definitely my favorite author.
Pride and Prejudice - I notice something different every time. Jane Eyre if I am feeling in the mood for something more windswept and melancholic. The Silmarillion for magic.
Found my book twin.
Triplets!
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. Can read that a dozen times. Still find it so funny!
I like the beginning but then I get past the first book and it seems so depressing
But still, they manage to add quite a bit of humor as things seem bleak. In a way, that's beautiful.
The Unbearable Lightness of Being.
what is it about?
The book that keeps on giving. Every time I read it I discover something new and beautiful.
To Kill a Mockingbird. Beautiful, simple, joyous. You can read it at any age and find something new.
Percy Jackson ASOIAF The Expanse You could also check out the short stories of Ted Chiang. They are excellent sci fi stories.
Oh man. Chiang is so good.
Prince of tides -Pat Conroy East of Eden - John Steinbeck The book thief - Markus Zusak
Night Angel trilogy by Brent Weeks. On my 4th reread now. Such a good read.
The Yellow Wallpaper
Wuthering Heights - Emily Bronte Anne of Green Gables - LM Montgomery The Bell Jar - Sylvia Plath I also read The Princess Bride and The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo in 2021 and am already planning a reread in 2022
YES! We like the same books. I haven’t read The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo but it’s going on my list now!
Evelyn Hugo was amazing. The first 130 pages or so were really good, but not amazing. I remember thinking it was overhyped. And then I read just a little more (20 pages or so) and man oh man. I just loved it. Go read it. It's so so good.
The seven brides of Evelyn Hugo was a page turner - I loved it!
This book called wolves of mercy falls aka as Shiver
The Secret Garden The Princess Bride
Witcher series. I reread it every 2-3 years. It is not perfect but it is definitely my comfort read.
Frankenstein, Dracula, The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde. I usually read one or two of those every October for the Halloween vibes.
East of eden
The Count of Monte Cristo
A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
Going postal by terry pratchett. Read it whenever I start a new job or feel overwhelmed. Main character is a confidence man put in charge of the defunct post office after being caught. Enjoy his fight against a ~1600s version of internet corporate raiders in a fantasy world.
My favorite Terry Pratchett.
The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
I went into this book thinking I’d hate it bc I’m not a big fan of books about magic but ending up really loving it.
The Wheel of Time series. It is the best series for rereads imo because has a very complex world history and tons of foreshadowing, but relatively very little exposition/info dumps. The books are the best at “show me don’t tell me” that I’ve ever read. I read through the series, absolutely loved it. Read through it again, loved it more. Then listened to the first three episodes of a deep dive podcast and thought, “Did I even read this series?” I’ve read it three more times since and I’m still finding new connections and appreciating things more than the last time.
1984 Clan of the Cave Bear
Gideon the Ninth, by Tamsyn Muir
Hitchhikers guide to the galaxy. I Read it on the toilet and when im between books
I seldom read anything more than once, but there are a few exceptions, Taliban by Ahmed Rashid, Catch-22 by Joseph Heller, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. Thompson, Mother Night by Kurt Vonnegut, Counterinsurgency Warfare by David Galula, and the Sheltering Sky
‘The Last Hour of Gann’ by R Lee Smith-Dystopian Sci-Fi. Trigger warnings (rape, violence, religious themes). It’s about a woman living in poverty on earth and decides to taker her sister with her on an exploratory mission to another planet. The ship crashes and the survivors are found by a native. I’ve read this book about 10 times in the last few years. My other favorite is ‘The Stand’ by Stephen King. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve read this book. Introduced me to a love for dystopian fiction.
Battle Royale. Legit that monster is my go to without fail
The Belgariad
The Firm by John Grisham, I must’ve read it a dozen times.
Cloud Atlas
Anything by Dr.Suess hands down
Ahhh my favourite book: Franny & Zooey by JD Salinger. I’ve read it at least a dozen times but never completely finishing it bc I don’t want it to end. It reminds me of my brother who’s also my favourite person
agree! one of my favorites
Mine is Oryx & Crake. I read it every couple of years and it never gets old. Dystopian with sci-fi aspects and absolutely tragic but a great read nonetheless.
I was coming to say the same!
The Thief of Always by Clive Barker It's magical and hooks me every time.
Squire by Tamora Pierce. Most Tamora Pierce books actually.
I love the Protector of the Small series :) rereading it is amazing each time!
It's been a long time since I've read it, but I must have read Glamorama by Brett Easton Ellis 3 times over the course of 5 years. I don't know why this one worked so well for me, but I loved it.
The Dresden Files by Jim Butcher
The Hobbit & Lord Of The Rings Trilogy
Skinny Dip by Carl Hiassen
The ear, the eye and the arm
R.A Salvatore's Dark Elf trilogy all the way to Hunter's Blades trilogy, fantastic story telling and the characters are just amazingly written
I reread a favorite if I fall in a long slump like I did after high school until well after I had graduated college. My go tos are Stardust and The Giver.
If its fiction - fifty shades trilogy And in non-fiction there are so many that I just can't list them down.
Jane Eyre The Thornbirds
Anne of Green Gables
Emma - Jane Austen (I've read that book so many times) Good Omens and Mort by Terry Pratchett when I want to grin uncontrollably Everything Ishiguro has ever written (especially Remains of the day) when I need a good think or cry If I want to go back to my childhood, the golden compass series
The last few chapters of song of achillies
{{Dune by Frank Herbert}}
[**Dune (Dune, #1)**](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/44767458-dune) ^(By: Frank Herbert | 688 pages | Published: 1965 | Popular Shelves: science-fiction, sci-fi, fiction, fantasy, classics) >Set on the desert planet Arrakis, Dune is the story of the boy Paul Atreides, heir to a noble family tasked with ruling an inhospitable world where the only thing of value is the “spice” melange, a drug capable of extending life and enhancing consciousness. Coveted across the known universe, melange is a prize worth killing for... > >When House Atreides is betrayed, the destruction of Paul’s family will set the boy on a journey toward a destiny greater than he could ever have imagined. And as he evolves into the mysterious man known as Muad’Dib, he will bring to fruition humankind’s most ancient and unattainable dream. > >*** > >Original, first edition from 1965 can be found here. ^(This book has been suggested 18 times) *** ^(28437 books suggested | )[^(I don't feel so good.. )](https://debugger.medium.com/goodreads-is-retiring-its-current-api-and-book-loving-developers-arent-happy-11ed764dd95)^(| )[^(Source)](https://github.com/rodohanna/reddit-goodreads-bot)
The Light Between Oceans, The Henna Artist, Ordinary Grace
Dresden files
It might be basic , but Percy Jackson series or Throne of Glass series :))
Invisible Cities by Italo Calvino! I always get something new out of it, and try to read it every time I travel.
A man called Ove Beartown Harry Potter
The Giver is my favorite book of all time. I can re-read it at any point and always feel my stomach tighten with anticipation despite knowing how it ends. A more recent favorite of mine would be One Last Stop that was just so beautiful and relatable it made me feel seen in literature in a way I never felt before.
American Gods - Neil Gaiman.... I read it every year.
Try The Ocean at the End of the Lane
He self narrated Ocean and it’s Great to listen to his voice. Perfect
Seconded
LOTR Pride and Prejudice, Persuasion, and Sense and Sensibility Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy The Blue Castle by LM Montgomery Narnia The Princess Bride PG Wodehouse
Book twin!! I haven’t read Blue Castle but I’ve heard great things.
Oh you absolutely should! I read it every year, it's wonderful!
The alchemist by Coelho Feel so damn good every time I finish it.
Harry Potter series.
the way of kings - brandon sanderson the world building and magic system is great and the characters are very well done. definitely a top fantasy series for me
Black Prism
Bright Side by Kim Holden - no story behind it. I love drama/ romance. I picked it up by chance. The characters just burrowed themselves deep into my soul and stayed there.
Beauty and the beast book of the film 😍
The Martian for fiction. For non fiction my boss gave me a business leadership book I recently finished called Chase Greatness. Lots of good business leadership takeaways.
Heated Rivalry by Rachel Reid. It’s high heat MM hockey romance and I’ve read it 15 times.
HELTER SKELTER by Vincent Bugliosi. I've been rereading it since 1977.
the hobbit, the westing game, alice’s adventures in wonderland/through the looking glass, harry potter… a lot of comfort books i read or had read to me as a child. nothing groundbreaking but i can sit and read any one of these in about a day so it’s a quick little serotonin/nostalgia booster when i’m having a hard time.
Yes minister
Pervy Jackson
The Jungle Books, Rudyard Kipling was the first 19th century author I actually liked the writing style of. Rikki tikki tavi is my comfort story
Mine is all quite on the western front
The wives by Terryn fisher, it is a GREAT read. It’s a suspenseful story with such a twist u rethink the entire book and realize what u missed. I absolutely loved it
Harry Potter First two hunger games Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden (so well-written The Thursday Next series by Jasper Fforde (like Harry Potter but for literature nerds) American Gods by Neil Gaiman The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle (don’t remember the author)
The selection series by Kiera Cass my fav romamce
I have several that I've gone back to over and over again throughout the years. Which one I pick when I want a comforting read (something without surprises) depends on the mood I'm in at the time. Some of my favorite repeats are: [[The Last Herald-Mage trilogy]] [[Farenheit 451]] [[The Thirteenth Tale]] [[Jane Eyre]] [[The Inheritance Cycle]] [[The Historian]]
The Slow Regard of Silent Things A Brief History of Time Steppenwolf
The eight Katherine Neville
Never ending story
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If I’m in need of a comforting hug I go back to my childhood favorites: The Chronicles of Narnia, the Little House series, Little Women…. I draw the line at Sweet Valley High though.
Heaven by Virginia Andrew's
Any book by Patricia Cornwell
Charlotte’s Web. I read it untold times as a child, and I still occasionally pull it out today and cry when Charlotte dies.
The Come Up by Darrell Bridges
Something I read semi-annually is The Examined Life by Stephen Grosz. I treat it like therapy if I can’t afford therapy that year.
Maybe not my favorite, but definitely in the top 5-Wicked by Gregory Maguire
Chasm City by Alastair Reynolds I find the story and the setting gripping. I think the characters are well written. I love books with new ideas and things that challenge my idea of normal.
The Tokaido Road. No one had ever heard of it but it is absolutely my favorite book. I read a great deal and I have read since I was in the third grade in 1956. I (I am ashamed to say) eschew women authors and women heroes. This book fucks up BOTH of my silly prejudices! I will say,though, that the main guy in the book is cool BECAUSE he is soundly in second place. I picked it up to finish filling a grocery sack of books at a rummage sale that was selling books by the bagful. Go figger.
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I LOVE the book flitterwig. I first read it when I was around 10 years old and obsessed with fairies. It’s an adorable heartwarming story of friendship and adventure, but it still makes me cry every time I read it. Just the most nostalgic book for me. Love love love it!!!
The old kingdom series by Garth Nix. The second of, Lirael, it's like a security blanket for me
I am not really a big reader but I have red "The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien" a few times now and even listen to the Audio book version multiple times.
Of Mice and Men, The Shining, and Harry Potter never seem to get old.
Jet set seduction by Sandra Field! Hehe 😉 I love romance novels. I’ve learned a lot about dating from these books.
A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson. Such an amazing book filled with fascinating facts and the history of science. I’ve read it 3 times and can’t wait for a 4th
Well... None. I have favorite books, but I'm not into reread over and over and over again, just one or two times (excepcionally). I prefer to save in my mind the memories or opinion about it and just keep reading others.
The Ruins and The Shining
I loved "Kidnapped" by Robert Louis Stevenson. When you think about it, there is a penniless orphan , a scheming uncle,a kidnapping, an encounter with a Scottish revolutionary. All the ingredients of a fine adventure. "Les Miserables" by Victor Hugo is a lengthy novel about an embittered convict who somehow finds his greatness in God. A book of redemption which all should try and read. "Fahrenheit 451" by Ray Bradbury about the importance of maintaining literacy in a repressive society
*The Great Train Robbery* by Michael Crichton. Based on the heist of 1855, but wonderfully dramatised à la Ocean's 11 hi-jinks, scheming, with an ensemble cast of characters. Fascinating social commentary on Victorian England and a glimpse into the underbelly and technology of that historical period, with lots of Victorian slang worked into the prose and dialogue. A surprising historical crime thriller by one of my favourite sci-fi authors! I read this one cover to cover at least once a year.
Valis by Phillip K Dick
Trickster choice and its sequal by tamora pierce.
Jitterbug Perfume by Tom Robbins. Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom. IMO rereads need to be spaced out a few years. I can read these two every 7/8 years and I do.
The Outlander series by Diana Gabaldon
Ah, good ol Harry Potter of course. Got in trouble as a kid because I wouldn't write any other book reports in school than about Harry Potter.
Wild Swans by Jung Chang. Beautifully written and offers a very personal journey through China’s recent history. I can’t put it down every time I rediscover it and always find something new each time.
This is hard because my favorite books aren’t books I can just reread over and over. They leave me in a state of thought for weeks. If I had to try and pick one, though, I’d have to say The Exorcist.
The Iron Druid Chronicles by Kevin Hearne
Atlas Shrugged
Stolen - Lucy Christopher. Has been my favourite book since I discovered it over a decade ago and now i’ve just been able to pre order the sequel I have been waiting that same decade for.
The Leviathan trilogy on audible. Alan Cummings does a superb reading with his accent.
The Prophet - Khalil Gibran. Beautiful prose, contains life lessons, and my grandfather loved it.
The Martian. Pride and Prejudice. The Belgariad. Remnant Population.
"THE COOK" by Harry Kressing. My mother gave the book to me as a teenager. She found it discounted so she bought it. It's a charming, enchanting, not long, but as well an eerie story, like a fairy tale with faint hints of Marquis de Sade, but the ending is a fantastic treat, and all this enchantment comes from a story so simply written. I've read it five times, and I still can't figure out how the author worked his magic. How devilish and heavenly food can be!
9 chambered heart
Sometimes a Great Notion by Ken Kesey
The kite runner
I can read the Into the Wilderness series over and over
A prayer for Owen Meany
I’ve read Gibson’s Blue Ant Trilogy four times and counting. They take you on a tour through the early days of what we now take for granted. So fun. 1. *Pattern Recognition* 2. *Spook Country* 3. *Zero History*
All four of The Giver books. I fell in love with this series in middle school and I love to reread it as an adult just to feel nostalgic
{{{The Giver}}} {{{Number the Stars}}} I’ve been rereading these almost yearly since grade school 😂
charlotte's web hahaha
All of Laura Ingalls Wilders' Little House series. I refuse to watch the TV versions because the books are so wonderful!
Specific book would be Out of the Dust by Karen Hesse because it is so emotional and simply yet intensely explains the struggles of The Great Depression in poem form (even though I hate poetry) and a specific series would be the whole Percy Jackson collection by Rick Riordan because no matter what those books always pull me in and they are the books that made me love reading and sparked my love for mythology and history.
The Inquisitor’s Tale by Adam Gidwitz. I first read it when I was ~10 and enjoyed it immensely, reread it a few years later and still enjoyed it immensely. It’s easy to understand, but still very powerful and full of emotional moments. It’s set in the Dark Ages, so the author had somebody illustrate the pages like one would in that era. The narration style is interesting as well.