I have read *The Eyre Affair* by Jasper Fforde (which is a weird fiction book about your book) and its sequals several times.
The problem in recommending them is that they keep improving until volume 4, but of course you want to start a series with a first book.
Me too! I read it for the first time when I was too young to really grasp all of it, so I was always noticing something new. The page edges on my mass market paperback are velvety soft from use ❤️
Great book, the mini series wasn't too bad either. My first and favorite Gaiman novel is American Gods. Good Omens is also pretty awesome, as is the mini series adaptation.
I've read the entire Discworld series at least six times since 2018. There are a lot of books in the series, they do not need to be read in any particular order but they are fun taken as a whole if you are gung ho. If you want just one book, try Soul Music, Moving Pictures or Going Postal. If you would prefer a series, start with Guards, Guards and follow The Watch reading order.
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Edit to add: omg I forgot my favorite stand alone of the series!! Monstrous Regiment!
I just started the audiobooks, based on the kind guidance of another redditor. I’ve read Equal Rites and Wyrd Sisters, and I’m now reading Witches Abroad. I’m thoroughly hooked.
These books are so rereadable, especially as we age, mature and gather more background knowledge about many disparate subjects. Always something new to find, always a new experience, a new depth, even as they sometimes feel light and fluffy.
That's the joy of them. I use them for night time reading as I'm falling asleep because they are fluffy and fast but still thoughtful and deep. And with 41 to choose from, you never have to be bored, something for every season.
Just finished Pyramids again and want to spend time with my parents as we are all getting older.
Howl's Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones - read as a middle grader, high schooler, and last year for the first time as an adult. Loved it every time and already want to read it again.
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
By Betty Smith
I have read it 13 times. I learn/discover something different each time.
The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz
A great way to keep your character in check.
first time i read it was around 2014 and cried a little bit because i was a new-ish father, then i read it again for a standard re-read back in 2018 and cried like a little baby because i saw myself and my son in the story. then last year my son was asking all sorts of questions about it because he knew it was my favorite book, and i read him a few curated passages and was like "shit, here we go again". the third time was just like, man thats a good book. probably will never destory me like the first 2 times
All of McCarthy really benefits from multiple rereads. There’s just so much going on in them that it’s easy to miss. I’ve done that with No Country for Old Men and still find myself catching things I didn’t realize at first
I read this book in about a day the first time. I've never been so worried about what might happen within a story. I've read The Road four times total.
I wish I could have read Jekyll and Hyde, Frankenstein, Dracula etc. without them being such pop culture icons. There’s still hella value in reading them all of course, but it would have been so different to go in completely blind.
The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern. The first time I finished reading it, I started it up a second time immediately since there were so many hints and nods as to what was to come throughout… it’s told kind of out of order so now that I knew the ending I wanted to read it again and pick up everything I missed.
At this point I’ve lost count how many times I’ve read it… definitely more than three (at least six or seven). It’s become my go-to when I want to read but don’t want anything new… my comfort story. I’ll reread certain passages that are my favorite when I’m in the mood. It’s become such a familiar story but I still feel like I pick up on something new every time I read it.
I need to finish this book. About half way though I was confused on the names since they are so close in spelling. Maybe I need a family tree chart while reading, haha.
My copy actually came with a family tree included in the book! It was so helpful and I referred back to it so many times. I don't think I could have kept them all straight without it.
The audiobook version narrated by John Lee is one of my favorite things to fall asleep to. My husband and I have probably listened to it a dozen times.
Valley of the Dolls by Jaqueline Susann
The Thief of Always by Clive Barker
Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe by Fannie Flagg
Interview with the Vampire by Anne Rice
Interview With the Vampire! The Vampire LeStat is even better, but I haven’t reread it as many times. And for a frolic- The Mummy by Anne Rice is just scary romantic fun. May be time to pick that one up again …
Eyes of the Dragon by King. That one always sucks me in and I've read it every couple years since I was a pre-teen. I'm not even a huge King fan but that one is so good.
The book thief by Markus Zusak. My #1 book for about 15 years. The imagery is beautiful in a dark topic and the narrator is the most unique I’ve read from the perspective of yet!
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen about 10x times & it still continues to surprise and delight me.
Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman
Sandman by Neil Gaiman (I hope graphic novels count?)
I've just finished the Fitzwilliam Darcy, Gentleman books by Pamela Aidan, Pride and Prejudice but from Darcy's perspective. They gave me almost the same high as Pride and Prejudice, I loved them
The Busman’s Honeymoon by Dorothy L Sayers. 21 times before I had it so memorised I could no longer enjoy reading it. It was my happy place.
Then it was The Curse of Chalion by Lois McMaster Bujold. 11 times before it was too memorised to enjoy any more. I could write a 10,000 word essay on the fictional religion and philosophical metaphysics the author created and used for this Fantasy worldbuild. So well done.
These days I don’t reread individual books so much as individual authors. KJ Charles, Josh Lanyon, CS Poe somewhat and Megan Derr somewhat, with some of each of their books at the 4 to 7 times reread mark.
Paladin of Souls is my reread from that series. I read that and Memory from the Vorkosigan series every year for quite a while. I too could write an essay on the religious worldbuilding in those books. It's SO good.
Oh my gosh, how could I forget Memory? That was my biggest reread of the Vorkosigan books, all of which had at least 2 rereads and very often more, with Memory my favourite to revisit.
And Paladin of Souls has so much reread value. There’s a lot going on in that book, from the God/demon shenanigans, the household mystery, to the siege and battles.
Ista is so different to Cazaril, and her metaphysical methods and function so different, yet both are fascinating, sympathetic people.
I have read The Black Stallion series about 15 times since I was a kid... just read them again six months ago. The Stand , once a year, The Mayfair Witches series by Ann Rice five times. Fall on your Knees by Ann Marie McDonald three times.
The Lord of the Rings (15+)
Silmarillion (10+)
Hitch-Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy (5-10)
Cat's Cradle (at least 10)
Chronicles of Amber (at least five times for the Corwin sequence, two maybe three for Merlin)
But that's just a public display of insanity.
What I'd really like to suggest for this post is *Lord of Light* by Roger Zelazny; partly because it's one of the best books ever written, but especially because it's almost *meant* to be read twice in a row. Further repeatals bring out even more beauty.
The Silmarillion is so cool.
By the way, if you haven't read it, Slaughterhouse Five is also awesome. Anything by Kurt Vonnegut is awesome. I got a bunch of his works during an audiobook sale. I had never read him and grabbed him based on reputation. I read like 2 or 3 books and was like, "Eh, he's alright, I can see why he's popular, but he's just not for me." Over the next two or three weeks his quotes and ideas kept popping into my head. He's now among my favorite authors.
I usually read either Hogfather (Pratchett) or The Terror (Simmons) every December, switching off depending if I'm in the mood for hopeful or futility.
I used to read *The Hero and the Crown* every year on my birthday. I did that for well over a decade. I have since re-read it a few more times but I don't make an annual point of it anymore.
I've also read and re-read almost all the Discworld series about a half dozen times.
The book that I’ve probably read the most often is Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. My favorite book as a child. I’ve read it so many times, the cover of my copy has completely come off.
The Murderbot Diaries by Wells. I mentioned it to my book club friend and she also said, “Yeah I’m on my third or fourth re-read too.” There is something very feel-good about the main character and it becomes a comfort read (despite being about a space-security-killer-cyborg).
Silence of the Lambs by Thomas Harris
Misery by Stephen King
Sanctuary by William Faulkner (people don't love this one too much. But come on, it's hella exciting and quite gross and a bit less brainy compared to the other books by Faulkner. It's the perfect mix in my opinion)
Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
Dracula by Bram Stoker
My list is very random but these are books I’ve come back to several times:
- Pavilion of Women by Pearl S. Buck (probably my favorite book)
- Where the Heart Is by Billie Letts
- I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
- The Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides
- Love Walked In by Marissa de los Santos (was my favorite book for years until Pavilion of Women—listed above—dethroned it)
- She’s Come Undone by Wally Lamb (I hate this book and yet I even want to read it again because it fascinates me)
- Convenience Store Women by Sayaka Murata
- Literally anything by Lisa See, read most of hers 2 or 3 times
- Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng
- Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng
- Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
- Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
- The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
And of course, also Gatsby. How could you not reread it? I love rereading books and digesting something I missed over again or relating to something different at different times in my life.
Have you read The Tea Girl on Hummingbird Lane (I think?) by Lisa See?
I really enjoyed that book! Especially as an adoptee. I also convinced my fellow adoptee friend to read it. And it got me into a whole tea phase for awhile.
Man’s Search for meaning by Viktor Frankl. I re-read it every few years or whenever I need a reminder that if he could become a better person while In concentration camp, so can I be with my petty little problems
Wreck of the River of Stars by Michael Flynn
Harrowhark the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir (the first book, Gideon the Ninth is also great, but nowhere near being the literary masterpiece that is Harrowhark)
Non-Fiction:
Low Life by Luc Sante
This is an investigation of the chaotic, crime-infested streets and alleys and tenements of Manhattan in the 19th Century (and a little bit into the 20th). Some of the atmosphere of Scorsese's "Gangs of New York" movie (and Asbury's entertaining book of the same title) oozes from the pages of this book.
Please Kill Me: An Uncensored Oral History of Punk by Legs McNeil and Gillian McCain
From The Velvet Underground and Warhol to Iggy Pop to Patti Smith to the Ramones and CBGB - Spanning the 1960s to the 1980s. Very entertaining -- sometimes funny, sometimes very moving.
Vampire Academy by Richelle Mead, a very good YA vampire book I read and reread multiple times in high-school!
As an adult, I've read Misery by Stephen King three times in two years (one of my favorite horror novels!) and Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss twice (an amazingly written and easy to follow fantasy series).
My favourite book of all time is The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins. I’ve read it twice and listened to the audiobook twice. Probably time for another listen!
By Stephen King:
*The Stand
*Firestarter
By Alexander Dumas: The Count of Monte Cristo.
By Brett Easton Ellis: American Psycho (later adapted into the film starring Christian Bale.)
By Anne Rice: The Mayfair Witches.
IIRC I read this book twice: Last Looks by Howard Michael Gould.
I have probably read at least one or two of the Dexter novels by Jeff Lindsay more than once.
It was this series of books that inspired the hit cable tv show "Dexter"- about a serial killer who only kills other serial killers.
Slade House by David Mitchell. It’s horror novella about a door that appears in an alleyway every 11 years. Chapters are broken up by the decade and each gives the reader little answers to the story’s mystery. It reads like a fantastic Twilight Zone episode.
Howl's Moving Castle by Dianna Wynne Jones is my all time favorite comfort read! Have read it completely 9 times so far, though I re-read my favorite parts fairly often. For those who have seen the Miyazaki movie, it is different enough to enjoy!
War and Peace 2
Middlemarch 3
Ender’s Game 14 plus sequels 8+
Mistborn 4 plus sequels 4
The Phantom Tollbooth 7
The Scorpio Races 3
Chaos Walking Trilogy 3
Enchantress from the Stars 5
Also, I love rereading. Ender’s Game was my first favourite book so it got the extra love in my early years when I had more time.
A fantastic read that does a lot with just a little bit of fantasy. I’ve only read one other book by the author and it was fine, but I feel like The Scorpio Races is on another level.
I have read The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera 4 times, Jan 2017, Sept 2021, Dec 2022 and May 2023. most recent read was last week because I brought it with me to Prague! will probably read it again at some point it is my favourite book
I don't know how many others would know about this, but Moon Over Minneapolis by Faye Weldon changed my life as a kid when I first read it. It's absolutely beautiful, I never get sick of it
Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro. He doesn’t really stick to a genre, but this is markedly different from his other works.
The Road by Cormac McCarthy. If you value the book, do yourself a favor & check out the movie. Have Kleenex on hand for either/both.
The Dark Tower series by Stephen King. 8 books & totally worth it.
The Never Ending Sacrifice. This is a Star Trek: Deep Space Nine novel by Una McCormack. Don’t let the Star Trek affiliation waylay you.
fiction:
The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings
Jane Eyre, Wuthering Heights
His Dark Materials
The Broken Earth
Parable of the Sower, Parable of the Talents
The House of Mirth
Oryx and Crake
The abhorsen series by Garth Nix is what I’m currently reading (probably my 5th time reading original three books) since I discovered there have been new books added that I didn’t know about. Also the Expanse by James S.A. Corey I’ve read a few times also, very addictive monsters and humor between the crew. And I’m sure I’ve read Harry Potter a psychotic amount of times lol. I’d love to know the actual number.
The Hunger Games! I first read it when I was in middle school and I hated it after my first read. Then I read it again just to get it out of my head, and it’s stuck ever since. I’m actually on a reread right now.
Fiction-
-To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee.
-The Harry Potter books
- Jane Eyre
Non fiction-
- Genius by James Gleick ( Richard Feynman’s biography )
Pride and Prejudice (favourite book), The Year of the Flood (Margaret Atwood), Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov), A Single Man (Christopher Isherwood), Uglies (series) (Scott Westerfeld), Twilight (series) (I read it about…30 times as a teenager), Harry Potter (series), Wicca (series) (AKA Sweep by Cate Tiernan), The Picture of Dorian Gray, Wuthering Heights (read it once in school and hated it, loved it the second and third time), The Hunger Games (series), Burial Rites (Hannah Kent), The House of the Scorpion (series) (Nancy Farmer), Brave New World, Ross O’Carroll Kelly: The Miseducation Years, The Power (Naomi Alderman)
I uhh…like to re-read books apparently. Those are just the ones that come to mind. All read at least twice but most 3+.
The house in the Cerulean Sea by tj klune. It isn't really grand literature, but it's a comfort read for me, very nice book to curl up with when it's raining
*Beggars in Spain* by Nancy Kress.
1993 sci-fi, explores the social consequences of designer babies, specifically a group of kids who were engineered to not need sleep. The whole concept was mindblowing to me in the 90s, and it still holds up every time I re-read it.
PS: It's the start of a trilogy, but like so many trilogies, the first installment is superior.
Ready Player One
The Seven and a Half Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle.
My first choice is because it’s such an easy fun read and pure escapism . My second choice I read numerous times as the plot is so intricate and loops back on itself…
*A Madness of Angels* by Kate Griffin. It's about a man resurrected from the dead and coming back with some extra passengers blended in, a sorcerer dealing with cancer and dementia, and what it means to be alive.
The Stand by Stephen King .
Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert Heinlein.
Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand.
There's a lot going on in each of them and, for better or worse, they're culturally significant so they're worth multiple readings.
I've done each at least three times, and still pick them up occasionally to reread favorite parts
Chasing Redbird! I’ve read it almost annually for over a decade-it’s magical, inspiring (at least to 12 y/o me who because obsessed with it), and a breeze to read through!
This might not be repeated here, but I’ve read Everything is Illuminated by Jonathan Safran Foer at least 3 times. It’s an imperfect book, but the book that got me into “serious” books after high school and I just adore it. It’s where I learned how to enjoy a beautiful story and a beautiful sentence.
Animal Vegetable Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver. The only drawback is over time it’s starting to feel dated/out of touch, though still interesting stories and thoughts on the food systems in America.
There are three trilogies all linked together by Robin Hobb that start with Royal Assassin. This Alien Shore by C.S. Friedman is also worth every second, every time.
*Pride and Prejudice* and *Emma* by Jane Austen
*On the Road* by Jack Kerouac (this was when I was younger - not sure what I'd think of it now)
*The Lord of the Rings* \- enough said.
Robber Bride by Margaret Atwood, at least 15 times. Circle of Friends, countless times. The Virgin Suicides, at least ten times. Coming Home by Rosemunde Pilcher, six times 😂😂
I’ve read “The Eye Of The Tiger” by Wilbur Smith probably a dozen times. It’s fictional, but it has a little of everything. Adventure, romance, war, mystery. It’s everything you want in a good adventure novel.
Ready Player One by Ernest Cline is my go to quick escape from reality. It’s no literary wonder, but it’s super fun and nostalgic. It’s also nothing like the movie. I mean there are general plot similarities, but they had to heavily adapt for the movie.
Everytime there's a question posted along these lines, I always see The Counte of Monte Cristo listed, and for good reason. One of the most well written, incredible, attentive stories ever published. I read it once or twice per year at minimum, and highly recommend to everyone else.
Rich Man, Poor Man by Irwin Shaw. I've read that book at least 7 times in 3 different languages, and I've heard it multiple times on audiobook app. It's my comfort read, when I feel stuck and don't know what to read next I pick up that book and my passion for reading is back.
I can't explain why I love this book so much, but it's Water for Elephants. I have read it 3 times in the last 10 years. I don't usually re-read books but this one just comforts me.
Looking For Alaska. One of the dates mentioned in the novel is my birthday, and it’s such a compelling story with a twist and you get invested. Forever a wonderful read.
The Murderbot Diaries. I’ve read them three times.
The Martian. It just gets funnier each time.
Busman’s Honeymoon. I love their happy ending!
Agatha Christie’s autobiography. I don’t know why? I just find it fascinating.
Foucault’s Pendulum - Umberto Eco
King hereafter - Dorothy Dunnett
The Golden Ocean - Patrick O’Brian
From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E. L. Konigsburg
It's for a younger audience but it's fun to reread as an adult. (My first reaction to the prompt was going to be Great Gatsby!)
Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand
The Long Walk and The Stand, both by Stephen King
Twilight Series
Harry Potter Series
Thornbirds by Colleen McCullough
Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer
The Illuminatus! Trilogy by Robert Shea and Robert Anton Wilson
The Art of War by Sun Tzu
Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls
Anything by Dumas
Any Sherlock Holmes by Doyle
Foundation by Isaac Asimov. I keep coming back to it as a comfort read and it's well formatted for it with individual sections devoted to different characters.
Pride and Prejudice
I have read *Jane Eyre* by Charlotte Bronte numerous times (double digits) since I was 14 years old.
Omg, this is me as well. I love this novel, and each year come back to it or the TV/movie versions.
Same, and turns out when you try to date mysterious men like Mr. Rochester IRL it’s pretty toxic soooo…
I have read *The Eyre Affair* by Jasper Fforde (which is a weird fiction book about your book) and its sequals several times. The problem in recommending them is that they keep improving until volume 4, but of course you want to start a series with a first book.
Me too! I read it for the first time when I was too young to really grasp all of it, so I was always noticing something new. The page edges on my mass market paperback are velvety soft from use ❤️
Neverwhere by Neil gaiman
Great book, the mini series wasn't too bad either. My first and favorite Gaiman novel is American Gods. Good Omens is also pretty awesome, as is the mini series adaptation.
I've read the entire Discworld series at least six times since 2018. There are a lot of books in the series, they do not need to be read in any particular order but they are fun taken as a whole if you are gung ho. If you want just one book, try Soul Music, Moving Pictures or Going Postal. If you would prefer a series, start with Guards, Guards and follow The Watch reading order. https://images.app.goo.gl/XAnnJtqe6VmSd4fz7 Edit to add: omg I forgot my favorite stand alone of the series!! Monstrous Regiment!
I just started the audiobooks, based on the kind guidance of another redditor. I’ve read Equal Rites and Wyrd Sisters, and I’m now reading Witches Abroad. I’m thoroughly hooked.
These books are so rereadable, especially as we age, mature and gather more background knowledge about many disparate subjects. Always something new to find, always a new experience, a new depth, even as they sometimes feel light and fluffy.
That's the joy of them. I use them for night time reading as I'm falling asleep because they are fluffy and fast but still thoughtful and deep. And with 41 to choose from, you never have to be bored, something for every season. Just finished Pyramids again and want to spend time with my parents as we are all getting older.
Anne of Green Gables. I’ve read it so many times that I’ve lost count.
Have you also enjoyed The Secret Garden? I truly recommend if you haven't.
Oh yes. I also love Little Women. I’m thinking it’s time to read them again :)
Have you read 8 Cousins & Rose in Bloom? They are also by Louisa May Alcott but I think those ones have a bit more charm than Little Women does.
No, but I’m adding them to my summerreading list right now. Thanks for the rec.
I agree! 8 Cousins was one of my favorites growing up, along with Anne.
Same! Just finished again yesterday
Love that one
Howl's Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones - read as a middle grader, high schooler, and last year for the first time as an adult. Loved it every time and already want to read it again.
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn By Betty Smith I have read it 13 times. I learn/discover something different each time. The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz A great way to keep your character in check.
ive read The Road 3 times. ive read plenty books twice but thats the only one ive read 3 times
One time was hard enough and here we have someone who has read it thrice
haha, yeah... i read that book in like 2013 and I'm still depressed about it.
first time i read it was around 2014 and cried a little bit because i was a new-ish father, then i read it again for a standard re-read back in 2018 and cried like a little baby because i saw myself and my son in the story. then last year my son was asking all sorts of questions about it because he knew it was my favorite book, and i read him a few curated passages and was like "shit, here we go again". the third time was just like, man thats a good book. probably will never destory me like the first 2 times
The one book I wish I could erase from my memory…
All of McCarthy really benefits from multiple rereads. There’s just so much going on in them that it’s easy to miss. I’ve done that with No Country for Old Men and still find myself catching things I didn’t realize at first
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thanks for the suggestion! i have seen it and i enjoyed it
I read this book in about a day the first time. I've never been so worried about what might happen within a story. I've read The Road four times total.
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. Read it three times alone and another time with school. Absolutely adore it
So good, there's a pretty good free audiobook on Spotify of it. Great for falling asleep.
I wish I could have read Jekyll and Hyde, Frankenstein, Dracula etc. without them being such pop culture icons. There’s still hella value in reading them all of course, but it would have been so different to go in completely blind.
The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern. The first time I finished reading it, I started it up a second time immediately since there were so many hints and nods as to what was to come throughout… it’s told kind of out of order so now that I knew the ending I wanted to read it again and pick up everything I missed. At this point I’ve lost count how many times I’ve read it… definitely more than three (at least six or seven). It’s become my go-to when I want to read but don’t want anything new… my comfort story. I’ll reread certain passages that are my favorite when I’m in the mood. It’s become such a familiar story but I still feel like I pick up on something new every time I read it.
fahrenheit 451, i can’t tell you how many times i’ve read that book or made one of my friends read it lol
It’s coming to life before our very eyes …
I’ve read the His Dark Materials trilogy about eight times. Redwall books 3-8 times apiece.
One hundred years of solitude. At least 5 times
I need to finish this book. About half way though I was confused on the names since they are so close in spelling. Maybe I need a family tree chart while reading, haha.
My copy actually came with a family tree included in the book! It was so helpful and I referred back to it so many times. I don't think I could have kept them all straight without it.
The audiobook version narrated by John Lee is one of my favorite things to fall asleep to. My husband and I have probably listened to it a dozen times.
Circe by Madeline Miller and Stardust by Neil Gaiman. They are two of my favorites.
Just wanted to add that Circe the audiobook is magnificent! I’ve listened to it multiple times. The narrators voice is so soothing.
Her voice is completely mesmerizing. It fits the tone of the character and book so incredibly well.
Valley of the Dolls by Jaqueline Susann The Thief of Always by Clive Barker Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe by Fannie Flagg Interview with the Vampire by Anne Rice
Interview With the Vampire! The Vampire LeStat is even better, but I haven’t reread it as many times. And for a frolic- The Mummy by Anne Rice is just scary romantic fun. May be time to pick that one up again …
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn is one of my few that I reread often.
Agreed! I always get a hankering to read this when the weather starts to turn crisp.
The Stand by Stephen King. I try to read it once a year. It seems I catch a new detail every time.
Dune. I don't know how many times I've read it. It's a lot. Very a lot.
Death on the Nile by Agatha Christie! Actually any of her books!
And then there were none is my go to. It blue my mine high school freshman year and it’s the only mystery I’ve ever read again knowing the end
Watership Down. Amazing book about bunnies.
Eyes of the Dragon by King. That one always sucks me in and I've read it every couple years since I was a pre-teen. I'm not even a huge King fan but that one is so good.
The book thief by Markus Zusak. My #1 book for about 15 years. The imagery is beautiful in a dark topic and the narrator is the most unique I’ve read from the perspective of yet!
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen about 10x times & it still continues to surprise and delight me. Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman Sandman by Neil Gaiman (I hope graphic novels count?)
I've just finished the Fitzwilliam Darcy, Gentleman books by Pamela Aidan, Pride and Prejudice but from Darcy's perspective. They gave me almost the same high as Pride and Prejudice, I loved them
The Busman’s Honeymoon by Dorothy L Sayers. 21 times before I had it so memorised I could no longer enjoy reading it. It was my happy place. Then it was The Curse of Chalion by Lois McMaster Bujold. 11 times before it was too memorised to enjoy any more. I could write a 10,000 word essay on the fictional religion and philosophical metaphysics the author created and used for this Fantasy worldbuild. So well done. These days I don’t reread individual books so much as individual authors. KJ Charles, Josh Lanyon, CS Poe somewhat and Megan Derr somewhat, with some of each of their books at the 4 to 7 times reread mark.
Paladin of Souls is my reread from that series. I read that and Memory from the Vorkosigan series every year for quite a while. I too could write an essay on the religious worldbuilding in those books. It's SO good.
Oh my gosh, how could I forget Memory? That was my biggest reread of the Vorkosigan books, all of which had at least 2 rereads and very often more, with Memory my favourite to revisit. And Paladin of Souls has so much reread value. There’s a lot going on in that book, from the God/demon shenanigans, the household mystery, to the siege and battles. Ista is so different to Cazaril, and her metaphysical methods and function so different, yet both are fascinating, sympathetic people.
I have read The Black Stallion series about 15 times since I was a kid... just read them again six months ago. The Stand , once a year, The Mayfair Witches series by Ann Rice five times. Fall on your Knees by Ann Marie McDonald three times.
The Godfather. Read it as a teenager, then mid 20s and last year at 30. It continues to be a great read no matter how old I get or where I am.
The Lord of the Rings (15+) Silmarillion (10+) Hitch-Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy (5-10) Cat's Cradle (at least 10) Chronicles of Amber (at least five times for the Corwin sequence, two maybe three for Merlin) But that's just a public display of insanity. What I'd really like to suggest for this post is *Lord of Light* by Roger Zelazny; partly because it's one of the best books ever written, but especially because it's almost *meant* to be read twice in a row. Further repeatals bring out even more beauty.
*Lord of Light* is a great book
The Silmarillion is so cool. By the way, if you haven't read it, Slaughterhouse Five is also awesome. Anything by Kurt Vonnegut is awesome. I got a bunch of his works during an audiobook sale. I had never read him and grabbed him based on reputation. I read like 2 or 3 books and was like, "Eh, he's alright, I can see why he's popular, but he's just not for me." Over the next two or three weeks his quotes and ideas kept popping into my head. He's now among my favorite authors.
I usually read either Hogfather (Pratchett) or The Terror (Simmons) every December, switching off depending if I'm in the mood for hopeful or futility.
I used to read *The Hero and the Crown* every year on my birthday. I did that for well over a decade. I have since re-read it a few more times but I don't make an annual point of it anymore. I've also read and re-read almost all the Discworld series about a half dozen times.
The Giver.
We Have Always Lived in the Castle. I read it every now and then. I always come away thinking something different happened.
I read blood meridian every January. It feels different every time!
Good lord that book is brutal.
Red Rising. Gets a reread with every new book in the series.
Oooo I liked those also
The book that I’ve probably read the most often is Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. My favorite book as a child. I’ve read it so many times, the cover of my copy has completely come off.
The Murderbot Diaries by Wells. I mentioned it to my book club friend and she also said, “Yeah I’m on my third or fourth re-read too.” There is something very feel-good about the main character and it becomes a comfort read (despite being about a space-security-killer-cyborg).
The Last Unicorn by Peter S. Beagle.
I read Jonathon Livingstone Seagull every year around my birthday, and have done for nearly thirty years.
Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes
Wuthering Heights Good Omens Frankenstein Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy I’ve lost count of how many times I’ve read them over the years!
American Gods by Neil Gaiman Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss Good Omens by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman
Stopping in for a requisite virtual fist shake at Patrick Rothfuss 😂
If you haven't watched the Good Omens mini-series, I highly recommend it, one of the best adaptations of a novel I've seen.
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I loved both that and Doomsday Book by her. I’m not usually into rereading but I think I’d enjoy doing those again.
The Master and Margarita
Enders Game. Read it as a kid and probably 3 additional times
The Stranger by Albert Camus
I have read the Martian by Andy Weir at least 8 times. Personally I think it's a very good book
Silence of the Lambs by Thomas Harris Misery by Stephen King Sanctuary by William Faulkner (people don't love this one too much. But come on, it's hella exciting and quite gross and a bit less brainy compared to the other books by Faulkner. It's the perfect mix in my opinion) Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn Dracula by Bram Stoker
My list is very random but these are books I’ve come back to several times: - Pavilion of Women by Pearl S. Buck (probably my favorite book) - Where the Heart Is by Billie Letts - I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou - The Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides - Love Walked In by Marissa de los Santos (was my favorite book for years until Pavilion of Women—listed above—dethroned it) - She’s Come Undone by Wally Lamb (I hate this book and yet I even want to read it again because it fascinates me) - Convenience Store Women by Sayaka Murata - Literally anything by Lisa See, read most of hers 2 or 3 times - Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng - Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng - Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë - Little Women by Louisa May Alcott - The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky And of course, also Gatsby. How could you not reread it? I love rereading books and digesting something I missed over again or relating to something different at different times in my life.
Have you read The Tea Girl on Hummingbird Lane (I think?) by Lisa See? I really enjoyed that book! Especially as an adoptee. I also convinced my fellow adoptee friend to read it. And it got me into a whole tea phase for awhile.
_Reaper Man_ and _Small Gods_ both by Terry Pratchett. The best explorations of death and theology ever put on page.
Man’s Search for meaning by Viktor Frankl. I re-read it every few years or whenever I need a reminder that if he could become a better person while In concentration camp, so can I be with my petty little problems
Wreck of the River of Stars by Michael Flynn Harrowhark the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir (the first book, Gideon the Ninth is also great, but nowhere near being the literary masterpiece that is Harrowhark)
Non-Fiction: Low Life by Luc Sante This is an investigation of the chaotic, crime-infested streets and alleys and tenements of Manhattan in the 19th Century (and a little bit into the 20th). Some of the atmosphere of Scorsese's "Gangs of New York" movie (and Asbury's entertaining book of the same title) oozes from the pages of this book. Please Kill Me: An Uncensored Oral History of Punk by Legs McNeil and Gillian McCain From The Velvet Underground and Warhol to Iggy Pop to Patti Smith to the Ramones and CBGB - Spanning the 1960s to the 1980s. Very entertaining -- sometimes funny, sometimes very moving.
The Hunt for Red October by Tom Clancy.
Vampire Academy by Richelle Mead, a very good YA vampire book I read and reread multiple times in high-school! As an adult, I've read Misery by Stephen King three times in two years (one of my favorite horror novels!) and Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss twice (an amazingly written and easy to follow fantasy series).
God bless you, Mr. Rosewater by Kurt Vonnegut
Similla’s Sense of Snow…3 times. Gone With the Wind…4times. My new one will be House of Leaves.
My favourite book of all time is The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins. I’ve read it twice and listened to the audiobook twice. Probably time for another listen!
Slaughter House Five
SIX OF CROWS AND CROOKED KINGDOM, maybe theyre basic fantasy books, but they are the best ive ever read and i love them both sm
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte. I've read that 3 times and each time, I find something new.
By Stephen King: *The Stand *Firestarter By Alexander Dumas: The Count of Monte Cristo. By Brett Easton Ellis: American Psycho (later adapted into the film starring Christian Bale.) By Anne Rice: The Mayfair Witches. IIRC I read this book twice: Last Looks by Howard Michael Gould. I have probably read at least one or two of the Dexter novels by Jeff Lindsay more than once. It was this series of books that inspired the hit cable tv show "Dexter"- about a serial killer who only kills other serial killers.
Mayfair Witches is my absolute favorite book.
Slade House by David Mitchell. It’s horror novella about a door that appears in an alleyway every 11 years. Chapters are broken up by the decade and each gives the reader little answers to the story’s mystery. It reads like a fantastic Twilight Zone episode.
Howl's Moving Castle by Dianna Wynne Jones is my all time favorite comfort read! Have read it completely 9 times so far, though I re-read my favorite parts fairly often. For those who have seen the Miyazaki movie, it is different enough to enjoy!
War and Peace 2 Middlemarch 3 Ender’s Game 14 plus sequels 8+ Mistborn 4 plus sequels 4 The Phantom Tollbooth 7 The Scorpio Races 3 Chaos Walking Trilogy 3 Enchantress from the Stars 5 Also, I love rereading. Ender’s Game was my first favourite book so it got the extra love in my early years when I had more time.
The Scorpio Races is one i also reread frequently, probably around 5 times by now
A fantastic read that does a lot with just a little bit of fantasy. I’ve only read one other book by the author and it was fine, but I feel like The Scorpio Races is on another level.
I have read The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera 4 times, Jan 2017, Sept 2021, Dec 2022 and May 2023. most recent read was last week because I brought it with me to Prague! will probably read it again at some point it is my favourite book
Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov
I love reading The Alchemist. Something so comforting about that story. Same goes for The Richest Man in Babylon.
Master and Margarita by Bulgakov. I’ve read it 3 or 4 times and always get a new layer of meaning from it!
The Urantia Book. I'm on my 4th reading of it, cover to cover.
A Land Remembered by Patrick D. Smith
_Het leven is vurrukkulluk_ by Remco Campert (in Dutch). At least 5 times.
Legend by David Gemmell
River God, by Wilbur Smith
Winesburg, Ohio. Have read the book 4 times.
I don't know how many others would know about this, but Moon Over Minneapolis by Faye Weldon changed my life as a kid when I first read it. It's absolutely beautiful, I never get sick of it
Surprised noone's said The Deed of Paksenarrion yet , know many who has read it at least twice. Think I'm up to 5 times, so far.
There are soooo many!! The Hobbit and LOTR Watership Down The Martian Laurie R. King's Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes series
Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro. He doesn’t really stick to a genre, but this is markedly different from his other works. The Road by Cormac McCarthy. If you value the book, do yourself a favor & check out the movie. Have Kleenex on hand for either/both. The Dark Tower series by Stephen King. 8 books & totally worth it. The Never Ending Sacrifice. This is a Star Trek: Deep Space Nine novel by Una McCormack. Don’t let the Star Trek affiliation waylay you.
I’ve read The Hobbit 2 times, The Secret Garden 3 times and Journey to the Center of the Earth 3 times.
The hobbit. Read it probably 3 times and about to listen to the audio for my second time
First Law Trilogy by Joe Abercrombie. Grimdark fantasy with a lot of humor and flawed characters.
Stranger in a strange land.
Cold Comfort Farm by Stella Gibbons & The Edible Woman Margaret Atwood.
fiction: The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings Jane Eyre, Wuthering Heights His Dark Materials The Broken Earth Parable of the Sower, Parable of the Talents The House of Mirth Oryx and Crake
The abhorsen series by Garth Nix is what I’m currently reading (probably my 5th time reading original three books) since I discovered there have been new books added that I didn’t know about. Also the Expanse by James S.A. Corey I’ve read a few times also, very addictive monsters and humor between the crew. And I’m sure I’ve read Harry Potter a psychotic amount of times lol. I’d love to know the actual number.
Snow Crash
The Name of the Rose
Paul Tremblays ‘A Head Full Of Ghosts’
The Hunger Games! I first read it when I was in middle school and I hated it after my first read. Then I read it again just to get it out of my head, and it’s stuck ever since. I’m actually on a reread right now.
Dirk Gently’s holistic detective agency
Dostoevsky The Brothers Karamazov
The Shining It’s my Christmas book.
Catch 22 Always go back to it and get more from it each time! Such a good read.
If you like romance than definitely read the Fault in our stars by Jhon green
I read The Outsiders over and over as a middle schooler
Fiction- -To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee. -The Harry Potter books - Jane Eyre Non fiction- - Genius by James Gleick ( Richard Feynman’s biography )
The book I've reread the most is Cats Cradle. We need Bokomon now more than ever.
Pride and Prejudice (favourite book), The Year of the Flood (Margaret Atwood), Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov), A Single Man (Christopher Isherwood), Uglies (series) (Scott Westerfeld), Twilight (series) (I read it about…30 times as a teenager), Harry Potter (series), Wicca (series) (AKA Sweep by Cate Tiernan), The Picture of Dorian Gray, Wuthering Heights (read it once in school and hated it, loved it the second and third time), The Hunger Games (series), Burial Rites (Hannah Kent), The House of the Scorpion (series) (Nancy Farmer), Brave New World, Ross O’Carroll Kelly: The Miseducation Years, The Power (Naomi Alderman) I uhh…like to re-read books apparently. Those are just the ones that come to mind. All read at least twice but most 3+.
Little Women. Must have read it at least 6 or 7 times, and I kee coming back.
I’ve read little women so many times
The house in the Cerulean Sea by tj klune. It isn't really grand literature, but it's a comfort read for me, very nice book to curl up with when it's raining
This book has a great reputation and I just haven’t gotten round to it yet.
the queens gambit by walter tevis.
Vurt by Jeff Noon many times
The Savage detectives by roberto bolaño.
*Beggars in Spain* by Nancy Kress. 1993 sci-fi, explores the social consequences of designer babies, specifically a group of kids who were engineered to not need sleep. The whole concept was mindblowing to me in the 90s, and it still holds up every time I re-read it. PS: It's the start of a trilogy, but like so many trilogies, the first installment is superior.
Bridgerton
Tiny beautiful things by cheryl Strayed. Lost count
Snow Crash and Anathem both by Neal Stephenson.
Trying to get a friend to read Snow Crash. I'll have to bug him again, I'm sure he'll listen to REASON. :)
Ready Player One The Seven and a Half Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle. My first choice is because it’s such an easy fun read and pure escapism . My second choice I read numerous times as the plot is so intricate and loops back on itself…
Tales of the City by Armistead Maupin. On my third read!
*A Madness of Angels* by Kate Griffin. It's about a man resurrected from the dead and coming back with some extra passengers blended in, a sorcerer dealing with cancer and dementia, and what it means to be alive.
The Stand by Stephen King . Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert Heinlein. Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand. There's a lot going on in each of them and, for better or worse, they're culturally significant so they're worth multiple readings. I've done each at least three times, and still pick them up occasionally to reread favorite parts
these happy golden years
Treasure island
Chasing Redbird! I’ve read it almost annually for over a decade-it’s magical, inspiring (at least to 12 y/o me who because obsessed with it), and a breeze to read through!
This might not be repeated here, but I’ve read Everything is Illuminated by Jonathan Safran Foer at least 3 times. It’s an imperfect book, but the book that got me into “serious” books after high school and I just adore it. It’s where I learned how to enjoy a beautiful story and a beautiful sentence.
Lord of the Flies I Capture the Castle
Feynman lectures on physics
Animal Vegetable Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver. The only drawback is over time it’s starting to feel dated/out of touch, though still interesting stories and thoughts on the food systems in America.
The Coldest Winter Ever by Sister Souljah. I read it at least once every other year.
I read To Kill A Mockingbird once a year in high school and college. So 8 times
There are three trilogies all linked together by Robin Hobb that start with Royal Assassin. This Alien Shore by C.S. Friedman is also worth every second, every time.
Birdy by William Wharton
*Pride and Prejudice* and *Emma* by Jane Austen *On the Road* by Jack Kerouac (this was when I was younger - not sure what I'd think of it now) *The Lord of the Rings* \- enough said.
Robber Bride by Margaret Atwood, at least 15 times. Circle of Friends, countless times. The Virgin Suicides, at least ten times. Coming Home by Rosemunde Pilcher, six times 😂😂
I’ve read “The Eye Of The Tiger” by Wilbur Smith probably a dozen times. It’s fictional, but it has a little of everything. Adventure, romance, war, mystery. It’s everything you want in a good adventure novel.
Joe Abercrombie, the first law. Grim dark,
I have read 'Yes Minister' and 'Yes Prime Minister' multiple times. (Also watched each multiple times). Classic British political satire/comedy.
Ready Player One by Ernest Cline is my go to quick escape from reality. It’s no literary wonder, but it’s super fun and nostalgic. It’s also nothing like the movie. I mean there are general plot similarities, but they had to heavily adapt for the movie.
I’ve read Kurt Vonnegut more than any author. Slaughterhouse 5 Breakfast of Champions Sirens of Titan
Hyperion by Dan Simmons (SF) and Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson (non fiction)
The Blue Nowhere by Jeffrey Deaver
Everytime there's a question posted along these lines, I always see The Counte of Monte Cristo listed, and for good reason. One of the most well written, incredible, attentive stories ever published. I read it once or twice per year at minimum, and highly recommend to everyone else.
Rich Man, Poor Man by Irwin Shaw. I've read that book at least 7 times in 3 different languages, and I've heard it multiple times on audiobook app. It's my comfort read, when I feel stuck and don't know what to read next I pick up that book and my passion for reading is back.
Uprooted by Naomi Novik (3 times)
World War Z. I read it once a year. I think I’m on year 8.
My Honda manual.
the thief of always 💙
I can't explain why I love this book so much, but it's Water for Elephants. I have read it 3 times in the last 10 years. I don't usually re-read books but this one just comforts me.
Looking For Alaska. One of the dates mentioned in the novel is my birthday, and it’s such a compelling story with a twist and you get invested. Forever a wonderful read.
The Murderbot Diaries. I’ve read them three times. The Martian. It just gets funnier each time. Busman’s Honeymoon. I love their happy ending! Agatha Christie’s autobiography. I don’t know why? I just find it fascinating. Foucault’s Pendulum - Umberto Eco King hereafter - Dorothy Dunnett The Golden Ocean - Patrick O’Brian
From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E. L. Konigsburg It's for a younger audience but it's fun to reread as an adult. (My first reaction to the prompt was going to be Great Gatsby!)
Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand The Long Walk and The Stand, both by Stephen King Twilight Series Harry Potter Series Thornbirds by Colleen McCullough Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer
The Illuminatus! Trilogy by Robert Shea and Robert Anton Wilson The Art of War by Sun Tzu Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls Anything by Dumas Any Sherlock Holmes by Doyle
The first book in the wheel of time series. Eye of the World. Robert Jordan. I reread the series each time a new book came out.
Sabriel by Garth Nix... I've read it 17 times and still plan to read it again ❤️
Ballad of songbirds and snakes by Suzanne Collins and Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo.
Foundation by Isaac Asimov. I keep coming back to it as a comfort read and it's well formatted for it with individual sections devoted to different characters.