The 48 Laws of Power by Robert Greene, The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison, The Help by Kathryn Stockett, and The Four Agreements by Miguel Ruiz are a few.
The Secret History, by Donna Tartt. Silas Marner by George Eliot. All the Harry Potter series. The Metaphysical poets. As I Walked Out One Midsummer Morning, by Laurie Lee. East Lynne by Mrs Henry Wood.
Any Jane Austen, all 7 Harry Potter books, The Great Gatsby, The Grapes of Wrath, War and Peace. Yes, you read the last one right. And yes, I have eclectic reading tastes. ?
Three Men In A Boat by Jerome K. Jerome, 1066 And All That by W.C. Sellar and R.J. Yeatman, Excellent Women by Barbara Pym, Jane and Prudence by Barbara Pym, Persuasion by Jane Austen, The General Danced at Dawn by George Macdonald Fraser, My Family and Other Animals by Gerald Durrell, Mrs McGinty’s Dead by Agatha Christie, Hercule Poirot’s Christmas by Agatha Christie, Cold Comfort Farm by Stella Gibbons, Our Village by Mary Russel Mitford, Queen Victoria Was Amused by Alan hardy, Recollections of Three Reigns by Frederick Ponsonby, lots of others.
I have only read one book twice in my entire life and that was to Kill a Mockingbird only because I wanted to reread it because I forgot what it was about so I could read Go set a watchman which I still have yet to read. So many books so little time.
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, Gabaldon’s Lord John books, Jane Eyre, Elizabeth Hunter’s Elemental World series, Louise Penny series, Anne of Green Gables, The World According to Garp, Anne Rice Vampire Series.
It will go down on my deathbed as my favorite book. I have the 20th anniversary version of the book. I think it is the only book I have never gotten rid of in the five thousand times I’ve moved. It is also a book that has stayed with me from the age of 11 to 33 and still Louis’s character calls to me.
The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein, The Book Thief by Markus Zusak, The Reapers Are the Angels by Alden Bell and The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon.
It was written by Corrie Ten Boom, she was Dutch, her, her sister and her father ran a watch shop during WWII, they hid Jews at their home, they were caught and sent to concentration camp, Corrie was the only survivor, she wrote this book about her life, it is amazing.
To Kill A Mockingbird. All of the Little Women series. The first several Anne books, until she married. Tom Sawyer, Huck Finn. Any P.G.Wodehouse. Jean Kerr. Oh gee, I could go on!
I don’t read books again either because I read for the journey to the end, and once I know what happens the fun and mystery of ‘what will happen next’ is ruined. It’s part of why I never read Harry Potter; I saw the movie and felt like I already knew what was going to happen. Even though details are different, it felt like a huge repeat and I could already see the end of the story as I was reading it. Plus, there are SO many great books, why would I want to keep reading the same ones when I can experience new ones?
I never reread a book either. I know how it is going to turn out so why would I relive it? They say the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result. so many good books to read that i would feel i would be wasting my time to reread something
Pride and Prejudice, A Gentleman in Moscow, The Secret History, The Gold Coast, The Gate House, Wolf’s Hour, Exodus,The Bourne Identity, ….actually I have a category on my Kindle that is titled assorted favorites. It has 31 books that I keep in there. That way, I always have these favorites with me in case of a book emergency. I always have a book I can read over again when nothing else is grabbing me. Also I like to have them when I travel. ?
The president loves my wife by Erick Shigongo
The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe. Second book I can read over and over is Neverwhere.
The Great Gatsby
Anne of Green Gables
That’s Anne with an E…lol….me too.
Another book I read to shreds!
@Claire sorry I saw my typo – I’ll fix it ?
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland
The Phantom of the Opera
The Magician by Raymond E Feist
Jane Eyre
My favourite of the classics
The Silmarillion then LOTR.
Guernsey literary and potato peel pie society or any of Parker’s Spenser novels
We Took to the Woods by Louise Dickenson Rich
The 48 Laws of Power by Robert Greene, The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison, The Help by Kathryn Stockett, and The Four Agreements by Miguel Ruiz are a few.
48 laws of power, love this book.
David Copperfield
Jane Eyre, To Kill a Mockingbird & A Tree Grows in Brooklyn.
The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath
Love the Bell Jar-read it sooo many times!! On my re-read list!
The Secret History, by Donna Tartt. Silas Marner by George Eliot. All the Harry Potter series. The Metaphysical poets. As I Walked Out One Midsummer Morning, by Laurie Lee. East Lynne by Mrs Henry Wood.
A prayer for Owen meany from John Irving
To Kill a Mockingbird
The Optimist’s Daughter
Good night moon
Me too ?
The Little Prince
I re-read these here books every year
Pride and Prejudice
Diary of Anne Frank
The Diary by Eileen Goudge
Plessy a shoemaker makes his mark, my great grand kids love it because it transports them to another time
Love it when we are transported to a different time!
Mansfield Park
Pride and Prejudice
The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy
Sue Grafton’s Kinsey Milhone series, Harry Potter…
Harry Potter and the alchemist by Paulo Coalho
Harry Potter
The alchemist by Paulo Coelho.
I used to reread White Oleander by Janet Fitch a lot but haven’t in awhile.
I reread a lot of sections of Kurt Vonnegut’s novels
Any Jane Austen, all 7 Harry Potter books, The Great Gatsby, The Grapes of Wrath, War and Peace. Yes, you read the last one right. And yes, I have eclectic reading tastes. ?
Harry Potter
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Three Men In A Boat by Jerome K. Jerome, 1066 And All That by W.C. Sellar and R.J. Yeatman, Excellent Women by Barbara Pym, Jane and Prudence by Barbara Pym, Persuasion by Jane Austen, The General Danced at Dawn by George Macdonald Fraser, My Family and Other Animals by Gerald Durrell, Mrs McGinty’s Dead by Agatha Christie, Hercule Poirot’s Christmas by Agatha Christie, Cold Comfort Farm by Stella Gibbons, Our Village by Mary Russel Mitford, Queen Victoria Was Amused by Alan hardy, Recollections of Three Reigns by Frederick Ponsonby, lots of others.
The Grapes of Wrath, The Bell Jar , Catcher in the Rye, The Good Earth, A Confederacy of Dunces.
I have only read one book twice in my entire life and that was to Kill a Mockingbird only because I wanted to reread it because I forgot what it was about so I could read Go set a watchman which I still have yet to read. So many books so little time.
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, Gabaldon’s Lord John books, Jane Eyre, Elizabeth Hunter’s Elemental World series, Louise Penny series, Anne of Green Gables, The World According to Garp, Anne Rice Vampire Series.
Gone with the wind
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith,
Also, Poisonwood Bible and The Bean Trees by Barbara Kingsolver, To Kill a Mockingbird, The Witch Family by Eleanor Estes ?
And (was reminded by another Careful Reader!), White Oleander by Janet Fitch
And The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath
And The Going to Bed Book by Sandra Boynton ?
Honey, you got a condition. ? I got it too.
@Mari indeed I do! ?
The first of many was The Good Master by Kate Seredy.
I read that book to shreds!
So did I! And it’s across the room now on a shelf.
Witching Hour by Anne Rice
Walden; any of Wm Faulkner’s books.
Dante’s Inferno
Purgatorio is even better.
@Mari gonna get that one! thanks!
Paradiso is like a very long medieval astronomy lesson.
Gone With the Wind
Interview with the Vampire
Like @Christine, I love Interview with a Vampire! Got the paperback when it was 1st published & have almost wore it out re-reading so many times!!!☺
It will go down on my deathbed as my favorite book. I have the 20th anniversary version of the book. I think it is the only book I have never gotten rid of in the five thousand times I’ve moved. It is also a book that has stayed with me from the age of 11 to 33 and still Louis’s character calls to me.
I know!! Louis has a special place in my heart! So well written-that’s when I discovered Anne Rice. Her best work by far!!❤
A Gentleman in Moscow, Pride and Prejudice, Pillars of the Earth, Lonesome Dove and on and on.
Charlotte’s Web, The Red Tent, Marley &Me,
I was going to mention Charlotte’s Web, too… But I’d already listed so many! ?
The Book Thief, A Wrinkle in Time, To Kill a Mockingbird, Lonesome Dove, In Cold Blood…I reread when I’m in a book slump.
To Kill a Mockingbird; Centennial; Chesapeake; Pride and Prejudice; Sense and Sensibility; The Truest Pleasure . . . .
The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein, The Book Thief by Markus Zusak, The Reapers Are the Angels by Alden Bell and The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon.
Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison. Actually, ALL her early books…
The Rebel Angels by Robertson Davies
Oh!! I adore Robertson Davies!! The entire Cornish Trilogy is one of my very favorites! I literally own every book he ever wrote!
The Good Earth by Pearl S Buck. I read it at least once every couple of years. I also have frequently reread The Stand and the Harry Potter series.
Oh, also Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell….LOVE it!!
Goodnight Moon
Indian in the Cupboard
Gospel of Loki
Anything from Dr. Seuss, great for kids or adults 🙂
The Hiding Place.
What is this about ?
It was written by Corrie Ten Boom, she was Dutch, her, her sister and her father ran a watch shop during WWII, they hid Jews at their home, they were caught and sent to concentration camp, Corrie was the only survivor, she wrote this book about her life, it is amazing.
I read it every year.
@Carla that sounds very interesting thank you I’ll look it up
austenland
Francine Rivers’ Redeeming Love
Secret garden
To Kill A Mockingbird. All of the Little Women series. The first several Anne books, until she married. Tom Sawyer, Huck Finn. Any P.G.Wodehouse. Jean Kerr. Oh gee, I could go on!
None..i never read books again..im not sure why people do. But I do wish I could..to say I have lol
…really!!?
I’m not sure why people don’t. How can you not want to reread a book you have enjoyed?
This is true..
I don’t read books again either because I read for the journey to the end, and once I know what happens the fun and mystery of ‘what will happen next’ is ruined. It’s part of why I never read Harry Potter; I saw the movie and felt like I already knew what was going to happen. Even though details are different, it felt like a huge repeat and I could already see the end of the story as I was reading it. Plus, there are SO many great books, why would I want to keep reading the same ones when I can experience new ones?
I completely agree. I can’t reread books. I’ve tried but it almost ruins the initial feelings I had when I read it the first time.
Exactly..
I never reread a book either. I know how it is going to turn out so why would I relive it? They say the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result. so many good books to read that i would feel i would be wasting my time to reread something
Harry Potter series
Olive Ketteridge beautiful writing
I’ve read a specific Nora Roberts book a few times. Also Summer Sisters by Judy Blume is a favorite I’ve read a few times.
Plainsong, Ken Harumpf, Just Kids, Patti Smith
Kent Haruf is one of my favorite authors. I love all of his books! I was so sad to learn that he had passed away, because, no more books! Sad face ?
I didn’t know that he had passed away ? I didn’t know he has other books either; I’ll have to check them out
@Jonathan they’re wonderful. I have them all.
Pride and Prejudice, A Gentleman in Moscow, The Secret History, The Gold Coast, The Gate House, Wolf’s Hour, Exodus,The Bourne Identity, ….actually I have a category on my Kindle that is titled assorted favorites. It has 31 books that I keep in there. That way, I always have these favorites with me in case of a book emergency. I always have a book I can read over again when nothing else is grabbing me. Also I like to have them when I travel. ?