What do you re-read?

[nice90sguy]

I always say, a book that's worth reading, is worth re-reading.

What books or stories have you re-read over and over?

I'll start with something boring, but probably the most re-read fiction book for me: Alice Through The Looking-Glass.

 

[AwkwardlySet]

Hmm. I don't think I've reread a book since my university days. Actually, I did reread Stormlight Archive because it was impossible to keep track of everything going on in Sanderson's overly complex and confusing Cosmere. Other than that I can't remember rereading anything else. I would consider rereading some great books I've read as a teenager/young adult if only to see how I would perceive them now.

 

[TheUKGent]

The HitchHiker's Guide to the Galaxy books. I could literally finish the last one and go to pick up the first one again.

 

[Erozetta]

Night Circus, anything Terry Pratchett, Dresden Files, and many stories written by Altissimus.

Does my own stuff count? 'Cause I read that a lot, particularly while editing.

 

[AG31]

One of the perqs of getting old is that you can re-read series that you know you really loved without remembering a thing about the content. I'm slowly working my way through those old favorites.

As for current stories that I happily re-read, Enslaving Eli, by billierosie never fails. Unfortunately it's been removed from Amazon except for an audio book and from everywhere else on the internet. I'm currently typing it into Word so I can share it with a few people.

I've also re-read The Ring, by @konstant a few times, and three or four of @ElectricBlue's shorter stories.

 

[KittyOfSteele]

Treasure Island is a book that I always end up re-reading at least once a year. Anything from the Bosch series or Terry Pratchett is also worthy of re-reading for me.

 

[AwkwardMD]

The Locked Tomb series, and my own work.

 

[PapaRomantic]

To Kill a Mockingbird

The House of God, a great look into the realities of medicine that is eye-opening and also sexy.

 

[Bazzle]

I've accidentally reread a book when the cover changed.

I got about 1/4 of the way through and was surprising myself with my knowledge of what was coming next.

It then twigged.

On here there was a fetishy story I kept coming back to, before I wrote my own version of it. That eradicated the need to keep coming back to the original.

 

[ElectricBlue]

I've got a library of, I dunno, two thousand books (both fact and fiction) and over the decades I'd have read some two or three times, others four or five times. There's roughly a once a decade rule going on.

 

[ShelbyDawn57]

Besides the requisite "How to Win Friends and Influence People" by Carnegie, well, I've probably read the entire LOTR series five or six times and will occasionally pick up one of Tom Clancy's books for a revisit. I'm currently reading Saberhagen's Empire of the East which will be round two for that one. GOT is up for a third read as the rumors of GRRM actually finishing 'Winds of Winter' make their annual appearance.

On this site, I've read 'The lost Girl of Avignon' by @onehitwanda I think four or five times and 'Fido' by @gordo12 at least as many.

I'm in a continual state of reading and fine tuning my pending stories to get them ready for release, and re-reading my works in progress as I pick them up to continue working on them.

 

[AG31]

Bump! Hoping to hear from more of you.

 

[grey228]

Hated Watership Down as a kid, but enjoyed it in high school and college. A new graphic novel, very faithful to the original story, is available.

Richard Adams also wrote a sequel / follow up to Watership Down that takes place before Hazel's death but after the Efafran retreat. It's a quick read.

 

[SinclairGroupLLP]

I reread books I like quite often - Sanderson and Jordan, I’ve both read their series a few times. I have read the entire Aubrey/Maturin series at least a dozen times. Harry Potter as well. Reading a book I’ve read before is nostalgic for me, something that I will tend to do when I’m looking for something to tide me over in between new stories.

 

[NakedStoryLover]

Re-read Kerouac as Desolation Angels immediately after finishing it (then re-read it again years later). Love rereading Cannery Row and A Prayer for Owen Meany

 

[Treeview]

Master and Commander…Patrick O’Brian is one story in 22chapters. Only 6,500 pages long

Made it through 2.5 times

 

[Cacatua_Galerita]

Judging by the spine, Neuromancer, by William Gibson (who's on Bluesky). Although I have the Cyberpunk series as eBooks now and am currently re-reading the short stories within Burning Chrome (between smut).

Also in Sci-Fi:

• Anything by Arthur C Clarke (including his non-fiction)
• Foundation series by Isaac Asimov
• Ringworld series by Larry Niven

With a penchant for aviation, I keep these classics on my Kindle for re-reading:

• Jonathan Livingston Seagull (novella), Stranger to the Ground, and Biplane by Richard Bach
• The “RAF Quartet” series by Derek Robinson (war comedy, like Catch-22 but with better flying sequences)
• Fate is the Hunter by Ernest K. Gann
• Chickenhawk by Robert Mason

Relating to my work (Information Technology, Telecommunications):

• The Mythical Man-Month by Fred Brooks
• Silicon dreams : Information, Man, and Machine by Robert Lucky

The heaviest-going book I return to is The Passion of the Western Mind by Richard Tarnas.

For lighter reading (but still philosophically mind-blowing books), I’ll return to my favorite parts of:

• Boyd: The Fighter Pilot Who Changed the Art of War by Robert Corman
• A Brief History of Time by Stephen Hawking
• Zen And The Art Of Motorcycle Maintenance by Robert Pirsig

Also, a special mention for Nevil Shute’s books Trustee from the Toolroom, No Highway, On The Beach, and A town Like Alice. (Yet another author in my list who is also an Engineer.)

 

[AchtungNight]

I’ve reread LotR, the Belgariad and Malloreon, and numerous other books by famous authors, including Robert Heinlein, Mark Twain, Tom Clancy, Terry Pratchett, Douglas Adams, and Stephen King. I’ve also reread a lot of Lit stories that captured my interest once and did so again later. Check my favorites for the latter.

 

[nice90sguy]

I re-read a lot of SF books. I have enough in my library that I can rotate through them and by the time I re-read one of them I've forgotten enough of it to enjoy it.

If you do the "hold the book spine-down and see where it falls open" trick, you'll find the sex bits in a lot of those books. One SF writer I re-read a lot is Robert Sheckley, who was a major contributor to Playboy; most of his stories are sexy and funny as well as clever and wacky in a Douglas Adams kind of way (although he predates him).

 

[NaughteeDragon]

I have a few series that I am prone to go back and re-read.
Safehold by David Weber. There is some amazing world building in those books, and some of the battle scenes are just gut wrenching.
Belgariad by David Eddings. Garion's coming of age story should be taught as a model. his maturing and coming in to his power is so well done that I just love to re-read it.
Aether's Revival series by Daniel Schinhoffen- I just love the world building, and I love the way he writes harem.
Would You Love a Monster Girl series by Cebelius- Cebelius writes the best furry/monstergirl sex, hands down. His characters are deep and well developed. WYLAMG is designed so that each book is a different genre, and it's just a treat to read. Finally, the world building is amazing. I want him to publish it as a setting for use in TTRPG's.
Paladin of Shadows by John Ringo- the first books I read with a good BDSM sub-theme. Great male lead, and the combat is just awesome. Just don't read Tiger by the Tail, it was written by a co-author and it is awful. John Ringo de-canonized it.

 

[FidelityBoss]

I completely agree, a truly great book invites multiple readings, each time offering new insights and pleasures. For me, J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings trilogy is a good one; its rich world-building and intricate storytelling reveal something new with each read. Similarly, Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice never fails to delight, offering fresh perspectives on its characters and social commentary every time I revisit it. It's fascinating how certain books continue to resonate and offer deeper understanding upon each reading.

 

[MillieDynamite]

Dracula, The Big Sleep, The Grapes of Wrath, The Old Man and the Sea, Red Wind, The Coming of Cassidy, Carrie, Ghost Story, Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and M.r Hyde, Invisible Man (a story of being black), Devil in a Blue Dress, Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, and about two dozen more.