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As an adult, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, and all the Harry Potter books. I always think I'd love to take a year and just re-read- but I acquire books like a maniac because I love them so much. Since I am a teacher, I always re-read the novels I do with my kids.
I want to re-read She's Come Undone by Wally Lamb because that was the book that sort of re-ignited my love of reading (had spent 6-7 years in college and grad school, reading academic stuff and novels for classes). I also want to re-read Pillars of the Earth because I read it really fast (about 3 weeks- in time for my book club) but need to wrangle it back from my dad. Hopefully there will be time this summer.
Last year I reread The Count of Monte Cristo, full unabridged version. I had first read this in high school long ago. This time, even at 1350 pages the book went by too fast, finished in two weeks. This is a great adventure and nothing like I remembered. I recommend the latest Penguin edition with a new translation.
Up until now I have not read anything a second time, but two of the books I plan to read again are To Kill a Mockingbird and Gone With the Wind.
The only books I voluntarily look at a second time are reference books. Otherwise, if I read so much as a paragraph, I know whether or not I've read this book before, and will want something new and fresh.
I was pretty irritated when I read Dan Brown's novel, The Da Vinci Code. I knew that I had never read anything by that author, yet I recognized a lot of the plot elements in that book. I'm not saying Dan Brown's a plagiarist, but....
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Roger Kahn, The Boys of Summer
Herman Wouk, The Caine Mutiny
Fred Allen, Treadmill to Oblivion
Nadine Cohodas, Spinning Blues Into Gold
James Thurber, The Beast In Me and The Thurber Carnival
P.J. O'Rourke, Republican Party Reptile and Give War a Chance
E.B. White, One Man's Meat
Aldous Huxley, Brave New World, Music at Night, Point Counter Point, and Brave New World Revisited.
Lawrence Ferlinghetti, A Coney Island of the Mind
Christopher Buckley, Losing Mum & Pup
H.L. Mencken, A Mencken Chrestomathy
Albert Jay Nock, Free Speech & Plain Language and The Memoirs of a Superfluous Man
Martin Buber, I and Thou
William Faulkner, Pylon and Absalom! Absalom!
Mario Puzo, The Godfather and Inside Las Vegas
Hamilton, Jay, and Madison, The Federalist
Edmund Burke, Reflections on the Revolution in France
Jim Bouton, Ball Four and I'm Glad You Didn't Take It Personally
James Bovard, "feeling your pain": The Explosion and Abuse of Government Power in the Clinton-Gore Years and Attention Deficit Democracy
Just about every book in my bookcase (except for the newest acquisitions) have been read by me at least twice, some of them several times. Not having a library close enough to walk to and not being able to afford to just run out and buy whatever book I want, when ever I want has almost forced me into being a "rereader", though I must admit to having been a "rereader" most of my life any way. Rereading favorite books is like revisiting with old friends.
YUP! This is exactly what I do and say.
I have hundreds of books on ten bookcases scattered around the house. I love to see people's expressions when they ask me how many of them have I read and I tell them "All of them and more than once or twice."
I can easily get to thrift shops to buy cheap books, and the library is within walking distance also, but I prefer to revisit my old friends often.
I make sure I have something new to read at all times. However, I often want the comfort of something familiar - especially if I am sick in bed.
-1984
-Trainspotting
-The Jungle
-Gulag Archipelago
-A Clockwork Orange
-Brave New World
-A Tree Grows In Brooklyn
-The Acid House
-Catch 22
-A Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich
-The Road
the deep end of the ocean - jacquelyn mitchard
the notebook - nicholas sparks
mystic river - dennis lehane
house of thunder - dean koontz
girls poker night - jill a. davis
all of laurie notaro books ive read a few times...always good for a laugh
go ask alice
thats all off the top of my head lol...theres a few that i want to read again. a couple dean koontz books...id like to read nora roberts sign of seven trilogy again. thats all that comes to mind.
The only books I voluntarily look at a second time are reference books. Otherwise, if I read so much as a paragraph, I know whether or not I've read this book before, and will want something new and fresh.
I was pretty irritated when I read Dan Brown's novel, The Da Vinci Code. I knew that I had never read anything by that author, yet I recognized a lot of the plot elements in that book. I'm not saying Dan Brown's a plagiarist, but....
Really? Do tell.
I was just irritated at all the idiots who seemed not to realize it was fiction. Even worse, one person actually lectured me for reading the book and "believing that stuff", complete with a litany of Bible verses to "prove" it wasn't true...
No wonder I like to read so much. Real live people can be very difficult to deal with sometimes.
I've read Unintended Consiquences by John Ross, twice. The last time was just recently. Sometimes I wish I would have taken notes. But, if you are familar with this book, that statement makes me look like a weirdo who doesn't like the goverenment. It's the only book I've read twice, and it has over 800 pages.
That's one I've read a few times. Unfortunately, both copies I have bought I lent out and haven't gotten back. Adding insult to injury, I can't find another.
Add to that, Atlas Shrugged, I used to read it every 2-3 years, and once again need to pick up another copy.
All of Tom Clancy's "Jack Ryan" series.
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Since I am a teacher, I always re-read the novels I do with my kids. 
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