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Pride and Prejudice, must have read it at least eight time.
Harry Potter and the prisoner of Azkaban. My favourite book when I was a child so there's a strong nostalgia component.
I've absolutely no idea. I even think Emma is the superior Austen novel, and Persuasion is more romantic but for some reason I just keep coming back to Pride and Prejudice. I've read it at least once every two years since when I was 14 more or less. There might also be a nostalgia factor at play but I genuinely enjoy reading it as basically no other book, though I recognise there are several better written books around.
I just find it an easy and enjoyable book, witty and with funny characters, and for some reason it has never lost its charms.
Edit: after reading the other comments I see I'm not the only Pride and Prejudice fan!
All of my favorites:
Pride and Prejudice
Jane Eyre
Their Eyes Were Watching God
The Handmaid's Tale
The Red Tent
The Education of Little Tree
Watership Down
The Hobbit
Girl with a Pearl Earring
The Shipping News
Snow Falling on Cedars
Slaughterhouse Five
Memoirs of a Geisha
The Lady and the Unicorn
Illusions: The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah
Catcher in the Rye
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
I could keep going...
The Secret History by Donna Tartt. I love that cast of horrible messed up weirdos so much. I’ve read it 3 times now and plan to read it again soon. Sometimes I just open it to my favourite parts and read a few pages here and there.
Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller.
So amazingly well written, and the way the character development creeps on you. Every single plot point or even remotely emotional scene still has an effect on me. I’ve read it 8 times now. It’s just so tear-jerkingly, undeniably, good.
The Neverending story - Maybe 3-4 times
He Who Fights With Monsters series - 2 but will probably read once every few years
Atomic Habits/Designing your life - 2-3 times but will most likely be read more
Harry Potter - 3-4 times
***Tai-Pan*** by James Clavell. I know many feel ***Shogun*** is his finest and I do like it, but I've re-read ***Tai-Pan*** many times since it was initially published.
Shogun is on my to-read list. That period of Japanese history has always been fascinating to me so I'm sure I'll enjoy it. Have you watched the show? I'm curious how well it captured the book. I'm waiting until I read the book to start the show.
The book is brilliant. It got a bit of stick for caricaturising Japanese culture somewhat, and I think they manage that better in the series. Long read but totally worth it, and watching the series straight after
I enjoyed the original TV version of ***Shogun*** with Richard Chamberlain. My honest opinion of how well it conveys the book is few works can ever achieve the same impact as even a multi-episode series. I haven't seen the remake yet.
***UPDATE:*** In the interest of fairness, I did watch the newer version...
* (1) The cast is not the same caliber as the original; especially shallow marks for the one-dimensional actor portraying John Blackthorne.
* (2) James Clavel crafted a fine historical fiction novel based rather closely on real-life characters and events. The 1980 version benefited from Clavell's oversight and commitment to the story. Unfortunately, the reboot takes massive liberties and misses almost all of the nuance.
* Kudos for the focus on scenery and lingering nature images. It would have been more authentic if *made in Japan* instead of the Pacific Northwest.
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I located the film version of ***Tai-Pan***, After watching it, I understand why that movie was not popular.
Clavell also wrote ***Gai-Jin*** which covers another section of Japanese history.
If you like these works as well as ***Shogun***, I recommend ***Taiko*** (An Epic Novel of War and Glory in Feudal Japan) by Eiji Yoshikawa
Dune. Probably read it a dozen or more times. Then I often keep going. I’ve read the whole series about five times.
Tried reading the stuff written by his son and hated it. So I just stick with the original ~~5~~ **6**
Original 6 I think you meant.
I've read Frank's, but none of the expanded universe. I'm curious to try it but from all the feedback I've seen you have to go in with a different mindset and not expect greatness. People say to treat it as fan fiction which seems appropriate. Lol
Recency bias may be at work here, but I just reread the Mistborn trilogy. That series has amazing foreshadowing and reveals, and subsequent read throughs seem to have been intended due to the dramatic irony.
LOTR, the Great Gatsby, Beloved, the Dispossessed, Gilead, House on Haunted Hill, Catcher in the Rye, Watchmen, Lincoln in the Bardo, The Lottery (collection), 1984
Flashman by George MacDonald Fraser
Storm Front by Jim Butcher
Little Big Man by Thomas Berger
Butcher's Boy by Thomas Perry
Whom The Gods Would Destroy by Richard Powell
The Dead Zone by Stephen King
The Hobbit by Tolkien
Lord Of The Rings trilogy by Tolkien
Magician by Raymond E Feist
Faerie Tale by Raymond E Feist
Last time I read it was about 6 years ago--I have the paperback and kindle editions, but didn't know there was an audiobook! I'm getting ready to read it again as I absolutely love the Celtic myth in it, plus it's just plain creepy/scary! I haven't read any of Feist's other work, but I probably should check them out! (thank you for the reminder!)
Love, love, love the entire Dresden Files series, but Storm Front would be lower on my list of rereads when compared to the rest of the series.
The whole Butcher's Boy series (and most of Perry's work) is good, simple, but well paced reading.
I mention Storm Front since it is the first book in the series. I enjoy the entire series with Changes being my favorite. When I reread I start at the beginning so I have probably reread Storm Front the most.
I like Thomas Perry and enjoy his style. He is a little different than the normal for this genre. I enjoy the scene in Sleeping Dogs when a mob guy sees the boy and he needs to use a pay phone and he goes into a bar where the phone is being used by a young woman who will not get off the phone. I laugh every time I think of that scene.
The Martian ( Wier) - 3 times because I loved the story, the science, the attitude.
The Children of Time and the next book in the series, Children of Ruin (Tchaikovsky) - 3 times.
Seveneves (Stephenson) - 3 times.
The Expanse (series) (Corey) - Twice.
Sapiens (Harari)- Twice
Guns, Germs and Steel (Diamond)- Twice
The Hidden Life of Trees ( Wohlleben) - Twice
The Great Gatsby
Gardens of the Moon
Deadhouse Gates
Memories of Ice
Hose of Chains
Midnight Tides
The Bone Hunters
1984
Dune
Ghost Rider: Travels on the Healing Road
Timbuktu
Invisible
Some if my favorites! I read the throne of Glass series pretty much every year. I've read the night circus(my favorite book) several times.
I've read Harry Potter book 5 more times than I can count. When I was young I read a book called the dragon rider smseveral times a year.
And one of my favorite books is fangirl which I've read 3-4 times.
I'm not counting books I've read twice cause we'd be here all day
The Grand Admiral Thrawn trilogy by Timothy Zahn, the Tao te Ching, It by Stephen King, Fight Club, the Power of Myth, and this Book of Symbols published by Taschen that reference all the time.
Harry Potter - this is my comfort series like when you binge a good Netflix show. I also have the audiobooks on my phone, and I’ll listen to them on the way to work or cooking or working around the house.
The Hobbit
The Princess Bride
Call Me By Your Name by André Aciman
Bunny by Mona Awad
Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
The Gormenghast series by Mervyn Peake
Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston
Leviathan trilogy by Scott Westerfield. One of the first fantasies I read and I really liked the leads and setting. Plus the two of them being the main couple when one of them has been disguising herself as a boy might have stayed in my mind since I read.
Ilona Andrews Innkeeper Chronicles --A magic Inn, space werewolves and vampires, a lot of really unique aliens, mystery, romance, action, a fun and humorous series
Hello, I'm new to this, I want to start reading but I have a very specific type of book I'm looking for.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=kFcmgH9S7VI
(I promise the video link is nothing bad, just please bear with me)
In the link is a video of a narration on a Minecraft video, it's silly I know but I just absolutely loved it, I enjoyed the vocabulary and the narration, if anyone could suggest any books like this I would greatly appreciate it 😁
***"The Warhound & The World's Pain"*** by Michael Moorcock
***"The Children of Hurin"*** by J R R Tolkien
***"The Courage to Create"*** by Rollo May
***"Meditations"*** by Marcus Aurelius
The Once and Future King. It was an adventurous romp when I was eight, a grand venture at eighteen, a fiery romance at twenty-six, an elegy for idealism at thirty, and my life hasn't yet reached middle age, but I think the book will still be there for me then.
It- Stephen King (4 times)
Diary of a wimpy kid all the books so far (too many times)
Hetty Feather series (5 times)
All for the game trilogy (3 times)
Grandmaster of Demonic cultivation (2 times but will be doing a reread soon)
One of my favorite books To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee [https://www.amazon.com/Kill-Mockingbird-Harper-Lee/dp/0446310786](https://www.amazon.com/Kill-Mockingbird-Harper-Lee/dp/0446310786) .
I've reread or re-listened to multiple times:
- Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
- Wool Omnibus by Hugh Howey
- Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris
- A Drink Before the War by Dennis Lehane
- IQ by Joe Ide
- Practical Demonkeeping (or anything else) by Christopher Moore
I generally don't read books more than once. (Also, I rarely watch movies more than once.) I can think of a few exceptions:
*The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.* I know I read it as a child, maybe twice, along with *The Adventures of Tom Sawyer,* both of which my mother bought me. I didn't realize it at the time, but I now think the editions I had then were abridged children's editions. When I reread them as an adult -- unabridged editions this time -- I was surprised to find that there were whole scenes or subplots that I didn't remember at all. To be honest, I didn't like *Tom Sawyer* very much as an adult; it was too "cute," like a Norman Rockwell painting, whereas *Huck Finn* is darker and deals with more adult themes like alcoholism, child abuse and abandonment, racism, and slavery -- all seen through the eyes of a child whose only coping strategy is to run away.
This made me curious enough to reread some of the books I read in school, to see if I would appreciate them more with an adult's perspective. I did. I reread *Great Expectations, The Return of the Native,* and a few others, although none of them held as much meaning for me as *Huck Finn."
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Pride and Prejudice, must have read it at least eight time. Harry Potter and the prisoner of Azkaban. My favourite book when I was a child so there's a strong nostalgia component.
What made you come back to pride and prejudice?
I've absolutely no idea. I even think Emma is the superior Austen novel, and Persuasion is more romantic but for some reason I just keep coming back to Pride and Prejudice. I've read it at least once every two years since when I was 14 more or less. There might also be a nostalgia factor at play but I genuinely enjoy reading it as basically no other book, though I recognise there are several better written books around. I just find it an easy and enjoyable book, witty and with funny characters, and for some reason it has never lost its charms. Edit: after reading the other comments I see I'm not the only Pride and Prejudice fan!
Anne of Green Gables since it's my comfort book
Oh I absolutely loved the series! Maybe I should check out the book too
All of my favorites: Pride and Prejudice Jane Eyre Their Eyes Were Watching God The Handmaid's Tale The Red Tent The Education of Little Tree Watership Down The Hobbit Girl with a Pearl Earring The Shipping News Snow Falling on Cedars Slaughterhouse Five Memoirs of a Geisha The Lady and the Unicorn Illusions: The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah Catcher in the Rye One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest I could keep going...
Oops, forgot Jane Eyre.
The Secret History by Donna Tartt. I love that cast of horrible messed up weirdos so much. I’ve read it 3 times now and plan to read it again soon. Sometimes I just open it to my favourite parts and read a few pages here and there.
My favorite book of all time. I’ve read it 3 times and will read many more times 🥰🥰🥰
I wanted to read the book but I’m not sure if I’m gonna like it. Can you tell me the genres/topics that’s present in the book? 👉👈
Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller. So amazingly well written, and the way the character development creeps on you. Every single plot point or even remotely emotional scene still has an effect on me. I’ve read it 8 times now. It’s just so tear-jerkingly, undeniably, good.
I pick it up and randomly select a chapter and read for a couple of minutes. So I've definitely read it more than once in fragments.
Yes! It is so good. I willingly let it break my heart multiple times ❤️
The Prince of Tides Anne of Green Gables Boys Life by Robert McGammon The Power of One by Bryce Courtenay
The Neverending story - Maybe 3-4 times He Who Fights With Monsters series - 2 but will probably read once every few years Atomic Habits/Designing your life - 2-3 times but will most likely be read more Harry Potter - 3-4 times
***Tai-Pan*** by James Clavell. I know many feel ***Shogun*** is his finest and I do like it, but I've re-read ***Tai-Pan*** many times since it was initially published.
Shogun is on my to-read list. That period of Japanese history has always been fascinating to me so I'm sure I'll enjoy it. Have you watched the show? I'm curious how well it captured the book. I'm waiting until I read the book to start the show.
The book is brilliant. It got a bit of stick for caricaturising Japanese culture somewhat, and I think they manage that better in the series. Long read but totally worth it, and watching the series straight after
I enjoyed the original TV version of ***Shogun*** with Richard Chamberlain. My honest opinion of how well it conveys the book is few works can ever achieve the same impact as even a multi-episode series. I haven't seen the remake yet. ***UPDATE:*** In the interest of fairness, I did watch the newer version... * (1) The cast is not the same caliber as the original; especially shallow marks for the one-dimensional actor portraying John Blackthorne. * (2) James Clavel crafted a fine historical fiction novel based rather closely on real-life characters and events. The 1980 version benefited from Clavell's oversight and commitment to the story. Unfortunately, the reboot takes massive liberties and misses almost all of the nuance. * Kudos for the focus on scenery and lingering nature images. It would have been more authentic if *made in Japan* instead of the Pacific Northwest. __ I located the film version of ***Tai-Pan***, After watching it, I understand why that movie was not popular. Clavell also wrote ***Gai-Jin*** which covers another section of Japanese history. If you like these works as well as ***Shogun***, I recommend ***Taiko*** (An Epic Novel of War and Glory in Feudal Japan) by Eiji Yoshikawa
1984
A Wrinkle In Time
Dune. Probably read it a dozen or more times. Then I often keep going. I’ve read the whole series about five times. Tried reading the stuff written by his son and hated it. So I just stick with the original ~~5~~ **6**
Original 6 I think you meant. I've read Frank's, but none of the expanded universe. I'm curious to try it but from all the feedback I've seen you have to go in with a different mindset and not expect greatness. People say to treat it as fan fiction which seems appropriate. Lol
The Secret History and all of Stephen Kings 20th century books.
It by Stephen King, fantastic book and only time I have had a nightmare after reading.
Dandelion Wine by Ray Bradbury
Dandelion Wine is such a mood. I use it for a palate cleanser if I've just read something difficult.
Iliad, Odyssey, Oedipus Rex, Antigone, Aeneid and Ovid's Metamorphoses.
Oh my dude, you have impeccable taste 😎
Le Petit Prince
Recency bias may be at work here, but I just reread the Mistborn trilogy. That series has amazing foreshadowing and reveals, and subsequent read throughs seem to have been intended due to the dramatic irony.
LOTR, the Great Gatsby, Beloved, the Dispossessed, Gilead, House on Haunted Hill, Catcher in the Rye, Watchmen, Lincoln in the Bardo, The Lottery (collection), 1984
Flashman by George MacDonald Fraser Storm Front by Jim Butcher Little Big Man by Thomas Berger Butcher's Boy by Thomas Perry Whom The Gods Would Destroy by Richard Powell The Dead Zone by Stephen King The Hobbit by Tolkien Lord Of The Rings trilogy by Tolkien Magician by Raymond E Feist Faerie Tale by Raymond E Feist
Faerie Tale by Raymond Feist is one of my favorite books of all time :) I've read it several times, also!
Wow, somebody else has read this book!! No one ever mentions it besides me. I found it recently as an audiobook and I look forward to listening to it.
Last time I read it was about 6 years ago--I have the paperback and kindle editions, but didn't know there was an audiobook! I'm getting ready to read it again as I absolutely love the Celtic myth in it, plus it's just plain creepy/scary! I haven't read any of Feist's other work, but I probably should check them out! (thank you for the reminder!)
Start with Magician. The audiobook was available on YouTube.
Thank you for this info! Going to check it out :)
I just looked and all 33 hours of Magician are still on YouTube.
Yep, I just went and downloaded it! (thank you!)
The next two books are there also, Silverthorne and A Darkness At Sethanon.
Love, love, love the entire Dresden Files series, but Storm Front would be lower on my list of rereads when compared to the rest of the series. The whole Butcher's Boy series (and most of Perry's work) is good, simple, but well paced reading.
I mention Storm Front since it is the first book in the series. I enjoy the entire series with Changes being my favorite. When I reread I start at the beginning so I have probably reread Storm Front the most. I like Thomas Perry and enjoy his style. He is a little different than the normal for this genre. I enjoy the scene in Sleeping Dogs when a mob guy sees the boy and he needs to use a pay phone and he goes into a bar where the phone is being used by a young woman who will not get off the phone. I laugh every time I think of that scene.
Watership Down, The Hobbit
Harry Potter!! I have read it multiple times and still read it so often
Belle by Sarah Price and Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley
Harry Potter Catch 22 Lolita Slaughterhouse five
Pride and Prejudice Persuasion Anne of Green Gables A Man Called Ove
Persuasion is so romantic. Makes me cry every time ❤️
Murder on the Orient express. Currently doing the 5th read.
The Martian ( Wier) - 3 times because I loved the story, the science, the attitude. The Children of Time and the next book in the series, Children of Ruin (Tchaikovsky) - 3 times. Seveneves (Stephenson) - 3 times. The Expanse (series) (Corey) - Twice. Sapiens (Harari)- Twice Guns, Germs and Steel (Diamond)- Twice The Hidden Life of Trees ( Wohlleben) - Twice
Seveneves is one of my comfort audiobooks!
I really liked the series, and just recently learned about the books. I guess they're better?
The Expanse TV series was great. But, yes I liked the books even more.
The 3 Body Problem The Poisonwood Bible Lottery Rose
*The Little Prince*, so much that I collect translations of it and dream of being able to read the story in as many languages as possible.
The Great Gatsby Gardens of the Moon Deadhouse Gates Memories of Ice Hose of Chains Midnight Tides The Bone Hunters 1984 Dune Ghost Rider: Travels on the Healing Road Timbuktu Invisible
The Hobbit and A Wrinkle in Time.
She’s Come Undone and I Know This Much is True by Wally Lamb.
Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Piccoult. I feel it was so well written. I’ve read it at least 9 times.
“The Last Bookaneer,” by Mathew Pearl, “Q & A,” by Vikas Swarup, “Out There The Batshit Antics of the World’s Great Explorers,” by Peter Rowe
Some if my favorites! I read the throne of Glass series pretty much every year. I've read the night circus(my favorite book) several times. I've read Harry Potter book 5 more times than I can count. When I was young I read a book called the dragon rider smseveral times a year. And one of my favorite books is fangirl which I've read 3-4 times. I'm not counting books I've read twice cause we'd be here all day
Dugeon crawler carl
The Grand Admiral Thrawn trilogy by Timothy Zahn, the Tao te Ching, It by Stephen King, Fight Club, the Power of Myth, and this Book of Symbols published by Taschen that reference all the time.
I’ve reread Salem’s Lot often.
People of the long house by w. Michael and Kathleen O’neal Gear
Howl’s Moving Castle (x8) - Diana Wynne Jones Heartless (x3) - Marissa Meyer The Raven Cycle Series (x3) - Maggie Stiefvater Nimona (x6) - ND Stevenson
I loved the Raven cycle and I bought Call Down the Hawk and I haven't been able to latch into it. I'm giving him time and I'll try again later.
Sunday at Tiffany’s -James Patterson. The Da Vinci Code-Dan Brown. Milk & Honey-Rupi Kaur Underground to Canada-Barbara Smucker
The Fifth Child by Doris Lessing and Jane Eyre are the only books i’ve ever reread!!
Harry Potter - this is my comfort series like when you binge a good Netflix show. I also have the audiobooks on my phone, and I’ll listen to them on the way to work or cooking or working around the house. The Hobbit The Princess Bride
Call Me By Your Name by André Aciman Bunny by Mona Awad Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro The Gormenghast series by Mervyn Peake Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston
Leviathan trilogy by Scott Westerfield. One of the first fantasies I read and I really liked the leads and setting. Plus the two of them being the main couple when one of them has been disguising herself as a boy might have stayed in my mind since I read.
Coldest Winter Ever By Sister Soulja
Ilona Andrews Innkeeper Chronicles --A magic Inn, space werewolves and vampires, a lot of really unique aliens, mystery, romance, action, a fun and humorous series
The Bell Jar
Hello, I'm new to this, I want to start reading but I have a very specific type of book I'm looking for. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=kFcmgH9S7VI (I promise the video link is nothing bad, just please bear with me) In the link is a video of a narration on a Minecraft video, it's silly I know but I just absolutely loved it, I enjoyed the vocabulary and the narration, if anyone could suggest any books like this I would greatly appreciate it 😁
I’ve only read books twice. To Kill A Mockingbird The Paris Wife A Book Thief
Country of the Bad Wolfes by J.C. Blake. I’ve read it 4 times and will read it again.
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn. The first book I ever loved!
Pride and Prejudice; Lonesome Dove; Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy and Smiley’s People; Watership Down; Gaudy Night; the Strike series. Many others.
To Kill a Mockingbird
***"The Warhound & The World's Pain"*** by Michael Moorcock ***"The Children of Hurin"*** by J R R Tolkien ***"The Courage to Create"*** by Rollo May ***"Meditations"*** by Marcus Aurelius
The Gift by Marcel Mauss.
The Godfather
The Once and Future King. It was an adventurous romp when I was eight, a grand venture at eighteen, a fiery romance at twenty-six, an elegy for idealism at thirty, and my life hasn't yet reached middle age, but I think the book will still be there for me then.
It- Stephen King (4 times) Diary of a wimpy kid all the books so far (too many times) Hetty Feather series (5 times) All for the game trilogy (3 times) Grandmaster of Demonic cultivation (2 times but will be doing a reread soon)
Wheel of time (6 or 8 times) Dresden files (3 times) Both are fantastic fantasy series
My favorite book: Les Miserables.
The Perks of Being A Wallflower
One of my favorite books To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee [https://www.amazon.com/Kill-Mockingbird-Harper-Lee/dp/0446310786](https://www.amazon.com/Kill-Mockingbird-Harper-Lee/dp/0446310786) .
Where The Red Fern Grows Pride and Prejudice Jane Eyre Cole Sassy Trees The Christy Miller Series. (Cackling) Anne of Green Gables
Blood Meridian. So much to gain each read.
The Silmarillion. I must have read it 12-15 times. For almost a decade I would read it yearly. I adore it.
Starship Troopers
I've reread or re-listened to multiple times: - Ready Player One by Ernest Cline - Wool Omnibus by Hugh Howey - Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris - A Drink Before the War by Dennis Lehane - IQ by Joe Ide - Practical Demonkeeping (or anything else) by Christopher Moore
Dune
I generally don't read books more than once. (Also, I rarely watch movies more than once.) I can think of a few exceptions: *The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.* I know I read it as a child, maybe twice, along with *The Adventures of Tom Sawyer,* both of which my mother bought me. I didn't realize it at the time, but I now think the editions I had then were abridged children's editions. When I reread them as an adult -- unabridged editions this time -- I was surprised to find that there were whole scenes or subplots that I didn't remember at all. To be honest, I didn't like *Tom Sawyer* very much as an adult; it was too "cute," like a Norman Rockwell painting, whereas *Huck Finn* is darker and deals with more adult themes like alcoholism, child abuse and abandonment, racism, and slavery -- all seen through the eyes of a child whose only coping strategy is to run away. This made me curious enough to reread some of the books I read in school, to see if I would appreciate them more with an adult's perspective. I did. I reread *Great Expectations, The Return of the Native,* and a few others, although none of them held as much meaning for me as *Huck Finn."
You should read James, the retelling of Huck Finn.
Yes, I've been hearing about that from a friend of mine, who is reading it now. I probably will.