What novel(s) do you read over and over?

[Schaengel]

I regularly reread every Terry Pratchett book it's something that I do besides my other reads, but from these I have to underline "Nation", "Thief of Time" and "Going postal".

I also read on a regular basis:

 

Anna Seghers - The Seventh Cross

J.K. Rowling - Harry Potter Series

Jean Craighead George - Julie of the Wolves

Dmitry Glukhovsky - Metro 2033

(and I'm sure I will add more "survival style books" to that list)

[Silvanus]

I reread the Dragonlance Chronicles and Legends trilogies every year or so. Those were actually the first nonschool related books that I read, I blame them for my obsession with fantasy books.

[Flagwaver]

When I was in the military, I'd read Starship Troopers every year.  I'd also read the full Tolkien Middle Earth library at least once every other year, but I've fallen out of that habit.

[Eszreh]

I've re-read the Wheel of Time series by Robert Jordan/Brandon Sanderson many times by always starting the series over when a new book was released. Now that it's over I'll probably re-read it every decade or so.

 

I love going back to The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, I think I've read it all 4-5 times now.

 

The Gaunt's Ghosts series by Dan Abnett is getting a thorough re-read at the moment, this is number 3 for me.

[AegisofTheLight]

Good to see a fellow lover of 40K novels Eszreh!  I personally constantly re read Ciaphas Cain series, they are just so much fun to read every time.

[Vibrantella]

I have reread the following novels many times:

 

LOTR - JRR Tolkien

Dune - Frank Herbert

Mists of Avalon - Marion Zimmer Bradley

Firebrand - MZB (this one is about the Trojan war, and is in part responsible for my starting an MA in Classical Studies this year!)

Most Agatha Christie detective novels

Sherlock Holmes stories - Arthur Conan Doyle

Terry Pratchet Discworld series, especially the witches

 

Graphic novel series:

Sandman  - Neil Gaiman

Promethea - Alan Moore (a dense compendium of Western occultism)

 

More recently, I've reread Inferno by Dan Brown, not because of the plot/characters, but because of its setting in one of my favourite cities, Florence!  

[Shibs]

The Pendragon Adventure - DJ MacHale

The Immortals Trilogy - Tamora Pierce

 

Those are my two big ones! I don't normally re-read books unless they've left a lasting impression on me.

[Tobi]

1984 and Call of the Wild. 

[ThePilgrim]

Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk is a book that I've not only read multiple times but also given away many times. Chapter 20 of that book is an important one. Has a good message.

[Koaladle]

The Transmetropolitan series is one very favorite graphic novel series, followed closely by Bone. Every few years I'll re-read Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Pride and Prejudice, and The Lords of Discipline.

 

But most read of all time? The Harry Potter books, hands down. I grew up with those characters and I cherish my battered first three books, broken bindings, missing dustcover, hot sauce stains, and all.

[Captainfantastic]

Mine is the fault in our stars, it's good stuff

[Akari]

On 13.3.2016 at 9:04 AM, Schaengel said:

Jean Craighead George - Julie of the Wolves

I have these series too and I love it

 

Bernhard Hennen - Die Elfen

[WolfDreamer]

I have read The Catcher in the Rye twice, The Bell Jar twice, Slaughterhouse-Five twice, Lord of the Flies five times (I'm a high school teacher), Catch-22 twice, and the Watchmen three times. I'm sure there are more, but those come to mind.

[Chris Atomz]

At least once a year, I try to reread VALIS by Philip K. Dick. It's just such a trippy mindfuck of the best kind, and his best book, without question. 

[Kimnaran]

First trilogy of Black Company by Glen Cook and WH40k Grey Knights novel series. 

[Nomad Jay]

I re-read Connie Willis' To Say Nothing of the Dog about once every two years or so.

Probably doesn't count, but there's also a particular chapter near the end of Jim Butcher's Skin Game that I'll re-read if I'm having a crappy day.

[drewr1982]

I cannot tell you how many times I have read The Last Days of Summer by Steve Kluger now, but it's been several times.  I'm also a huge Harry Potter nerd, so I'm always re-reading one of those, if not more than one.  Lately I've been doing my first (but I seriously doubt my last) re-read of the Alex Rider books in preparation for the release of the next one coming out this summer.  I've always been re-reading the Wayward Pines novels lately.  I love all of the above. :-)

[Dark Artemis]

I would have to say Neil Gaiman American God's if we are talk 20th/21st century books otherwise it would be The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.

[SeekingCassandra]

I have about 4 major re-reads that I cycle through every year or so
- Good Omens by Neil Gaiman and Terry Prachett

- The Warlord Chronicles by Bernard Cornwell

- The Harry Potter Series by JK Rowling (occasionally swapped out for the Artemis Fowl Series by Eoin Colfer)

- Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen

 

There are maybe a half dozen others that have a few repeat reads, but those are the mainstays

[elinox]

The 10th Kingdom by Kathryn Wesley

 

It's an epic modern fairy tale about a girl and her father, both native New Yorkers, who are transported to the 9 Kingdoms where classic fairy tale characters live. On their journey to find a way home they encounter the Evil Queen, a Prince who's been turned into a dog, trolls and the nasty Huntsman. They're helped by half-wolf hero-in-training Wolf. 

 

It was first a TV miniseries that aired on NBC n 2000. This is the book version. 

 

I read it at least once a year, sometimes twice a year. I've read it so often that my original copy is shredded!

 

 

[SeekingCassandra]

22 minutes ago, elinox said:

The 10th Kingdom by Kathryn Wesley

 

It's an epic modern fairy tale about a girl and her father, both native New Yorkers, who are transported to the 9 Kingdoms where classic fairy tale characters live. On their journey to find a way home they encounter the Evil Queen, a Prince who's been turned into a dog, trolls and the nasty Huntsman. They're helped by half-wolf hero-in-training Wolf. 

 

It was first a TV miniseries that aired on NBC n 2000. This is the book version. 

 

I read it at least once a year, sometimes twice a year. I've read it so often that my original copy is shredded!

 

 

 

OMG! Looooved that mini-series! <3 Wolf! Didn't realize there was a book version! Is it better or worse then the show?

[elinox]

Just now, SeekingCassandra said:

 

OMG! Looooved that mini-series! <3 Wolf! Didn't realize there was a book version! Is it better or worse then the show?

 

It's almost identical. It's basically the screen play that Simon Moore wrote in book format. Only readers who've read it hundreds of times (like me!)  or seen the miniseries enough would notice the slight, minor differences. (Like the song Virginia sings in the book is Rod Stewart's "Sailing" rather than Queen's "We Will Rock You".)

[Kable_82]

Read Ready Player One ten of fifteen times. Not even kidding.

[Zardoz]

I'm a big Bret Easton Ellis fan, and I routinely re-read most of his work. I'm halfway through my third reading of American Psycho. So good. So awful.

 

I go through a few other books I'm fond of every couple years. I think the one I've gone through the most is my old childhood favorite: Catherine, Called Birdy. I need to get a new copy soon. Mine's almost in tatters from all the years and readings.

[Kevin Mack]

The Lion, the Witch & the Wardrobe.