Hello Everyone
As the title suggests, this thread concerns those books which bear the distinction of having been read more than once. Nevertheless, I'd also like to include books which one plans on rereading. I realize that this seems like little more than a "favorite" books thread, but it is not intended to be. I think there's a fairly big difference between a book worthy of being deemed a favorite and a book that one is tempted to read more than once. For example, I've reread 1984 a few times. However, my attempts to reread Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? and The Stranger were met with the realization that the writing style was simply too straightforward to warrant a second reading so soon after the first (I presume that, in a few years, both novels will likely feel fresh again). Moreover, I think books which boast a very engrossing world are much better candidates for rereading than, say, a book of ideas (though, of course, the two are not necessarily mutually exclusive), despite the fact that both books may be considered favorites.
Without further ado...
tl;dr: What books, if any, have you read more than once? Which books are you planning on rereading, whether for the first, second, third, etc. time?
As the title suggests, this thread concerns those books which bear the distinction of having been read more than once. Nevertheless, I'd also like to include books which one plans on rereading. I realize that this seems like little more than a "favorite" books thread, but it is not intended to be. I think there's a fairly big difference between a book worthy of being deemed a favorite and a book that one is tempted to read more than once. For example, I've reread 1984 a few times. However, my attempts to reread Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? and The Stranger were met with the realization that the writing style was simply too straightforward to warrant a second reading so soon after the first (I presume that, in a few years, both novels will likely feel fresh again). Moreover, I think books which boast a very engrossing world are much better candidates for rereading than, say, a book of ideas (though, of course, the two are not necessarily mutually exclusive), despite the fact that both books may be considered favorites.
Without further ado...
1984
Crime and Punishment
The Master and Margarita
Most anything by Franz Kafka
Hamlet
Macbeth
Confederacy of Dunces
Fahrenheit 451
Animal Farm
To Kill a Mockingbird
Lord of the Flies
The Great Gatsby
Brave New World
Crime and Punishment
The Master and Margarita
Most anything by Franz Kafka
Hamlet
Macbeth
Confederacy of Dunces
Fahrenheit 451
Animal Farm
To Kill a Mockingbird
Lord of the Flies
The Great Gatsby
Brave New World
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
Anything by Haruki Murakami
Doctor Zhivago
2001: A Space Odyssey
A Clockwork Orange
Neuromancer
Death in Venice
East of Eden
The Winter of Our Discontent
Heart of a Dog
Confessions of a Mask
Anything by Haruki Murakami
Doctor Zhivago
2001: A Space Odyssey
A Clockwork Orange
Neuromancer
Death in Venice
East of Eden
The Winter of Our Discontent
Heart of a Dog
Confessions of a Mask
tl;dr: What books, if any, have you read more than once? Which books are you planning on rereading, whether for the first, second, third, etc. time?
