What books do you return to over and over and why?

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pixieorfae@reddit

Ultra processed people!! I’ve listened to the audiobook upwards of ten times now and always find something new interesting

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DullInflation6@reddit (OP)

Ooh I should probably read that. Did it genuinely help you to cut down on processed food or is it more of a rant about how bad processed food is for us?

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ettuA2@reddit

Kafka on the shore Idk I just like it. Also the spice and wolf light novel series. It's so cutee

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zagreus9@reddit

The first two hitchhikers guide books

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Suspicious_Neck_5156@reddit

Is it the second of third one that has a robot who’s decided to personally insult everyone in the universe?

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phatboi23@reddit

> Is it the second or third one that has a robot who’s decided to personally insult everyone in the universe? some days i completely understand that haha

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zagreus9@reddit

Wowbagger? The third i think. He insults Atthur while he's stuck in prehistoric Islington

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Suspicious_Neck_5156@reddit

That’s him, always amuses me that part.

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zagreus9@reddit

[Share and enjoy!](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dM-t3I5uFro)

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The 4 books I have read most (ie more than 10 times) are: Terry Pratchett - Mort (A Discworld novel) Terry Pratchett & Neil Gaiman - Good Omens Stephen King - The Shining Richard Adams - Watership Down I can't really say why. They just speak to me.

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Tidmouth_Heritage@reddit

Wolf Hall.

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DullInflation6@reddit (OP)

As per title, why?

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connectfourvsrisk@reddit

The Tales of the City books.

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theotherquantumjim@reddit

LoTR. It’s epic and the writing is beautiful

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ohthedarside@reddit

Only readable if your a english major (Met alot of people especially autistic ones including myslef who find the booms near impossible to read)

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connectfourvsrisk@reddit

Yes, I find the content fascinating but the books themselves hard to read. I enjoy the lore about Middle Earth but really struggle.

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Dazzling_Theme_7801@reddit

They're not that bad. A bit slow in places. I read them in primary school and I was/am dyslexic. Hobbit is more accessible and less slow. Now the Silmarillion was too much for me, a shame as my mum bought me a big fancy hardback version for my birthday.

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Professional-Deer-50@reddit

You could try listening to the audiobook of The Silmarillion while reading the book - that is what I do when I read something that needs a little of focus.

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theotherquantumjim@reddit

I appreciate some of it is hard-going. I’m definitely not an English Major tho

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Top_Secret_940@reddit

Tried 4 times to read them. I never got out of Shire. Chapter after chapter of Frodo walking in a field.

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DullInflation6@reddit (OP)

Similar experience. Films enough for me

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smithismund@reddit

Indeed. I read it almost continuously in my teens and 20s. Well over 30 read throughs completed, though I must admit to skipping over most of the songs after the first few times.

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fiendofecology@reddit

What is Atomic Habits? I always see people talk about it. Did it actually change your behaviours?

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Missing-Caffeine@reddit

I've also read Memoirs of a Geisha a few times, it's very well written as you said.

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DullInflation6@reddit (OP)

It's pretty much pop psychology look at habits. Even though there isn't much revelatory stuff in there, I think spending time reflecting on why habits occur actually helped me to change a few things for the better

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IGiveBagAdvice@reddit

Currently my obsession is Jonathan Strange and Mr Norell because it’s just a funny but also sagacious cute story. I’ve read it a lot over the past two years and listened to the audiobook. I think it might be decision fatigue regarding what to read next but I slip into it so easily. Sometimes even starting a chapter at random.

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therealgeraint@reddit

Ive just made a comment about that book. Its so comforting. I had to deliberately not read for 5/6 years because id reread it so often. It was lovely coming back after the break and reading it again. Have you read her next book 'Piranesi'?? I bought it week it was out and managed to not read it until last year. Different to Jonathan Strange.... but also a brilliant read. Nowhere near as long, I enjoyed it so much I ended up staying up all night to finish it..

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IGiveBagAdvice@reddit

I have read Piranesi yes, I love that also and alternate the two. I like the little call backs in between the books. Definitely one of my favourite writers

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therealgeraint@reddit

Same here, I love the call backs. With Susanna Clarke would write faster, but then the books wouldnt be as good i suppose. Plus it gives us loads of time to read and reread her works.

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IGiveBagAdvice@reddit

I remember reading somewhere that she developed ME (or similar)not long after Strange and Norrell which is very sad and must be debilitating as far as writing goes.

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the_hu55tler@reddit

"...decision fatigue..." Man, how that resonated with me but I've never heard the phrase before!

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Linguistin229@reddit

I have just bought this! I’ve always heard good things

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IrritablePowell@reddit

My regular re-read rotation includes: Beyond Black by Hilary Mantel Riddley Walker by Russell Hoban Watership Down by Richard Adams Ghost Wall by Sarah Moss.

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WoodenEggplant4624@reddit

Oh, Ghost Walk, that's a disturbing read. Night Waking is good too.

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handee@reddit

i have not read the fourth of these but given the other three i am tempted to give it a go riddley walker is an all time fave of mine, and beyond black my favourite mantel

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IrritablePowell@reddit

It’s short, intense and compelling. It was the first time in ages that I got to the end of a book and went straight back to the beginning again.

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WarmJewel@reddit

Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance. Robert M Pirsig. I read it about once every 2 or 3 years and always get something new out of it.

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WoodenEggplant4624@reddit

This is a great book. When I was still at work I routinely gave a copy to my interns before they went back to college. Hope at least one or two of them came to enjoy it eventually.

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EffyDoodle@reddit

The Ahborsen series by Garth Nix It’s ya a think but no less a fantastic fantasy world Lirael is my favourite, I think the series is up to about six books now? Terciel and Elinor is a prequel but I would always recommend starting with Sabriel because it was the first released and the way it introduces the world is just phenomenal

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WoodenEggplant4624@reddit

I like his Left and Right Handed Booksellers, waiting for the Edinburgh book but it's not due til next year.

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WoodenEggplant4624@reddit

I reread the Wolf Hall trilogy, it is unlike any other historical novel. Also Thackeray's Vanity Fair, a slice of life. On a lighter note I love the Vorkosigan novels of Lois McMaster Bujold, space opera writ large. I reread Helena P Schrader's Spartan novels, they are absorbing. Also Bernard Cornwell's Warlord series because Uthred is so engaging.

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DullInflation6@reddit (OP)

I found her style in Wolf Hall a little distracting (the use of the third person, was it?) I suppose you'd tell me I have to push on with Bring up the Bodies etc?

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WoodenEggplant4624@reddit

A lot of people have said that to me and I get it. Sometimes you have to read a sentence again to understand which 'he' is speaking. Yes, Bring up the Bodies is worth the effort. The Mirror and the Light is very long.

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MadamKitsune@reddit

Discworld or Jane Austen are my go-to comfort reads.

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BookWurm_90@reddit

Ring

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unbeknownfoil@reddit

The Discworld series by Terry Pratchett. They’ve been favourites of mine since I was a teenager. I love his satirical fantasy style. Small Gods, Lords and Ladies, and Night Watch are particular regulars on the re-read list.

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therealgeraint@reddit

I cant even begin to count how often ive read small gods. They're all brill books but that one is my absolute favourite.

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therealgeraint@reddit

Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell is one i repeatedly return too. It helps its such a long book i can fall slowly into the weird whimsical world it creates. Plus the extensive footnotes fill out the world beautifully

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ResponsibilityNo3245@reddit

I go back to the discworld novels constantly. Almost always have one on the go. Monstrous regiment at the moment.

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therealgeraint@reddit

Discworld books are my go to when im stuck for something to read or dont have the mental energy to start a new book. Incredible books and the quality staying so consistent is amazing.

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Thebutler83@reddit

I really struggle to re-consume any type of media. Books, movies, TV, video games I just can't rewatch, reread or replay. Except for Discworld PTerry was a genius who created a whole world without needing to create a series. The only characters who i can full believe could be out there having dozens of adventures that just haven't been committed to page. Curse the embuggerment

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Turbulent-Ad3879@reddit

If im feeling like reading discworld, I always start with monstrous regiment!

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ResponsibilityNo3245@reddit

I tend to go through a series depending on my mood. Hadn't read MR in years because it's not really part of one outside of a Vines cameo

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EffyDoodle@reddit

PTerry is one of the greatest fantasy authors that has ever lived in my opinion! And Monstrous Regiment is one of my favourites too, but Night Watch will always be special to me as it’s the first I read. Carpe Jugulum has earned a re read or two too.

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Wibblesquirrel@reddit

Always my go-to if I'm down or unwell. My 6yo has been loving the Nomes series, start 'em young!

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ResponsibilityNo3245@reddit

Night Watch is my favourite novel full stop.

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SweeneyLovett@reddit

Night Watch is, in my opinion, the best Discworld novel and absolute peak PTerry. Having said that, my favourite is Maskerade because I love Phantom of the Opera and opera so love all the tongue in cheek.

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chemical-realm@reddit

Mort, my all time favourite character 🤣 Although written using silly made up nonsense, Discworld makes complete sense. Make sense of that or do what you will.

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PhysicsForeign1634@reddit

Pandora's Star and Judas Unchained are a pair of Sci-Fi books by Peter F Hamilton that have, to me, original characters and a terrific storyline. The Thursday Murder Club books are a great re-read too. Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir has great chemistry between its characters and an interesting concept (though the Astrophage did seem a little similar in action to the Photino birds in Stephen Baxter's book Ring). Lastly, the Wayfarer's series by Becky Chambers (which begins with A Long Way To A Small Angry Planet) has heaps of charm and great aliens.

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VictoryAppropriate68@reddit

Gender games and the child thief. Both by Bella forest

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user_deleted_life@reddit

Peter clines the ex series. Shame he will never finish them.

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Faithful_jewel@reddit

Jurassic Park and The Lost World I just love the looming "everything is wrong here" without being able to put a finger on why And then, obviously, dinosaurs 😂 but also how they were "tweaked" to be what people expected to see from late 80s/early 90s as part of the novels themselves I also like seeing how they changed or used stuff from the books for all the films

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Ambitious-Win-9408@reddit

Same here. I read jurassic park when I was about 8, shortly after watching the movie, and I return to read them both now at 35. Really fantastic books. Crichton is a science fiction legend.

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Faithful_jewel@reddit

Same age as me! I was on holiday in Florida and had run out of books to read, so I picked it up from the K-Mart checkout line 😂 reading about a guy >!getting his intestines ripped out and being eaten alive while trying to fight off raptors!< was a trip, but I also picked up an Anne Rice book at the same time... My mum definitely should have checked what I was reading

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Ambitious-Win-9408@reddit

It was enthralling as a morbid kid to have such a vivid account of that death! And the depth behind the scientific terminology was mind blowing at that age haha. A good age to get into science fiction and the Gothic horror genre too!

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DullInflation6@reddit (OP)

Ok, I should definitely read the book now. Film was great, as one of the first mega blockbusters I saw in the cinema as a kid. need to revisit that, too.

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Faithful_jewel@reddit

I say the first book is a horror sci-fi and the second (the only sequel Crichton ever wrote) is an action sci-fi - I love them both A bit like _Alien_ and _Aliens_ really

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No-Country4319@reddit

We are in a fight at the book club right now because it keeps getting nominated and never selected. This month's category is movies of the book, and if JP doesn't get picked, there may be an actual schism.

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Dazpiece@reddit

The first rule of book fight club is....

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Faithful_jewel@reddit

Do you need an extra person on the JP side? I've literally just read it again but I'm happy to join just to make it win 🤣

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Content-Tip1048@reddit

I reread books for the same reason I revisit places I love. The destination is the same, but I'm not.

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Ambivalent-Axolotl@reddit

That's a really lovely way of looking at it 😍

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calmeilles@reddit

I re-read a lot. Partly because I'm too poor to buy enough books to satiate my reading habit but mostly because if it's a good book in the first place there will always be more to ferret out of it. These are the ones I return to so often they're falling apart, or have fallen apart and been replaced. JRR Tolkien — *The Lord of the Rings* Terry Pratchett — all of Discworld Arthur C Clarke — *The City and the Stars* Samuel R Delany — *Stars in My Pocket Like Grains of Sand* Gene Wolfe — The Book of the New Sun Jane Austen — all, but *Pride and Prejudice* most of all Charles Dickens — again all, *Great Expectations*, *Little Dorrit* and *Bleak House* Steven Erikson — The Book of the Malazan Fallen Iain M Banks — The Culture books Alastair Reynolds — *Revelation Space* and those set in that universe.

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lovesorangesoda636@reddit

A Stitch in Time by Andrew Robinson. Its a Star Trek: DS9 book and its *fabulous*. Not only do you get an in-depth look at one of the characters, but you get an interesting dive into one of the species and how their government worked pre-war and then post-war.

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TansNunaTia@reddit

I enjoy reading. I’ve I have done since I was a wee girl. My mum read to you the three of us, and so we are all readers. I love the Xenogenesis trilogy by Octavia E Butler. I can read that from start to finish, just so easily. If I had to go for an actual single book… the book Exodus by Leon Uris. I love that mix of history and fiction.

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Petrichor_ness@reddit

My tastes usually run to chick-lit, cheesy crime or witchy fantasy. I like to read before I fall asleep so don't like anything too intense or stimulating. But the books I often reread are: * Enid Blyton's St.Clair's books because my nan read them to be as a child - comfort books when I'm feeling rubbish * Flowers for Algernon - read for GCSE but often go back to it because it reminds me to be grateful for what I have now and nothing is guaranteed forever * Harry Potter - Used to reread this every year but when I was really ill a few years ago, I got stuck in a loop with it so haven't been back to it for a while

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pied--piper@reddit

If you like witchy fantasy, try the Tir Alainn Trilogy by Anne Bishop. They are my favourite books of all time, can't count the amount of times I've read them!

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Petrichor_ness@reddit

Thank you, I've added them to my reading list!

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Inner-Device-4530@reddit

I have a few that i revisit every year to 18 months, they are 1984 by George Orwell, Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov and The History of World War 2 by Antony Beevor

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InsertObligatoryPun@reddit

The Last Lecture, because 15 years on it still hits. Cat’s Cradle when I need something easily digestible and enjoyable. Fifth Elephant because it was the first Terry Pratchett book I read, and easily one of my favourites.

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miss_lottielou@reddit

Discworld is one. But what is special to me is The Beiderbecke trilogy by Alan Plater. It captures rundown 80s with council bureaucracy and Yorkshire humour and I love Jill and Trevor's relationship.

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SteWaxleyLemon@reddit

Pride and Prejudice I just never get tired of it for some reason. 😅

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_TattieScone@reddit

The Murderbot series

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Efficient_Chic714@reddit

If I’m in a slump I always restart either the original Hunger Games trilogy or the original Percy Jackson series. Both get me through it and I can start new stuff after

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Illustrious-Bus-8862@reddit

I reread lonesome dove by Larry McMurtry every few years. Lotr obviously. Stephen King, hearts in Atlantis.

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BatOfBeyond@reddit

The entirety of Terry Pratchetts work. The Dark Tower series The Time Travellers Wife All excellent

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the-TARDIS-ran-away@reddit

Ooh ive got The Time Travellers Wife on my bookshelf waiting its turn, im looking forward to that one.

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the-TARDIS-ran-away@reddit

The Hunger Games. I just really like the books.

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unbelievablydull82@reddit

My son is obsessed with them. He's got to me read a couple of them, and they're a good read. He's re-reading the latest one in preparation for the movie in November

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the-TARDIS-ran-away@reddit

They are good! Much better than the films i think. I am indeed!

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benoirdo@reddit

Necroscope series by Brian Lumley. These books are what started my love for reading. Epic dark fantasy books blending different genres; supernatural mystery, cold war espionage and science fiction. I can't believe no one has adapted it to a TV series yet.

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BFastBtch@reddit

High rise, JG Ballard - just love that book! Have re-red the Harry Potters a stupid amount of times too.

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liseusester@reddit

I'm a big re-reader. I've reread Anna Karenina at least five times, and I re-read either the Niccolo or Lymond series by Dorothy Dunnett every other year. At the moment I'm rereading Natasha Pulley's The Kingdoms and I'm tempted to reread The Cazalet Chronicles over the summer.

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pied--piper@reddit

Circle of Friends by Maeve Binchy. I first read it when I was ten, then when I was in my teens, my twenties, thirties... you get the idea. There's something about it that's so cozy, but also so nostalgic. She also captures people and their motivations so well without casting judgement, I still find it just as relevant today as I did when I first read it. I relate to every character in different ways, it's truly beautiful, and I still think 'What would the wise woman do?' whenever I'm truly stuck.

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Neddlings55@reddit

Anything by T Kingfisher or Joe Abercrombie.

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Leather-Emergency932@reddit

One Day - David Nicholls An Offer You Can't Refuse - Jill Mansell The Nanny - Melissa Nathan (RIP) The Wall Of Winnipeg & Me - Mariana Zapata

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OK_LK@reddit

The Wheel of Time series, all 15 books I started reading it in 1995, only 6 of the books had been published then I would reread the series each time a new book came out, so once every 2 - 3 years The series finished in 2013, so I'd been reading this series for 18 years. It had become a constant companion and, as I read in bed, it helped ease me to sleep I now listen to the audio books before sleeping / when I can't sleep. I can switch on at any book, any page and know what's going on as I've now read or listened to it 20+ times It's my lullaby and works wonders at sending my to the land of nod I also reread Little Women & Good Wives as they're my favourite books from childhood

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autofill-name@reddit

Dictionary. I can never remember bits of it.

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Kitty-Gecko@reddit

Most of Naomi novik's books... I find them comforting in a strange, fairytale way. Currently on a 2nd re-read pf dungeon crawler Carl and expect to re-read the series a bunch more times in future. As a kid I read lord of the Rings at least 5 times.

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VolcanicBear@reddit

A colleague recommended Naomi Novik's books to me but I've not started them yet. Big fan of DCC, I expect I won't revisit it until I'm done with He Who Fights With Monsters though, if at all. I struggle to re-read books. Only ever managed it with Snow Crash and A Fire Upon The Deep.

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Kitty-Gecko@reddit

I couldn't get on with He Who Fights with Monsters and gave up half way through book 3 or 4, but I liked the Heretical Fishing books which were also LitRPG.

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VolcanicBear@reddit

Ah, that's a shame. It's grabbed me quite well tbh. Audiobook though, and I find it much easier to get hooked by/endure lower quality writing when listening. I'll add Heretical Fishing to the list too, likely after Mimick and Me.

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abitofasitdown@reddit

I reread Temeraire a fair bit - there's always something new to find, and the examination of loyalty that runs through the series is absolute catnip to me. (And I'm a re-reader of the Aubrey-Maturin books, too, so may have a bit of a thing about the Napoleonic wars.)

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DivePotato@reddit

The Outsiders - S E Hinton The Wrong Boy - Willy Russell

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BuncleCar@reddit

Tom Holt's The Portable Door series. I just enjoy them despite few of the characters being likeable, except for Rosie, and she's not really likeable

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whataboutbenson@reddit

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas because it makes me absolutely cackle. The works of Cormac McCarthy, I don’t know why, just something about them keeps bringing me back. Papillon by Henri Charriere. Again I’m not sure why, it’s just a perfect book and his determination to be free really inspired me.

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Midnightraven3@reddit

Any of Christine Marion Frasers series, but particularly the Rhanna series, I just love the escape it brings, you feel you are part of the community on a fictitious Hebridean Island. The others have the same vibe, but are shorter, with Rhanna there are so many books you feel part of it all

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Black_flamingo@reddit

The Lord of the Rings - gets better every time. You could spend a lifetime re-reading it. The works of Gene Wolfe, particularly The Book of the New Sun - they are written to be read multiple times, and very few understand them the first time. Virginia Woolf - I don't why, but I read both Mrs Dalloway and Orlando twice. I enjoyed them much more the second time. I suppose they can be quite hard to follow the first time.

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CocoRufus@reddit

Gerald Durrell, all his books about his family, and all his books about animal collecting. They make me laugh out loud when I'm reading them, I learnt a lot about exotic wildlife reading them as a teenager. They're an easy, lighthearted read. My mum knew the Durrell family in the 50s. She said they were exactly as he wrote them, charming, eccentric, very funny and more often than not, drunk, so there's a personal connection

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Minimum_Bath223@reddit

East of Eden.

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DullInflation6@reddit (OP)

Why?

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Minimum_Bath223@reddit

Hard to explain. I just get lost in it every time.

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Tattycakes@reddit

Harry Potter - speaks for itself Marian Keyes - light hearted chick flick fun The Perfect Predator by steffanie strathdee - always an exciting read Night world - I just love them so much from my teen years

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HamsterEagle@reddit

Room on the Broom, I’ve read the book to the kids more times than is healthy. We’d read it so much that my daughter had the whole thing memorised.

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flangebit@reddit

Anything by Charles Bukowski...so easy to read and shockingly entertaining at the same time.

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Suspicious_Neck_5156@reddit

I’ve just reread Post Office and Factotum. Have never reread the others, didn’t think very much of Women tbh

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flangebit@reddit

I don't think much of some of his works too but as I said, they're easy to read, amusing and very entertaining.

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Suspicious_Neck_5156@reddit

It always makes me laugh in Post Office when he talks about being in a rain storm that’s so deep he could swim but reconsiders because he thinks it would look ridiculous.

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flangebit@reddit

It still puzzles me how he didn't eventually die of liver failure.

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BalthazarOfTheOrions@reddit

I'm a big fan of the classics of Russian literature, they get their realism done really well, and I've been reading a lot of them multiple times over the last 20 or so years.

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UpbeatMost6423@reddit

Have you read, Dead Souls by Nikolai Gogol?

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BalthazarOfTheOrions@reddit

I have, I enjoyed it very much, although I like his short stories, especially those that are based on Ukrainian folklore or country life, more.

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DullInflation6@reddit (OP)

I'm not too up on genres, have read Crime and Punishment and loved it, if that counts. Which Russian classics do you go back to? I keep meaning to read more

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BalthazarOfTheOrions@reddit

From Dostoevsky I'm particularly fond of Brothers Karamazov and the House of the Dead, but I've gone through all of his major works at least twice. From Tolstoy I like War and Peace (read three times) and the Death of Ivan Ilyich. Master and Margarita is also brilliant, as are a ton of other works.

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Otocolobus_manul8@reddit

Not the OP, but Turgenev's father and sons is a good shorter one. The idiot and Brothers Karamazov by Dostoyevsky are also good novels by Dostoyevsky.

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oruc2002@reddit

I read Anna Karenina after C&P,, would highly recommend

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GasQuirky3938@reddit

I often reread books by Terry Pratchett and Douglas Adams. There are some good jokes, some truly awful jokes and some quite profound insights. I also like books from The Golden Age of Detective Stories. Books by Edgar Wallace and Austin R Freeman for example. The one classic detective series that I don't read is Sherlock Holmes simply because I prefer listening to Stephen Fry read it on Audible.

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AariaDarcia@reddit

Brandon Sanderson's Stormlight Archive It's got such extensive world building and lore and characters who you really get to watch develop in such a satisfying way The writing is just so good and it absolutely consumes you into its world It's one of those series I'd take to a desert island with me

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Ok_Two7150@reddit

Wintergirls Every year I re read it

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experfailist@reddit

The Stand - Stephen King. Winter warriors - David Gemmel. Bless the child - Cathy Cash Spellman. The Alchemist - Peter James. Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal - Christopher Moore.

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DullInflation6@reddit (OP)

Any general reasons?

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experfailist@reddit

The Stand - Brilliant character development in my opinion, I love how on the good side, people have no structure, and on the evil side they are god fearing disciplined people. Winter Warriors - Just a great epic and the way Gemmel describes fighting always delights. Bless the child - Ancient battle between good and evil, lives lived, the struggle of love against evil. For some reason it always tugs at my heart. Alchemist - Just a great thriller. Funny story: My friend told me to read Alchemist and said it was an eye opener for her. So I read it and told her it was a great book. She asked which part? I told her >!the understanding of how Big Pharma is evil and the satanic battle at the end.!< "What? What book did you read?" Me - "The Alchemist, by Peter James". Her - "NO! Alchemist by Paulo Coelho.." I still haven't read it. Lamb - It's just very very funny. I'm not religious.

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Inevitable_Tower_141@reddit

Pale Fire never leaves my mind for too long The volume of things it manages to comment on due to its depth is phenomenal

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Scared-Marsupial-131@reddit

Harry Turtledove - 6 book War that came early series: what would happen if the war started with the invasion of Czechoslovakia in 1938. Probably not the best alt history series but I love some of the characters and how they develop. I reread the series maybe once a year.

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Quality_Controller@reddit

Not a single book, but every time a new Brandon Sanderson novel comes out, I like to reread the entire series. This is starting to become a bit of a problem with The Stormlight Archive 😅

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DullInflation6@reddit (OP)

I'm seeing quite a few similar comments with problematic re-reading of entire series 😆

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TashaDarke@reddit

The best kind of problem. Every re-read I notice something else

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Upper_Paramedic_2043@reddit

Every 10 years or so I like to reread The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. I originally read it as a child and it soon became my favourite. I’ve never reread any of the sequels though - once was enough for those.

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Korovyev__@reddit

I reread Solzhenitsyn's Ivan Denisovich every winter as a pick-me-up.

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Korovyev__@reddit

And I read Bill Drummond's '45' 23 times, leaving a 23-week gap between each read through.

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SilverellaUK@reddit

The Belgariad. I've lost count of how many times I've read it. The After Cilmeri series by Sarah Woodbury. I started reading it shortly after she had written the first book so I was waiting for the second. Since then I have started at the beginning of the series every time she releases a new book. It's getting ridiculous now because she's up to book 21!

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DullInflation6@reddit (OP)

Holy smokes that's commitment

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anistl@reddit

Dungeon Crawler Carl by Matt Dinniman. The 8th book recently came out. I’ve read the series 3 times so far. It is humorous, profound, well written, action packed, and makes me feel deeply. The genre is science fantasy and literature role-playing game.

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Expensive_Profit_106@reddit

Honestly none really. I’m someone who despises rereading books or rewatching movies etc. there’s only one movie I’ve liked rewatching so far and that’s interstellar. However green lights by Matthew McConaughey is the one book I’ll sometimes revisit. There’s just something about the actual book, the way I discovered it and the time in my life where I read it that made something click and I love the book

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DullInflation6@reddit (OP)

Ha, that's funny for me, I really like interstellar and it is a film i enjoy rewatching, mainly to try and understand it (!!). I actually like to rewatch a select few films but almost never books, never thought about why (maybe the time investment being greater in a book? I find layers in rewatching certain films that I didn't see before, say The Last Emperor by Bertolucci. My friend also recently recommended Green lights.

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BeanyCudger@reddit

Ken Follett's books. I find them so vivid, and he's one of the few authors who still completely immerses me in the world he creates even when my world is too hectic and distracting to focus on other books. They really grab my attention and give me a proper escape. The Man From St Petersburg is one of my favourites of his, that I reread fairly regularly as I think the characters are so well written, and it's conveniently a little shorter than many of his books.

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doihavetousethis@reddit

Shantaram. So so good makes me cry every time

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Daisy-Fluffington@reddit

Terry Pratchett's Discworld novels. Wonderfully written, funny, very humanist, with some sharp insights into human nature and satire of modern society via the lens of the Disc.

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Squishyboooot@reddit

I reread my favourites all the time, but my most reread are the Newsflesh series by Mira Grant, The scholomance trilogy by Naomi Novik and the Last Hearld Mage by Mercedes Lackey. They're mt comfort reads and I probably read them all at least once a year sometimes twice!

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tubby_bitch@reddit

Lord of The Rings, Wheel of Time, Mistborn, Eragon, The Undead (by RR Haywood) and a series of books by Ian Ross called Twilight of Empire.

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No-Country4319@reddit

Stephen King's Dark Tower series. Travelling with Roland & his ka-tet along the beam is like revisiting old friends.

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Still-BangingYourMum@reddit

The Foundation series by Isaac Asimov. Originally a trilogy but now a 5 book work. I read and re-read many of his stories over the years.

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RhysT86@reddit

Tom Clancys "Jack Ryan" novels. They're detailed and interesting to me!

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ryfi1@reddit

Geek Love. It’s just such a beautiful, tragic story built on the bones of an extremely messed up premise. I’ve never read anything else like it

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Draw_the_Stars@reddit

Assistant to the villain

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thorn312@reddit

The Wool series. I'm currently re reading it, it's got a few good plot twists, interesting characters and world. The Unwind series is a great, dark YA series too.

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buttersismantequilla@reddit

The forever man by Craig Zerf. Frigging love these books! US marine caught up in time travelling, post apocalyptic drama, with invading aliens and immortal power. Bloody magnificent

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LogiCub@reddit

I almost never re-read books, but Robin Hobb’s The Realm of the Elderlings series has made it through my emotions three times so far. All 16 books of it!

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DullInflation6@reddit (OP)

Crikey, that's quite the exception. What keeps pulling you back?

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RichardNotJudy@reddit

The Demon Cycle by Peter V Brett. I understand they are not great books, but I just love them.

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DullInflation6@reddit (OP)

That's cool, if you find something you like then who's to argue

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The_Dimlord@reddit

Patrick O'Brian. The Aubrey-Maturin series.

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DullInflation6@reddit (OP)

Because they're so vivid? I found the nautical terminology from the period too dense for my liking!

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DullInflation6@reddit (OP)

I see the edited version with why now, thanks

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RimkeV@reddit

Cathedral of the Sea by Ildefonso Falcones. I'll re-read the first two books of the King Killer Trilogy if Rothfuss ever releases the 3rd book but because of him I only read standalone books now or a trilogy that's all released and author will not revisit

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Historical-Work6206@reddit

Women who run with wolves, laws of human nature, Mastery

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DullInflation6@reddit (OP)

Why do you return to them?

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cheandbis@reddit

I read the Sherlock Holmes stories fairly frequently. I probably get through them all every couple of years or so as they're short so can pick them up whenever. I also tend to read A Christmas Carol every December.

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