A tree grows in Brooklyn

I very rarely re-read, with the exception of Jane Eyre. I just adore that book.

The other one that I know I’ll be turning to over and over is Braiding Sweetgrass.

I do lots of rereading! I read about 80 books a year, so rereading 5 or so books each year seems totally reasonable. I mainly reread classics.

all of Jane Austen
Middlemarch
Anna Karenina
Crime and Punishment
To the Lighthouse and Mrs. Dalloway
Kristin Lavransdatter
Vanity Fair
Portrait of a Lady
The Age of Innocence

The more modern books I can think of that I've reread are:
Possession by A.S. Byatt
Beloved and Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison
Wolf Hall and Bring up the Bodies by Hilary Mantel

Any book that gets a 5/5 star rating in my catalog is potential reread material.

Gravity's Rainbow....Thomas Pynchon.....Very hard read on many levels.

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Anonymous wrote:Anything by Georgette Heyer or KJ Charles when I need a pick-me-up. Melissa Scott, Tanya Huff, and Lois McMaster Bujold are also authors I like to go through again and again. Gaudy Night by Dorothy L Sayers when I’m making big changes in my life and feeling insecure.

Georgette Heyer tops my re-read list (I’ve probably read Devil’s Cub 10 times). I’m looking forward to trying the other authors you mention!

Devil’s Cub is one of my favorites! I love all of them but that one’s particularly good.

To Kill a Mockingbird
An American Tragedy
The Thornbirds
Where the Crawdads Sing
Camille
Gone with the Wind

Anonymous wrote:Peter Beagle, The Last Unicorn
George Eliot, Middlemarch
Jane Austen, Persuasion
Arthur Conan Doyle, Sherlock Holmes Stories

I loved this and will remember it ALWAYS but re-read it, I could not do.

Pride & Prejudice by Jane Austen
The Bird Artist by Howard Norman
The Museum Guard by Howard Norman
Birds of America by Lorrie Moore
Who will run the Frog Hospital by Lorrie Moore
The Book of Lost Things by John Connolly

Anonymous wrote:Anything by Georgette Heyer or KJ Charles when I need a pick-me-up. Melissa Scott, Tanya Huff, and Lois McMaster Bujold are also authors I like to go through again and again. Gaudy Night by Dorothy L Sayers when I’m making big changes in my life and feeling insecure.

Georgette Heyer tops my re-read list (I’ve probably read Devil’s Cub 10 times). I’m looking forward to trying the other authors you mention!

I'm rereading a fine balance after 20 years. Reread life of pi and didn't enjoy it the second time.

Anna Karenina

Peter Beagle, The Last Unicorn
George Eliot, Middlemarch
Jane Austen, Persuasion
Arthur Conan Doyle, Sherlock Holmes Stories

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Anonymous wrote:Jane Eyre
The Blind Assassin
His Dark Materials trilogy

Probably some of Stephen King’s books, though I’d have to think about which ones. So many wonderful stories!

The Blind Assassin is one of my favorite books, and my favorite Atwood. My mom actually gifted me the book twice without remembering!

Lol - that’s awesome! It’s my favorite Atwood, too, and also one of my favorite books of all-time. My mom didn’t like it, which I was very bummed about, but we have different taste in books.

Anonymous wrote:Jane Eyre
The Blind Assassin
His Dark Materials trilogy

Probably some of Stephen King’s books, though I’d have to think about which ones. So many wonderful stories!

The Blind Assassin is one of my favorite books, and my favorite Atwood. My mom actually gifted me the book twice without remembering!

Poisonwood Bible - Barbara Kingsolver