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I agree tastes change a great deal (especially for those of us who are around 60 yrs). When I was a teen, and an avid reader, all I had was the library, so I re-read books a lot. I used to love the 900 page books of John Barth (Giles Goat Boy), the Sherlock Holmes stories, classics. Today it is so easy to find a variety of books in different forms and forums, that I never get a chance to re-read anything. But I keep some books handy in case I get the urge. Most of the popular books I read in my favorite genres (mystery, urban fantasy, SF) are light entertainment, here today, forgotten tomorrow. But I still get a kick out of Elizabeth Peters' Crocodile on the Sandbank, Evelyn Smith's Miss Melville Regrets, Martha Grimes, MC Beaton, Connie Willis, Liz Williams, Kage Baker, Elizabeth Bear (New Amsterdam, carnival), Christopher Moore, Terry Pratchett, Steven Brust, william Dietz, Jasper Fforde, Laurie King; and I still remember characters and passages from more serious books like The Doomsday Book, The Sparrow (Mary Doria Russell), Only Begotten Daughter (James Morrow);
Sorry about all the babbling.
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