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Originally Posted by Liviu_5
Neverness is a great classic. The Broken God series ending with War in Heaven is very good but does not compare - I found the main character which is the son by his half-sister  of the one in Neverness completely unrealistic. Still a worthwhile read and War in Heaven is one of the saddest sf books I've read though the ending is uplifting to some degree.
For me the most read book is most likely Use of Weapons by IM Banks which is my top standalone sff book ever and I've read maybe 15, maybe 20 times in 15 years or so. For sf series Night's Dawn is top of the finished ones and HH top of the continuing ones and I've reread the 3500+pages - if you include short stories and encyclopedia - of Night's Dawn several times, and the HH novels many times each - hard to count but I estimate On Basilisk Station 10+ times, At all Costs 10+ times since these are still my top two.
Right now the only standalone that may top UoW in say 15 years is Anathem which I've already read 5 times but it's too early to tell.
Of non sff some books I've read many times including recently are the Dumas cycles of the Revolution, Louis XIII-XIV, Renaissance,and Empire in that order of preferemce- first volumes are Joseph Balsamo, Three Musketeers, Queen Margot, Whites and Blues respectively
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Wow, impressive record. Do you read as an hobby or you're one of the lucky ones who are paid to read?
I know you write articles/reviews for fantasybookcritic.com.
I'm a little bit jealous. :P I mean, Anathem isn't even 1 month old and you've already read it 5 times? And it's not a small book! (BTW, I just bought it today
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Maybe it's a matter of time, not speed of reading, as montsnmags said.