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Originally Posted by HarryT
I find, though, that most of the books I read I don't re-read because I'd get very little enjoyment from them in doing so. Giving the reader pleasure on re-reading is, I think, a mark of good writing. Austen has that, as does Christie, Tolkien, and even David Eddings. Pratchett for me personally does not. I enjoy his books, but I don't re-read them.
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Well, a book that do not give pleasure when re-reading I would say is badly written and not worth reading the first time.
I also think that re-readability in some sense is orthogonal to good writing. The books I find have highest re-readability score for me is not the book I consider to be best written. They are not badly written but they would just not be considered to be very good writing (e.g. all the Modesty Blaise book which I did re-read many times).