Which Book Have You Read/Re-Read All Your Life? - Page 31

RasAlhague · 08-28-2011, 10:04 AM

Rebecca by Daphe du Maurier and some encyclopedias.

I didn't have many books growing up as a kid, so I reread what I had.
My mum stopped buying me books since I kinda lost all of them.

KC Hughes · 08-30-2011, 03:03 PM

I am sooo bookmarking this thread. Love it!

~KC

MaMiller · 08-31-2011, 05:57 PM

Wuthering Heights.

When I first read it I had a dictionary sitting next to me so I could look up the words I didn't understand.

Now, let's just say they need a carbon dating test to figure out how old I am, and I can still read that book and walk away with new thoughts.

Joybells · 08-31-2011, 06:29 PM

Anthony Adverse - which was pipped to the post for book of the year by Gone with the Wind

The Hobbit and Lord of the Rings

All the Narnia books

Rendevous with Rama, a small book with so much inside it that it is like a Tardis.

The Pillars of the Earth, which links me to my English roots.

moyogi2 · 08-31-2011, 09:39 PM

A Sand County Almanacby Aldo Leopold has had an incredible influence on my life, and I keep going back to it over and over. I look for multiple copies in used book stores and give them away when I do speaking engagements. I re-read Stephen J. Gould's books over and over, and I get different things out of his essays every time. For fiction, Raymond Chandler and Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad. I read one of my old favorites about every 5th or 6th book I read.

HomeInMyShoes · 08-31-2011, 10:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JDK1962

:: First four volumes of Douglas Adams Hitchhiker's "trilogy"

Definitely this one. Probably the only stuff I've read more than twice. I think I've read the whole series four times. Plus I've listened to the radio plays about eight billion times.

Mjaydakid · 09-01-2011, 07:28 AM

The books I keep re-reading and keep re-finding jems and smiles in are Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass by Lewis Carroll. I first read them as a child. I keep a copy in every format that I have storage for. Dead tree version for my bookshelf, Palm version for when I had a palm device, now a Kindle version. There are other books I read over like those by Poe, Doyle, King (love Salem's Lot) but Carroll is the only one I keep replacing. I am not counting the dictionary and the "Good Book" since I use them as a reference tool.

Apache · 09-07-2011, 10:53 AM

I am a readaholic and reread books all the time.
The one I have read the most is probably Starship Troopers by Robert Heinlein.
Apache

greylin · 10-25-2011, 01:47 PM

The Lymond Chronicles by Dorothy Dunnett. Absolutely amazing combination of history (the Renaissance), geography (Europe, Middle East, Russia), dashing but flawed central character, and a huge mystery that lasts all the way from Book 1 to the final pages of Book 6. Definitely the books of my lifetime. Start with The Game of Kings and keep at it; even though the first 100 pages can be a bit hard going the rewards are incomparable.

coderserdar · 10-27-2011, 10:00 AM

agatha christie books
sir arthur conan doyle books
erle stanley gardner books
william irish books
jean christophe grange books

generally good mystery and crime books

wellreadfred · 10-28-2011, 12:03 AM

Here are a few books I find I re-read every few years. I think I read My Side of the Mountain 13 or 14 times beginning in 1972/73(?)

My Side of the Mountain by Jean Craighead George
Walden by Henry David Thoreau
The Woods by Charles B. Seib
The Stream by Robert Murphy

peace & happy reading,

wellreadfred

Todd Young · 10-28-2011, 01:05 AM

This Sweet Sickness by Patricia Highsmith. I've read it twice in the last month.

Generally anything by Patricia Highsmith or Ruth Rendell.

xg4bx · 10-28-2011, 04:34 AM

1984 by Orwell. i re-read it at least once every year and usually buy a new copy every other year.

i'd like to add Fahrenheit 451, Brave New World, The Road and Alas,Babylon to that annual tradition but i haven't yet.

xg4bx · 10-28-2011, 04:36 AM

double post

WT Sharpe · 10-28-2011, 01:52 PM

I don't recall reading that one. Who's the author?

Sorry. I'll be going to my room now.

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08-28-2011, 10:04 AM	#451
RasAlhague Enthusiast Posts: 41 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jun 2011 Device: Pandigital Novel (Returned), Kobo Touch, Ipod Touch 4G	Rebecca by Daphe du Maurier and some encyclopedias. I didn't have many books growing up as a kid, so I reread what I had. My mum stopped buying me books since I kinda lost all of them.

08-30-2011, 03:03 PM	#452
KC Hughes Author, Man in the Mirror Posts: 25 Karma: 44444 Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Arizona Device: Kindle	I am sooo bookmarking this thread. Love it! ~KC

08-31-2011, 05:57 PM	#453
MaMiller Author Posts: 179 Karma: 300002 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: North Carolina Device: none	Wuthering Heights. When I first read it I had a dictionary sitting next to me so I could look up the words I didn't understand. Now, let's just say they need a carbon dating test to figure out how old I am, and I can still read that book and walk away with new thoughts.

08-31-2011, 06:29 PM	#454
Joybells reddit, reddit, reddit Posts: 184 Karma: 405760 Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Gold Coast, Queensland, Oz Device: Kobo Touch	Anthony Adverse - which was pipped to the post for book of the year by Gone with the Wind The Hobbit and Lord of the Rings All the Narnia books Rendevous with Rama, a small book with so much inside it that it is like a Tardis. The Pillars of the Earth, which links me to my English roots.

08-31-2011, 09:39 PM	#455
moyogi2 ereader apprentice guru Posts: 44 Karma: 300000 Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: the Great Midwest Device: Kindle 3, Sony PRS-T1, Sony 300 (so far)	A Sand County Almanacby Aldo Leopold has had an incredible influence on my life, and I keep going back to it over and over. I look for multiple copies in used book stores and give them away when I do speaking engagements. I re-read Stephen J. Gould's books over and over, and I get different things out of his essays every time. For fiction, Raymond Chandler and Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad. I read one of my old favorites about every 5th or 6th book I read.

09-01-2011, 07:28 AM	#457
Mjaydakid Member Posts: 14 Karma: 10124 Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Mississippi Device: Kindle 3	The books I keep re-reading and keep re-finding jems and smiles in are Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass by Lewis Carroll. I first read them as a child. I keep a copy in every format that I have storage for. Dead tree version for my bookshelf, Palm version for when I had a palm device, now a Kindle version. There are other books I read over like those by Poe, Doyle, King (love Salem's Lot) but Carroll is the only one I keep replacing. I am not counting the dictionary and the "Good Book" since I use them as a reference tool.

09-07-2011, 10:53 AM	#458
Apache Readaholic Posts: 5,277 Karma: 90000484 Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: South Georgia Device: Surface Pro 6 / Galaxy Tab A 8"	I am a readaholic and reread books all the time. The one I have read the most is probably Starship Troopers by Robert Heinlein. Apache

10-25-2011, 01:47 PM	#459
greylin Member Posts: 20 Karma: 10 Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: UK Device: Sony PRS-505	The Lymond Chronicles by Dorothy Dunnett. Absolutely amazing combination of history (the Renaissance), geography (Europe, Middle East, Russia), dashing but flawed central character, and a huge mystery that lasts all the way from Book 1 to the final pages of Book 6. Definitely the books of my lifetime. Start with The Game of Kings and keep at it; even though the first 100 pages can be a bit hard going the rewards are incomparable.

10-27-2011, 10:00 AM	#460
coderserdar Groupie Posts: 186 Karma: 37852 Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Türkiye Device: Amazon Kindle 3 Wifi, İpod Touch 4th Generation	agatha christie books sir arthur conan doyle books erle stanley gardner books william irish books jean christophe grange books generally good mystery and crime books

10-28-2011, 12:03 AM	#461
wellreadfred Member Posts: 15 Karma: 4198 Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Northeast Florida Device: Kindle Keyboard & Nexus 7	Here are a few books I find I re-read every few years. I think I read My Side of the Mountain 13 or 14 times beginning in 1972/73(?) My Side of the Mountain by Jean Craighead George Walden by Henry David Thoreau The Woods by Charles B. Seib The Stream by Robert Murphy peace & happy reading, wellreadfred

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10-28-2011, 01:05 AM	#462
Todd Young Addict Posts: 243 Karma: 1004164 Join Date: May 2011 Device: Kindle 2	This Sweet Sickness by Patricia Highsmith. I've read it twice in the last month. Generally anything by Patricia Highsmith or Ruth Rendell.

10-28-2011, 04:34 AM	#463
xg4bx Are you gonna eat that? Posts: 1,633 Karma: 23215128 Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Phillipsburg, NJ Device: Kindle 3, Nook STG	1984 by Orwell. i re-read it at least once every year and usually buy a new copy every other year. i'd like to add Fahrenheit 451, Brave New World, The Road and Alas,Babylon to that annual tradition but i haven't yet.

10-28-2011, 04:36 AM	#464
xg4bx Are you gonna eat that? Posts: 1,633 Karma: 23215128 Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Phillipsburg, NJ Device: Kindle 3, Nook STG	double post

10-28-2011, 01:52 PM	#465
WT Sharpe Bah, humbug! Posts: 39,072 Karma: 157049943 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Chesapeake, VA, USA Device: Kindle Oasis, iPad Pro, & a Samsung Galaxy S9.	I don't recall reading that one. Who's the author? Sorry. I'll be going to my room now.