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The Wheel Of Time, by Robert Jordan
The entire series, start to finish, repeatedly. I've read it at least a dozen times since the late 90s when I first discovered it. I'd read the entire series over again whenever a new book in the series was released so the first few books I've read far more frequently.
Then the TV show came out and now I can't bring myself to look at it ever again.
Ulysses, Siddharta, On the Road.
The Revival, Stephen King (Γ3)
East of Eden, John Steinbeck (Γ5)
Dreamquest of Unknown Kadath, H.P. Lovecraft (Γ2)
And I plan on rereading:
The Exorcist, William Peter Blatty
Fear and Trembling, SΓΈren Kierkegaard
Crime and Punishment, Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Blood Meridian, Cormac McCarthy (after a bit of therapy)
Lonesome Dove, Larry McMurthy
Ian Toll's Pacific War trilogy
The Things Our Fathers Saw, Matthew A. Rozell
Lord of the rings.
Hunt for Red October and Without Remorse by Tom Clancy
Currently re-listening to Debit of Honour
Red October is honestly great π
Asimov's Foundation series (two times polish translation and once original) and The Hitchikerms Guide to Galaxy by Adams Douglas (once in polish, twice original)
His Dark Materials trilogy.. still so excellent.
Harry Potter, His Dark Materials, What If, Percy Jackson, Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy (all 5 books), Isaac Asimov's Robot series, It's not Rocket Science, The End of Everything.
Because Clive Barker doesn't get enough credit:
The Books of Blood
Damn him forever for not finishing the Books of the Art
The Martian, by Andy Weir
That being said, why are you using camelcase with "re-read"? That's what the hyphen is for.
This. So much.
The Martian was the first and to this date only book that I've read and, when I was finished, decided to re-read right away.
Love all Andy Weirs stuff. I've read the Martian four to five times now (lost count) I've also read Artemis twice and am currently re-reading Project Hail Mary.
Even when you know the ending the way there is still always fun another time.
Also I've re-read the Dirk Gently books since I just love Douglas Adams
I didn't quite get into the martian, but project hail Mary... I'm savoring when I have the time and headspace to read it again.
Is that also by Andy Weir?
Yeah, and before that he wrote βThe Eggβ and a lot of other short stories.
Check out his other writings if you like seeing how he went from writing a webcomic to full time author
I loved that one too, can't wait for the right time to read it again
Excession, by Iain M Banks.
Genar-Hofoen felt the Diplomatic Force officer's kiss through the few millimetres' thickness of the gelfield suit as a moderately sharp impact on his jaw followed by a powerful sucking that might have led someone less experienced in the diverse and robust manifestations of Affronter friendliness to conclude that the being was either trying to suck his teeth out through his cheek or had determined to test whether a Culture Gelfield Contact/Protection Suit, Mk 12, could be ripped off its wearer by a localised partial vacuum.Β Β What the crushingly powerful four-limbed hug would have done to a human unprotected by a suit designed to withstand pressures comparable to those found at the bottom of an ocean probably did not bear thinking about, but then a human exposed without protection to the conditions required to support Affronter life would be dying in at least three excitingly different and painful ways anyway without having to worry about being crushed by a cage of leg-thick tentacles.
Gorgeous.
The Discworld series, the Culture series by Iain Banks, Tolkien, Illuminatus!, GEB: The Eternal Golden Braid, The Book of Swords...
Oh, and I almost forgot, Roger Zelazny's Lord of Light.
I just read the 4 Stormlight Archives books this past year (in addition to the novellas) but Iβm already itching to reread them.
there is a lot of books i have read more than once. but one stands out over all others, yet there is no storyline to speak of. The C Programming Language by Brian Kernighan and Dennis Ritchie.
There are many. The Idiot and Crime & Punishment both by Fedor Dostojevskij among the others.
Jurassic Park, A Song of Ice and Fire
Asoiaf was great when i first read it years ago, i just couldn't wait for the next one..... ill will have to reread whenever the next book comes out, so maybe in another ten years?
Les MisΓ©rables is easily the best book I've ever read in my entire life. A few years ago I read a shorthened version of it and even then I was fascinated by it. I finished reading the full text two months ago and oh my fucking god this book is the best thing ever written.
I'm Turkish so I read the Turkish translation (will read the full text in English and French when I learn it) and on the back of it, it says something along these lines:
"... Les MisΓ©rables is the third and the most majestic collumn of the author's novel trilogy that tells of the society..."
And I completely agree with that. This book is simply timeless. The characters, situations, unjustice, inequalities, all the suffering in it could be applied to any society. This book is real.
The messages that it sends are solutions to topics that seemingly anybody with a functioning brain should be capable of thinking and realizing. And yet, these solutions are ignored and refused because of greed, revenge, bloodlust and most important of all, ignorance.
The main character of the book, Jean Valjean is the embodiment of redemption. His entire arc teaches us how to treat criminals. Some countries today are taking these lessons and applying them. The lessons being; treat them as human, rehabilitate them. The result? They actually do heal and return to society as normal human beings.
And yet you see people against this practice. Those kinds of people are blinded by bloodlust and revenge. They are the same kind of people that were racist, sexist and much more back in the day. The arguments that these people bring don't hold up either. The most common one I see (at least from my perspective) is this:
"You wouldn't react this way if they hurt one of your loved ones!"
The fact that these people don't know anything about me aside, this argument is pointless as it implies that I would be blind to fact and logic when I'm in pain. And while that is true, me being angry over an apple falling onto my head won't make gravity any less real. In other words, so what?
The biggest victims of this mentality are pedofiles. Not the ones that do engage in action. But rather the ones that don't harm anybody are aware of their issue. For instance, if a non-engaging pedo went to a therapist and told them of their issue, what would the therapist do? Call the police of course. And what would that do? Their life would be pretty screwed from that point forward. Assuming they are the non-engaging type, of course. I don't believe this to be the correct attitude towards these kind of cases.
I would also like to dive into other topics that the book covers (and perhaps extend on this one) but it would be way too long for a comment. Thank you anyone reading this far. I would like to hear your opinions on the matter and discuss even!
I've seen the musical a bunch of times and when I finally managed to read it last year it was a revelation. While I still love the musical the book is so much more intriguing and interesting and just manages to much more perfectly capture the main theme.
Night need to re-read this one soon ;)
I read it in high school (by choice because of the musical), but I think I was not mature enough to truly grasp many of the themes.
This makes me want to re-read it. I can read French at an okay level, and Iβm wondering if I should tryβ¦or if I should stick with English again first to get the major points and then branch out.
Dang, good job: this is the first time I'm left curious to read it!
Yeah, I'm on board too!
How's the English translation feel,
Pretty much all of Discworld but especially the Moist Von Lipwig and Vimes ones.
The trilogy that Silo is based on is really good. Lots of bits you didn't know the first time thru, so reading again gives a lot more info because you know what's important.
To Kill A Mockingbird
Only two so far
Hitchhikers guide to the galaxy
And
Gone away world
How about Discworld?
Yep, have read it, but not more than once.
I remember when the Guide was my go-to happy place read, and I had not yet discovered Discworld.
I did not believe the hype. Hopefully this person will give it a try, if they have not.
GNU Terry Pratchett.
I had started reading them back in the 90s so it had been over twenty years since I last read them. Decided to reread them all recently. Was a good time.
Malazan Book of the Fallen, Gentlemen Bastards series, most of Neil Gaiman's work, The Library at Mount Char, the Baru Cormorant series, Gatsby, Flowers for Algernon, and most of Plath's work - I go back to most of those every few years.
The Stand by Steven King. Also, his Gunslinger series.
I've definitely gone through the Harry Potter series a couple of times at different phases of my life. Definitely had a different experience with every reading. Not always positive, but at this point it's part of the tapestry of my childhood.
at this point it's part of the tapestry of my childhood.
Mine too. I haven't read them in a long time because of obvious reasons, but a part of me still wants to. I was truly obsessed with them for several years as a kid.
Don't let her shitty politics get in the way of doing something you enjoy. Death of the author and all that. If you're worried about fiscally supporting her, I'm certain you can find the whole series at reasonable prices in any secondhand bookstore.
Currently there is a Humble Bundle with Cory Doctorow's books. I liked Little Brother and read it twice. Maybe I'm going to read some more of his work.