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For me, it's the Harry Potter series. I re-read the series a couple times a year. Besides being a big fan, each time feels like a fresh experience. And I even catch stuff I never caught before or remembered.
SeattleVet
(5,479 posts)Catch-22
Hitchhikers Guide (entire set)
I re-read these every few years.
3catwoman3
(24,041 posts)...and War and Remembrance
Rebecca
Wrinkle in Time
The Devil Wore Prada - I love all the clothing descriptions
mitch96
(13,924 posts)1972 Historical fiction about the Kennedy clan.. Every time I read it, something else pops out..
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mvd
(65,180 posts)My original books are getting worn out though and will need to buy a new box set.
lame54
(35,321 posts)Again
Not sure how many times now
mitch96
(13,924 posts)Another good one.. It messed me up in the begining but I got it. Better the second time around..
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rickford66
(5,528 posts)CurtEastPoint
(18,663 posts)Lochloosa
(16,068 posts)niyad
(113,552 posts)and others.
Codeine
(25,586 posts)but I've largely gotten out of the habit as an adult. I'm pretty sure the only thing I've read more than once in the last thirty years has been Patrick O'Brien's Aubrey/Maturin series.
BlueSpot
(856 posts)Got a little harsh at the end. I've read all of them at least twice. Some more as I waited for new ones. Loved the characters. Loved the puns. Especially loved how pleased Aubrey was with himself whenever he pulled one off.
I liked the movie too. It squashed two of the books together but the characters were largely portrayed the way I imagined them when I read the books.
dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)Ava's Man, Prince of Frogtown.All Over But the Shouting.
He has beautiful lyrical writing.
If you don't know the South, he provides a wonderful introduction in his characters and in sayings.
Each time I got one of the above books, I gulped it down as soon as I could, then turned back to page 1 to read it again. First time for the story, 2nd time for the wonderful writing.
PoiBoy
(1,542 posts)... by Swedish author Stieg Larsson.
The Millennium Trilogy includes The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, The Girl Who Played with Fire and The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest.
In addition to the story of Lisbeth Salander and Mikael Blomkvist, I found the descriptions of the social services and constitutional protections of and for the Swedish people very informative (if true), and the contrasts with our supposedly "exceptional" system and sensibilities...
mythology
(9,527 posts)I often reread the Knight of the Word series, The Westing Game, pretty much anything by Ed Brubaker.
musicblind
(4,484 posts)By Michael Ende
Glorfindel
(9,733 posts)The Winds of War and War and Remembrance by Herman Wouk, and "The Fields of Home" by Ralph Moody.
Ron Obvious
(6,261 posts)But I've read LOTR somewhere between one and two dozen times myself, though not yet this century. It's time...
Tikki
(14,559 posts)First book the Mr. And I read together... try to read it each year.
The Tikkis
csziggy
(34,137 posts)Michael Kurland - The Unicorn Girl
T.A. Waters - The Probability Pad
My copies are packed away - I should dig them out and re-read them. It's been way too long since the last time.
Amazing writing during those times.
Tikki
And I discovered Randall Garrett through those books.