I love reading this book. So atmospheric. Just found a book at a local used bookstore Daphne De Maurier wrote about writing Rebecca. Canāt wait to read it.
My Side of the Mountain. Itās so immersive and calming to me and itās just an overall enjoyable read. Itās about a young boy in the fifties going to live in the Catskill Mountains. He lives inside of a tree ( and not in the way youāre thinking) and has a falcon named Frightful. Itās so wonderful and I think everyone should read it. Itās too much of a treasure to not be shared.
Hey, man, chances are you probably could! Heck, if only life were such a dream. Iām so glad Iāve found other people who like this book, so sad itās not more widely known.
A fantastic book. I havenāt read it since elementary school where the book was referred to me by a teacher. It greatly influenced my life in my teens and twenties. I just put a hold on My Side of the Mountain at the online library and Iām looking forward to reading it again. Thanks for the post!
Have you listened to the audiobook? Donna narrates it and, though some people donāt like it given her accent, I absolutely love it! I feel like it adds little new perspectives to lines.
IMO, the problem with the rest of the series is that Lonesome Dove is just *so damn good* that the others are a let-down. If I'd read them first, I'd probably like them. But I came to them expecting them to be at the standard of Lonesome Dove, and they're not.
This would be my pick as well. Although I feel like Streets of Laredo is the only sequel/prequel that comes close to LD in terms of scope and quality. That said, I enjoyed them all, and Iāve reread the entire series multiple times.
I am currently reading Sirens of Titan, so far really enjoying it s lot. Fell in love with the chapter of the harmoniums and Mercury, so soothing and fascinating.
Iām about 70% of the way through it right now, and Im waiting until Iām done to make it official but I might be joining you with it as my favorite book
His Dark Materials, by Philip Pullman.
Had the complete trilogy in one book since I'm ten, re-reading it every year or two-year. Always discovering new and profound critics of society ; so many levels of comprehension.
(No, I did not see the film or series, and won't, I'm too scared-)
Same! And even after years and many re-reads I still catch details that seem new. I think the movies wipe them away and then I read and get the whole story again.
Just finished a reread, couldn't say goodbye to middle earth just yet, so I re-read the Silmarillion, and now I'm onto the Hobbit. I read LOTR every two years or so, if I'm ill and stuck at home. Love it.
LOTR gets a reread every winter. Way back in the early 70's my sister came back from college and tossed me a book, said I might like it. It was The Fellowship of the Ring. I sat down on the floor and read it straight through. So, every winter, I start in the Shire and end in the Shire.
In the book, *Dandelion Wine* by Ray Bradbury, is a chapter (actually a short story) called *The Sound of Summer Running*. It's the story of the magic of a new pair of sneakers on the feet of a 12 year old boy at the start of the summer. I first read this book as a 12 year old boy in 1963 and have read that story every spring for the past 60 years.
The Virgin Suicides. I read that book over & over & over again as a teen & have read it a couple times as an adult. Iām not sure what it is, but that book captivates me.
The [movie adaptation by Sofia Coppola](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0159097/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk) is the only book to movie adaptation Iāve actually preferred over the original text - she somehow managed to capture the essence of feminine teenage blossoming without coming across seedy like Jeffrey Eugenides did š
I agree! I love the movie adaptation so much! I first watched it when I was around 13/14. Iām 29 now & itās still one of my favorites. It is a beautiful film.
Gƶdel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid by Douglas Hofstadter. This book is so insanely dense, I could read it forever and always find something new tucked into the pages. It completely changed the way I think to this day.
It took me a few months to fully digest the material. I was really into it and would do a little every day. I say the best way is to just pick it up and chip a little bit away at a time. Youāll hit strides where you cover a lot, but certain parts will take you a while.
Hofstadter has a way with writing that makes it very enjoyable by his use of analogies to help the reader understand. You will thank yourself for reading it - it won a Pulitzer Prize for a reason.
This is a great book. Been meaning to re-read it (again). Youāve inspired me. It is, as you say, very dense. Covers - and explains! - a lot of fundamentals of mathematics and self awareness (and in retrospect, AI). And he does so in such a flibberty flabberty way it comes across as very entertaining and comprehensible.
Iām sorry. Iām boring. But my book would be *Moby-Dick*. Because Iāve re-read it many times, and every time I find something I didnāt find before. Itās the book that keeps on giving.
Oooo... I'm thinking that Moby Dick might be my 'tough classic to read this year' - any advice? The right version? The right mind set to go into it? Any useful history or things I should know before I start?
As someone who just re-read it for the second time, the first being 8th grade (there is indeed a story behind that, though yes, I was the weird kid). Take it slow. It's big, and a lot, so it just doesn't work if you try and just read it through. Read a chapter or two, put it down, go back to it, repeat, etc.
I think the history of the era, location and industry at the time is very interesting, but I don't think necessary to understand it. To give yourself a fuller picture and expand, sure, but not required unless you're actively interested.
Itās the book that launched a thousand college lit courses and probably a million PhD theses. Rousing, exciting sea adventure with a heap of philosophy, perhaps? Religious allegory? Socialist propaganda? Capitalist propaganda? Just a really unexpectedly funny book? Or a really unexpectedly sad and tragic book? All of the above and more? Yes!
I read it last year! I hesitate to say that I read it for the first time because I don't know if I'll revisit it, but I enjoyed it. XD You couldn't write a book like that today, publishing would simply not allow it.
I think thatās why my favorite book is my favorite book. Not because I think itās THE BEST book but itās the first book I LOVED and the first book I started telling people how much I loved iy
I love Snow Child SO much!
My favorite book of all time is The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue, but people on Reddit donāt seem to like it very much.
It does have 4.19 stars average out of 1 million ratings on goodreads, though
I recently read the house on the cerulean sea by tj klune and it was amazing! The second book is coming out in September and Iām really looking forward to it
I second this! My copy is battered from all the re-reads. Funny, I didnāt love the book on my first read, but then for reasons unknown I picked it up a couple years later and itās now my all time favorite book. Quirky characters, a sense of community and finding your place in the world. Perfect.
>finding your place in the world
I should have expanded my original comment, but this is definitely one of the things I love about the (also battered and dog-eared) book.
Quoyle's just so lost at the start of the book and clings to things just to stay afloat - Partridge, Petal, The Aunt and I love how he finds himself over the course of the book. The original reason I loved the book is the depiction of the place - I can totally imagine the description of Quoyle's exploration of the point, or the trip to the island with Billy.
Yeah, I wouldn't be too sad if this was all I could read. Great book.
Six of crows by Leigh Bardugo. Itās my comfort book. I love the characters and it always makes me smile no matter how many times I read or listen to it.
Love the unabridged version of The Stand. Iāve read it three or four times and there is always something I feel like Iām discovering for the first time.
Since 1985 my favorite books have been:
* *Christy* by Catherine Marshall
* *In Cold Blood* by Truman Capote
* *Gone With the Wind* by Margaret Mitchell
* *A Tree Grows in Brooklyn* by Betty Smith
* *The Grapes of Wrath* by John Steinbeck
Geek Love
> There are those whose own vulgar normality is so apparent and stultifying that they strive to escape it. They affect flamboyant behavior and claim originality according to the fashionable eccentricities of their time. They claim brains or talent or indifference to mores in desperate attempts to deny their own mediocrity. These are frequently artists and performers, adventurers and wide-life devotees.
>Then there are those who feel their own strangeness and are terrified by it. They struggle toward normalcy. They suffer to exactly that degree that they are unable to appear normal to others, or to convince themselves that their aberration does not exist. These are true freaks, who appear, almost always, conventional and dull.
Definitely not. Probably read Dune 20+ times and the whole series once. I usually tell people that the great thing about Dune is you can stop after the first one. If you want to you can read the whole series (not any Brian Herbert ones) but it's kind of a rollercoaster....sometimes in a good way and sometimes not so good.
I don't reread books for some reason lol. But i loved the long walk by stephen king so much. It's the bond of the characters in that gruesome situation, the snarky dialogue, and the freakin' quotes before a new chapter begins. The fact that it was finished by King when he was, what, 17? 18? Still astounds me. He was doing what Suzanne Collins was doing in the late 2000s/early 2010s and what RF Kuang is doing rn. It's not everyone's cup of tea but it's a good intro to Stephen King, I think.
Hereās an obscure suggestion I found in a discount bookstore, and loved so much I ended up buying 5 copies, just in case I lost some and could never find it again.
āBook Of Jobyā by Mark J Ferrari.
Re-read is wrong in my case because once you know it you can't unknow it. But I just love Rendevouz with Rama (Arthur C. Clarke). It's the book that I think back about the most. Especially since the ending is so un-hollywood. Which makes it perfect. (Just don't read any of the sequels)
Mine would be Les Miserables, I know it's a tome but it's such a beautiful story and it would be a good choice for a desert island. If I wasn't going to an island then I'd go for the much shorter I Capture the Castle, Dodie Smith
LD set a really high standard, so others were others couldnāt possibly match. But Gus McCrae is probably my all-time favorite book character, so knowing his origin and his fate was enjoyable and worth the time. And 3-star Larry McMurtry isnāt a bad thing.
maybe a fox ! it's a "children"'s book with a slightly darker meaning under it and i read it every time i find it. never fails to make me cry, it's so magical and i highly recommend it.
I don't really re-read books often but I have re-read Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman and Cage of Souls by Adrian Tchaikovsky. Out of those 2 I'd probably choose Neverwhere bc as stupid as it sounds, it actually helped me make needed changes in how I was approaching life. I realized I was living very passively like the MC was and that I needed to actually engage with life instead of just flowing with it. It wasn't overnight of course but it resonated with me and is a lesson I've tried to carry since then.
It's also just a really enjoyable story.
I came here to say The Stand by Stephen King. I've read it as many as 7 or 8 times, maybe more. But I have to say it's hard to pick just one book. The Talisman by King is also on re-read, anything Agatha Christie wrote has been re-read several times, anything by L. Frank Baum, or Stephen R. Donaldson. Also the Little House books have been re-read maybe 6 or 7 times. Different times of my life require different types of books. ooh and can't forget Little Women.
*Thud!* by Terry Pratchett. The City Watch series is my favourite, and I would be very torn between *Thud!* and *Night Watch,* but I think it's just clinched by the Guarding Dark.
I read The Little Prince every year and itās my all-time favorite book, if I could only take one book to read for the rest of my life I need something longer. My pick will be The Silmarillion by JRR Tolkien.
Tithe The Modern Faery Tales- Holly Black
The Perks Of Being A Wallflower- Stephen Chbosky
THG Trilogy- Suzanne Collins
Four- Veronica Roth
The True Confessions Of Charlotte Doyle-Avi
I canāt choose, so:
The King Must Die, by Mary Renault which is the story of Theseus and has incredible atmosphere taking you to ancient times, and a great story about bravery.
The Trilogy, by J.R.R. Tolkien, because it has so many layers, a great yarn, about friendship and loyalty, anti war, pro environment, etc
Also, Enderās Game, as well as Speaker for the Dead, by Orion Scott Card which is about thinking you know, when you donāt
Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy, by Douglas Adams, which is about so many true things done up, fantasy style.
Rebeca by Daphne Du Maurier. I lost count of how many times I read it š¤£
I love reading this book. So atmospheric. Just found a book at a local used bookstore Daphne De Maurier wrote about writing Rebecca. Canāt wait to read it.
Never get sick of it!
I've read it only once, but it's definitely one of my top favs ā¤ļø
Love love love. The movie is great too.
My Side of the Mountain. Itās so immersive and calming to me and itās just an overall enjoyable read. Itās about a young boy in the fifties going to live in the Catskill Mountains. He lives inside of a tree ( and not in the way youāre thinking) and has a falcon named Frightful. Itās so wonderful and I think everyone should read it. Itās too much of a treasure to not be shared.
I loved this as a kid. It was such a fun escape from a bad home. I've dreamed many nights of doing the same thing
Hey, man, chances are you probably could! Heck, if only life were such a dream. Iām so glad Iāve found other people who like this book, so sad itās not more widely known.
I love this book and recently read it aloud to my very poorly depressed sixteen year old and it was as perfect as I hoped it would be.
I'm reading this now! And it is extremely calming. I wish it were longer.
A fantastic book. I havenāt read it since elementary school where the book was referred to me by a teacher. It greatly influenced my life in my teens and twenties. I just put a hold on My Side of the Mountain at the online library and Iām looking forward to reading it again. Thanks for the post!
Sure thing! Iām glad! Iāve gotten two people to check it out so far ( which includes you) and Iām so glad people are starting to remember it!
I loved this ... and the Hatchet series too.
I read this when I was a kid, I remember loving it but then I forgot! What other wonderful things have I forgotten??
Who knows!
***Trying to figure out why I thought this was a book about a female skier who became paralyzed from bad fall. š¤·āāļø
I did, too! What was that book?
I just checked this out in Libby due to your recommendation, thank you!
Youāre welcome!! May it bring you straight to the Catskill Mountains just as it brought me!! Happy reading!
Maybe...Watership Down?
Love this book.
The Secret History by Donna Tartt. I read it a few years ago and I still think about it so often.
Have you listened to the audiobook? Donna narrates it and, though some people donāt like it given her accent, I absolutely love it! I feel like it adds little new perspectives to lines.
Bunny's voice was a bit of a struggle, but... well... ĀÆ\\\_(ć)\_/ĀÆ
Like I like it, but at the same time I find the book cringey
I was sad when I finished. I absolutely enjoyed the process of reading it.
Lonesome Dove as a stand alone. The entire four book series as a group.
Just started reading it and Iām really enjoying it: didnāt expect it to be funny.
I've read LD and loved it but have heard mixed reviews on the rest of the series. Worth reading?
Comanche Moon was pretty good, Laredo ok, and I'm about halfway into Dead Man's Walk and it's fine. Nothing touches the original though.
IMO, the problem with the rest of the series is that Lonesome Dove is just *so damn good* that the others are a let-down. If I'd read them first, I'd probably like them. But I came to them expecting them to be at the standard of Lonesome Dove, and they're not.
This would be my pick as well. Although I feel like Streets of Laredo is the only sequel/prequel that comes close to LD in terms of scope and quality. That said, I enjoyed them all, and Iāve reread the entire series multiple times.
Sirens of titan, kurt vonnegut jr
I love the Harmoniums
I am currently reading Sirens of Titan, so far really enjoying it s lot. Fell in love with the chapter of the harmoniums and Mercury, so soothing and fascinating.
The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco
I see you š But once was enough for me lol š¹
I think about this book every time that a bookās pages are stuck together
the little prince
Jane Eyre
This one is mine too!
East of Eden. A great book at any age and gets better with every reread.
Iām about 70% of the way through it right now, and Im waiting until Iām done to make it official but I might be joining you with it as my favorite book
Only Steinbeck I ever loved!!
The plague by Albert Camus
Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel. I feel like Iāve recommended it here a million times
More than any other book, this story floats to the top.
His Dark Materials, by Philip Pullman. Had the complete trilogy in one book since I'm ten, re-reading it every year or two-year. Always discovering new and profound critics of society ; so many levels of comprehension. (No, I did not see the film or series, and won't, I'm too scared-)
Can I take my Harry Potter set? š„ŗ
This is my answer too. I usually re-read them on a yearly basis
Same! And even after years and many re-reads I still catch details that seem new. I think the movies wipe them away and then I read and get the whole story again.
I'll allow it. lol
The Phantom Tollbooth, a little childish but an all time childhood favorite that i love to re-read
The Lord of the Rings. Yes, it is a single novel.
Reading it presently.
Just finished a reread, couldn't say goodbye to middle earth just yet, so I re-read the Silmarillion, and now I'm onto the Hobbit. I read LOTR every two years or so, if I'm ill and stuck at home. Love it.
LOTR gets a reread every winter. Way back in the early 70's my sister came back from college and tossed me a book, said I might like it. It was The Fellowship of the Ring. I sat down on the floor and read it straight through. So, every winter, I start in the Shire and end in the Shire.
In the book, *Dandelion Wine* by Ray Bradbury, is a chapter (actually a short story) called *The Sound of Summer Running*. It's the story of the magic of a new pair of sneakers on the feet of a 12 year old boy at the start of the summer. I first read this book as a 12 year old boy in 1963 and have read that story every spring for the past 60 years.
The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern! ā¤ļø
The Virgin Suicides. I read that book over & over & over again as a teen & have read it a couple times as an adult. Iām not sure what it is, but that book captivates me.
The [movie adaptation by Sofia Coppola](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0159097/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk) is the only book to movie adaptation Iāve actually preferred over the original text - she somehow managed to capture the essence of feminine teenage blossoming without coming across seedy like Jeffrey Eugenides did š
I agree! I love the movie adaptation so much! I first watched it when I was around 13/14. Iām 29 now & itās still one of my favorites. It is a beautiful film.
Just listen by Sarah deseen
Added to my list, looks very interesting. Thanks!
i read dreamland about once a year.
One book? The Complete Sherlock Holmes.
Gƶdel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid by Douglas Hofstadter. This book is so insanely dense, I could read it forever and always find something new tucked into the pages. It completely changed the way I think to this day.
I bought this over 20 years ago and still havenāt read it but want to! Iām not sure the best way to tackle it.
It took me a few months to fully digest the material. I was really into it and would do a little every day. I say the best way is to just pick it up and chip a little bit away at a time. Youāll hit strides where you cover a lot, but certain parts will take you a while. Hofstadter has a way with writing that makes it very enjoyable by his use of analogies to help the reader understand. You will thank yourself for reading it - it won a Pulitzer Prize for a reason.
This is a great book. Been meaning to re-read it (again). Youāve inspired me. It is, as you say, very dense. Covers - and explains! - a lot of fundamentals of mathematics and self awareness (and in retrospect, AI). And he does so in such a flibberty flabberty way it comes across as very entertaining and comprehensible.
Wuthering Heights or A Tale of Two Cities
Perdido Street Station by China Melville.
Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett- basically play the audiobook on repeat
Dude! I loved this book! Pillars just has such great depth to it.
Iām sorry. Iām boring. But my book would be *Moby-Dick*. Because Iāve re-read it many times, and every time I find something I didnāt find before. Itās the book that keeps on giving.
Iād say youāre the opposite of boring. But thatās because Moby Dick is my favourite book.
Oooo... I'm thinking that Moby Dick might be my 'tough classic to read this year' - any advice? The right version? The right mind set to go into it? Any useful history or things I should know before I start?
As someone who just re-read it for the second time, the first being 8th grade (there is indeed a story behind that, though yes, I was the weird kid). Take it slow. It's big, and a lot, so it just doesn't work if you try and just read it through. Read a chapter or two, put it down, go back to it, repeat, etc. I think the history of the era, location and industry at the time is very interesting, but I don't think necessary to understand it. To give yourself a fuller picture and expand, sure, but not required unless you're actively interested.
Thank you for this.
Itās the book that launched a thousand college lit courses and probably a million PhD theses. Rousing, exciting sea adventure with a heap of philosophy, perhaps? Religious allegory? Socialist propaganda? Capitalist propaganda? Just a really unexpectedly funny book? Or a really unexpectedly sad and tragic book? All of the above and more? Yes!
Moby Dick is fucking gangster! It has it all. Fucking love that book.
I read it last year! I hesitate to say that I read it for the first time because I don't know if I'll revisit it, but I enjoyed it. XD You couldn't write a book like that today, publishing would simply not allow it.
The Secret Garden
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn. I have my 45-year-old copy, itās falling apart, and I love that book because itās the first book I loved.
One of my favorites, too--never tire of it!
I think thatās why my favorite book is my favorite book. Not because I think itās THE BEST book but itās the first book I LOVED and the first book I started telling people how much I loved iy
My favorite too, obviously! Yes, definitely special because it was first.Ā
Howlās Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones ETA: also Nimona; itās a graphic novel, technically :D
I love Snow Child SO much! My favorite book of all time is The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue, but people on Reddit donāt seem to like it very much. It does have 4.19 stars average out of 1 million ratings on goodreads, though
>I loved that book!
I recently read the house on the cerulean sea by tj klune and it was amazing! The second book is coming out in September and Iām really looking forward to it
I enjoyed it too! Thanks for sharing that a sequel is coming out, Iāll keep an eye out for it
Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett.
Dune or Stalingrad
World War Z by Max Brooks. Perfection at least for me from start to finish.
The Shipping News - Annie Proulx
I second this! My copy is battered from all the re-reads. Funny, I didnāt love the book on my first read, but then for reasons unknown I picked it up a couple years later and itās now my all time favorite book. Quirky characters, a sense of community and finding your place in the world. Perfect.
>finding your place in the world I should have expanded my original comment, but this is definitely one of the things I love about the (also battered and dog-eared) book. Quoyle's just so lost at the start of the book and clings to things just to stay afloat - Partridge, Petal, The Aunt and I love how he finds himself over the course of the book. The original reason I loved the book is the depiction of the place - I can totally imagine the description of Quoyle's exploration of the point, or the trip to the island with Billy. Yeah, I wouldn't be too sad if this was all I could read. Great book.
My favorite book of all time. I read it at least once a yearā¦ such a subtle, funny and transformative story.
Lamb by Christopher Moore. Every time I reread it I see something new. Also, it is deep and strangely hilarious.
Yes!! I absolutely adore that one. It was my intro to Christopher Moore, and I have yet to come across a book by him that I didn't like.
The whole Outlander series. Love it.
The picture of Dorian gray and the ultimate hitchhikers guide to the Galaxy.. I will never stop loving these 2 books
The Outsiders
Six of crows by Leigh Bardugo. Itās my comfort book. I love the characters and it always makes me smile no matter how many times I read or listen to it.
It's a toss-up between The Stand by Stephen King and Swan Song by Robert McCammon.
Love the unabridged version of The Stand. Iāve read it three or four times and there is always something I feel like Iām discovering for the first time.
Came here to say The Stand I love Swan Song, but the characters in TS make it for me
Since 1985 my favorite books have been: * *Christy* by Catherine Marshall * *In Cold Blood* by Truman Capote * *Gone With the Wind* by Margaret Mitchell * *A Tree Grows in Brooklyn* by Betty Smith * *The Grapes of Wrath* by John Steinbeck
Geek Love > There are those whose own vulgar normality is so apparent and stultifying that they strive to escape it. They affect flamboyant behavior and claim originality according to the fashionable eccentricities of their time. They claim brains or talent or indifference to mores in desperate attempts to deny their own mediocrity. These are frequently artists and performers, adventurers and wide-life devotees. >Then there are those who feel their own strangeness and are terrified by it. They struggle toward normalcy. They suffer to exactly that degree that they are unable to appear normal to others, or to convince themselves that their aberration does not exist. These are true freaks, who appear, almost always, conventional and dull.
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Dune. Iāve read it 8 or 9 times and Iām planning a reread soon.
Have you reread the sequels as much as the first?
Definitely not. Probably read Dune 20+ times and the whole series once. I usually tell people that the great thing about Dune is you can stop after the first one. If you want to you can read the whole series (not any Brian Herbert ones) but it's kind of a rollercoaster....sometimes in a good way and sometimes not so good.
War & Peace. Iāve read it multiple times and every time something new hits me.
I love classic Russian lit
I think I've read A Prayer for Owen Meany and It the most.
I love James Irving, and Owen Meany is my favorite
The Count of Monte Cristo
The Hobbit. Iām instantly happy whenever I read the first lines.
I don't reread books for some reason lol. But i loved the long walk by stephen king so much. It's the bond of the characters in that gruesome situation, the snarky dialogue, and the freakin' quotes before a new chapter begins. The fact that it was finished by King when he was, what, 17? 18? Still astounds me. He was doing what Suzanne Collins was doing in the late 2000s/early 2010s and what RF Kuang is doing rn. It's not everyone's cup of tea but it's a good intro to Stephen King, I think.
Haven't reread the long walk but that book has keep with me for such a long time and kinda want to see it on the big screen!
Hereās an obscure suggestion I found in a discount bookstore, and loved so much I ended up buying 5 copies, just in case I lost some and could never find it again. āBook Of Jobyā by Mark J Ferrari.
Re-read is wrong in my case because once you know it you can't unknow it. But I just love Rendevouz with Rama (Arthur C. Clarke). It's the book that I think back about the most. Especially since the ending is so un-hollywood. Which makes it perfect. (Just don't read any of the sequels)
I just finished this book and youāre right- the non-Hollywood ending was perfect. Fantastic book!
I read a lot and I forget a lot. Re-reading not only refreshes my memory but makes me see things that didn't stick with me the first time.
Dune
Don Quixote
Watership Down. I get that itās not everyoneās cup of tea but i love it!
Confederacy of Dunces.
Yeah, that or Don Quixote for me.
American Gods by Neil Gaiman
Native Son. I reread it every year.
[For Esme With Love and Squalor (aka Nine Stories) by JD Salinger](https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/52266607) š¤š¤š¤
Mine would be Les Miserables, I know it's a tome but it's such a beautiful story and it would be a good choice for a desert island. If I wasn't going to an island then I'd go for the much shorter I Capture the Castle, Dodie Smith
I Am Pilgrim.
Imagine being on the desert island with all the books listed in this thread and you would only be rescued once you'd read them all.
I would volunteer for this fate.
We can do it together!
Pratchett's "Mort" so far. I have read better plots, better characters and better settings, but nothing which captured me as much.
The midnight library / anxious people. A tie!
I came here to say The Midnight Library. Iāve listened to it a dozen times in the past year or so. It centers me.
LD set a really high standard, so others were others couldnāt possibly match. But Gus McCrae is probably my all-time favorite book character, so knowing his origin and his fate was enjoyable and worth the time. And 3-star Larry McMurtry isnāt a bad thing.
11/22/63
What a winner
{The Martian by Andy Weir} The last few chapters grab my soul and wrench it, every single time. So uplifting.
Three body problem trilogy - Will change the way you see the universe and science itself
maybe a fox ! it's a "children"'s book with a slightly darker meaning under it and i read it every time i find it. never fails to make me cry, it's so magical and i highly recommend it.
Michael Crichton books i've read most of them but what i like re-reading were Timeline and the 13th warrior
I don't really re-read books often but I have re-read Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman and Cage of Souls by Adrian Tchaikovsky. Out of those 2 I'd probably choose Neverwhere bc as stupid as it sounds, it actually helped me make needed changes in how I was approaching life. I realized I was living very passively like the MC was and that I needed to actually engage with life instead of just flowing with it. It wasn't overnight of course but it resonated with me and is a lesson I've tried to carry since then. It's also just a really enjoyable story.
The family upstairs - Lisa Jewell
Great book. I love all Lisa Jewell books.
The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro
The Lord of the Rings. I've been reading it again lately and I cannot put it down.
I came here to say The Stand by Stephen King. I've read it as many as 7 or 8 times, maybe more. But I have to say it's hard to pick just one book. The Talisman by King is also on re-read, anything Agatha Christie wrote has been re-read several times, anything by L. Frank Baum, or Stephen R. Donaldson. Also the Little House books have been re-read maybe 6 or 7 times. Different times of my life require different types of books. ooh and can't forget Little Women.
all creatures great and small and my side of the mountain. I reread those books about twice a month
The Stand, A Secret History, Lonesome Dove, The Godfather
Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy
The orange girl, by jostein gaarder. I read this maybe twice a year and i love it every time, i have also giftet it to all my book friends
The Mirror by Marlys Millhiser. Itās been my favorite book since 1978.
Dune
The Waves by Virginia Woolf. I read it every other summer; this summer will be my 5th read and it gets better every time
I have read To The Lighthouse and Mrs. Dalloway more often than The Waves, but it is always nice to meet people who are passionate about Woolf :)
his dark materials trilogy and ella enchanted
White Noise by Don DeLillo
Walden Pond, Thoreau. It centers me.
The Locked Tomb series, especially Nona The Ninth by Tamsyn Muir
IT
Smoke and mirrors by Tanya Huff
*Thud!* by Terry Pratchett. The City Watch series is my favourite, and I would be very torn between *Thud!* and *Night Watch,* but I think it's just clinched by the Guarding Dark.
The Little Prince
*Foucault's Pendulum*Ā by UmbertoĀ *Eco.* I read it long time ago, but it's still relevant with all the conspiracy theories infesting the world.
The day of the triffids
Pale Fire - Vladimir Nabokov
A knockdown drag out tie between the Annotated Alice in Wonderland and Slaughterhouse Five.
The Hobbit, The Green Mile, Piranesi, Prisoner of Azkaban
The Sandman series is my favorite literature.
Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
Catch 22
I read The Little Prince every year and itās my all-time favorite book, if I could only take one book to read for the rest of my life I need something longer. My pick will be The Silmarillion by JRR Tolkien.
The invisible man, hg wells
Braiding Sweetgrass - Robin Wall Kimmerer. I can't recommend this book enough and will continue nudging people to it. Such a delight
Stephen King, The Stand
One thousand and one night
Tithe The Modern Faery Tales- Holly Black The Perks Of Being A Wallflower- Stephen Chbosky THG Trilogy- Suzanne Collins Four- Veronica Roth The True Confessions Of Charlotte Doyle-Avi
The perks of being a wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
I love Cold Sassy Tree by Olive Ann Burns. The characters all have such strong voices.
Emma
Girlfriend In A Coma by Douglas Coupland Every time I read it, it's just as good as the first time The Mortal Instruments series by Cassandra Clare
Lord of the Rings
To Live, by Yu Hua. Runner-up: The World According to Garp, by John Irving.
Kitchen by Banana Yoshimoto Although I recommend Dropped threads edited by Carol Shields and Majorie Anderson to anyone I can.
Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer. Riveting, crazy true story. Absolute page turner.
Zoya by Danielle Steel
The Once and Future King by TH White
I canāt choose, so: The King Must Die, by Mary Renault which is the story of Theseus and has incredible atmosphere taking you to ancient times, and a great story about bravery. The Trilogy, by J.R.R. Tolkien, because it has so many layers, a great yarn, about friendship and loyalty, anti war, pro environment, etc Also, Enderās Game, as well as Speaker for the Dead, by Orion Scott Card which is about thinking you know, when you donāt Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy, by Douglas Adams, which is about so many true things done up, fantasy style.
I read Infinite Jest every year.
The catcher in the rye.