I am a voracious reader and must have reading material around
at all times,most times this is no problem as I have a plethora
of books on hand.
However on rare occasions I've found myself with nothing new
to read so I've being forced to cull through my collection to
find something to take my mind off reality for awhile.
Lo and behold, I found Agatha Christie,my favorite mystery
author and began looking for any titles I've might have missed,none
but soon realized that I didn't remember how some of them ended,
in other words who done it, so I simply picked through those ones
and started to read them again and found them as engaging as the
first time I read them,no I don't have any memory problems,as a rule,
they were enjoyable,what can I say.
Anybody out there who've reread old favorites and found
them like old friends?

I reread all the time. And, yes, I've even reread mysteries where the chief joy is in the puzzle, such as Agatha Christie - if the first reading was thirty years ago, it's just like new.

I reread certain favorites. I've probably read The Hobbit/LOTR at least 30 times, and many others get at least two readings, although I have so many new books backed up in my library at the moment, that I probably won't be anytime soon.

My book for re-reading constantly is "Wind in the Willows",a great comforter when sick, I find. Really warm and fuzzy.

I don't think I own a book.. and I own a room full of them.. that I haven't read at least twice. Some of my favourites I could recite passages from without any problem.
I don't keep a book after reading unless I am sure I will want to read it again.
And Ren, my favourite when I'm in bed unwell is "The Secret Garden".

My 'go to' books are Mary Stewart's 'Merlin' stories of which there are three or four, if you count 'The Wicked Day'. It doesn't matter how often I read them (and I've lost count) I get enthralled every time.

Edit to add that I've just had a question about these in an hourly literature set. Spooky!

"I don't keep a book after reading unless I am sure I will want to read it again."

I'm the same! My favourite book for re-reading is "To Kill A Mockingbird". I've also re-read most of my Agatha Christie's (I have all of them), also the complete series of "Anne of Green Gables", and my Rumpole collection.




"My 'go to' books are Mary Stewart's 'Merlin' stories of which there are three or four, if you count 'The Wicked Day'."

I have all those and it's time I re-read them (it's only been about 30 years). There's a fifth book now called "The Prince and the Pilgrim". Like "The Wicked Day', it's not part of the trilogy but is related to it. I picked it up recently but haven't read it yet. I believe it focuses on Morgan le Fay.

I can never remember who dune it either. We discussed this numerous times in an Agatha Christie book group and amazingly, more members could not remember than could. It does make for good rereading, lol.

How perfectly wonderful it would be to own the complete series of "Anne" - there are only the first two available in Estonian... I like rereading books that I love, and they do feel like old friends to me.

"How perfectly wonderful it would be to own the complete series of "Anne" - there are only the first two available in Estonian... I like rereading books that I love, and they do feel like old friends to me."

I know it's not the same as reading a real book, but you can read them online at the following website:

http://www.online-literature.com/lucy_montgomery/

Recently I completed reading the entire Sparhawk series by David Eddings for the third time.
Now I'm three books into re-reading the Raymond E. Feist (and others) Riftwar and associated books. That's a 30-book series, with more being added.
I've already read all the books that have so far been published, so I'm on some for the second time.


If I was to be shut away in a Desert Island with just one book (how cruel is that?) it would have to be "Streets of Gold" by Evan Hunter. I've only read that four times.

The books I re-read I call "Comfort reading". They generally don't involve a lot of thought. I've re-read most of the "Dresden Files" and "Black Jewels" books.

I have a huge collection of books, some of which i have re-read several times. "Wuthering Heights", "Jane Eyre", a UK author Martina Cole who writes about crime, etc based on the Eastend of London, and many, many more. I had thought about buying a kindle, but not the same as holding a book.

I've re-read virtually every book I own at least twice. Just finished David Eddings "Belgariad" series again. My comfort reading is usually Terry Pratchett. I'm about to start re-reading Julian May's "Golden Torc" series as it must be a good five or six years since I last read those.

It's when you are on your second or third copy of the same book that you know you are a fan.

Does it count as the second or third copy if you happen to drop them while reading in the tub and have to replace them?

I have read the covers off of several copies of Diana Gabaldon's Outlander, loaned copies to coworkers (who never returned them) and loaned a copy to my sister-in-law overseas whom I rarely see. My two favourite series are Outlander and Harry Potter. I've read both series through at least four times, and many of the individual books more times than that. When a book is well-written and entertaining it's still a delight to read, even when you know what's going to happen.

Funnily enough, I've tried to read The Lord of the Rings a couple of times but I always lose interest partway through, put it down, and never pick it back up again. I liked the movies, but I find the books very boring.

[quote. I'm about to start re-reading Julian May's "Golden Torc" series as it must be a good five or six years since I last read those. [/quote]

I have four books in The Saga of the Exiles series, but I find Julian May hard reading compared to Eddings, Feist, Robyn Hobb and J V Jones.
I gave up after The Many-Coloured Land.

Well obviously, with my screen-name, I often re-read the Agatha Christies (and re-listen on audio cd more than I read!). I was lucky enough to win all the Agatha Christie books in paperback this year, so I always have one to hand.
Another series I constantly re-read is the Harry Potter series. And no ashamed to say that I have the full series in three different versions - hardback, paperback and American version - with the full series read by Stephen Fry and then the full set read by Jim Dale on audio CDs