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Which is your go-to re-read book?

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DinDjarin · 30/01/2023 20:59

The one you pick up when you're exhausted because it doesn't matter where you start or stop as you know it so well. The one you reach for when you're ill and can't concentrate on anything.

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thefirstmrsrochester · 30/01/2023 22:58

hadenoughforever · 30/01/2023 22:56

Any of the Tales of the City series - Armistead Maupin

@PartiallySage why can you not do any more?

Oh yes, o love love love Tales of the City ❤️

hadenoughforever · 30/01/2023 22:56

Any of the Tales of the City series - Armistead Maupin

@PartiallySage why can you not do any more?

TheShellBeach · 30/01/2023 22:55

Diary Of A Nobody

SleepyTraveller · 30/01/2023 22:53

Another vote for Night Watch (and some of the other Watch books too)

YewandOak · 30/01/2023 22:52

Enko · 30/01/2023 22:46

The entire series is amazing but Mammoth hunters is my favourite. I did the 10 year wait between PoP and SofS

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VoH is my favourite-well Ayla's story anyway. Only started them about 10 years back because I was looking for a new series and they were on offer in WH Smith

Smartiepants79 · 30/01/2023 22:50

Lord of the rings
Austen
His dark materials trilogy
Various trashy romance novels! 😆

RhubarbFairy · 30/01/2023 22:50

Wizard and Glass. Book 4 in The Dark Tower series. It's being reunited with old friends. I've read it countless times.

It's so beyond its own hype now, but the Harry Potter books are comforting and familiar too. I'd probably pick up Prisoner of Azkaban first. Just before it all gets really dark/teen angsty.

AdInfinitum12 · 30/01/2023 22:47

NoSchoolToday · 30/01/2023 21:25

Pieces of Summer by C. M. Owens. It breaks my heart every time and it’s just cathartic! Even more heartbreaking now the author has passed away, but beautifully written and I love it!

I had no idea CM Owens had passed away. I loved her books!

ScarletWitchM · 30/01/2023 22:46

1984
fear and loathing in las vegas

Enko · 30/01/2023 22:46

YewandOak · 30/01/2023 22:44

I finished that book yesterday,on PoP now.

Anne of Green Gables
What Katy Did
Magus of Stonewylde
Earth's Children series

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The entire series is amazing but Mammoth hunters is my favourite. I did the 10 year wait between PoP and SofS

Cityzen74 · 30/01/2023 22:45

Redcrayons · 30/01/2023 22:19

Rachel’s Holiday mostly.

I was coming on to say this too!

YewandOak · 30/01/2023 22:44

Enko · 30/01/2023 22:14

Mammoth hunters. By Jean Auel

I finished that book yesterday,on PoP now.

Anne of Green Gables
What Katy Did
Magus of Stonewylde
Earth's Children series

BathTangle · 30/01/2023 22:43

SuffolkBargeWoman · 30/01/2023 22:11

These Old Shades by Georgette Heyer

Yup, came on here to say this.... and then moving on through the generations to Devil's Cub and An Infamous Army!

KingscoteStaff · 30/01/2023 22:42

Gaudy Night

Persuasion

The Long Winter

Night Watch

The Cricket Term (natch)

Drywhitefruitycidergin · 30/01/2023 22:41

Jilly Cooper Riders/Rivals/Polo etc or Marion Keyes/Sophie Kinsella shopaholic series. I need easy easy reads for comfort.

JassyRadlett · 30/01/2023 22:40

mum2jakie · 30/01/2023 22:39

Any Agatha Christie, particularly The Man in the Brown Suit or The Secret of Chimneys. Like a warm blanket...

Oh yes, those two are total comfort reading.

MagpieCastle · 30/01/2023 22:40

The Secret History
I capture the castle
The Winter Ghosts
Prospero’s Cell

Pieceofpurplesky · 30/01/2023 22:39

Another one for Rebecca.

Shadow of the Wind

Leelaseye · 30/01/2023 22:39

The Adrian Mole books (but mainly the first 2)
The Secret Garden
I Capture the Castle

mum2jakie · 30/01/2023 22:39

Any Agatha Christie, particularly The Man in the Brown Suit or The Secret of Chimneys. Like a warm blanket...

GnomeDePlume · 30/01/2023 22:38

Another Dorothy L Sayers: Busman's Honeymoon

DramaAlpaca · 30/01/2023 22:38

MyBloodyMaryneedsmoreTabasco · 30/01/2023 22:31

Katherine by Anya Seton.

Yes, same here

thefirstmrsrochester · 30/01/2023 22:38

Rebecca

JassyRadlett · 30/01/2023 22:37

SmileWithADimple · 30/01/2023 22:14

The Pursuit of Love or Pride and Prejudice.

Exactly these two, plus The Making of a Marchioness.

GoodbyeMrChips · 30/01/2023 22:37

Mine tend to be kids books.

Yes to the older Laura Ingalls Wilder books - The Long Winter onwards
What Katy Did
A Little Princess
A Little Love Song and Back Home by Michelle Magorian
Charlotte Sometimes
The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole. 😂 and it still makes me laugh!