A book you can read over and over again?

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JennaTooIs · 13/03/2023 16:49

I don't have a lot of room for books so I'd like a few goodens I can reread. What are yours?

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JoonT · 13/03/2023 18:00

SummerHouse · 13/03/2023 16:55

Anything by Jane Austen

I have a pass it on philosophy with books. I never expect them back. I think they should be free flowing and have as many readers as possible. This would maybe give you space to read wider? Or could you get to the library, or get a Kobo / Kindle? I hate to think of a person who is limited to reading only things they would keep and read again!

Stig Abell, the editor of the TLS, said he’s re-read Pride and Prejudice 120 times!! Whenever he is ill or down, it’s his go-to. It’s funny, because Abell is a young, cool looking guy, who you’d expect to prefer William Burroughs or J G Ballard, or some edgy author like that. It just shows the spell Austen still casts.

theproudgeek · 13/03/2023 17:01

Anything by Jane Austen, Terry Pratchett or (if you like sf) Lois McMaster Bujold.
I have read all three often enough that their characters live rent-free in my head and I will quote at length if even slightly relevant.

Dartmoorcheffy · 13/03/2023 16:57

Why not just buy a book when you want to read one and give the one you have read to a friend or a charity shop. I don't have any space for books but there are very few I would want to continually re-read.

SummerHouse · 13/03/2023 16:55

Anything by Jane Austen

Howtohideasausage · 13/03/2023 16:53

I reread the Laura Ingalls Wilder books.

mdh2020 · 13/03/2023 16:53

I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith and On Green Dolphin Street by Sebastian Faulks.

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