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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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MoreOfADogPerson · 30/01/2023 22:24

Ooh, great thread idea, some of my favourites already listed.

Dorothy L Sayers - Gaudy Nights
Cold comfort Farm
I Capture the Castle
The Dark is Rising series
The Weird stone of Brisinghamen and The Moon of Gomrath
The Grand Sophy
Alice in Wonderland

MoreOfADogPerson · 30/01/2023 22:25

Oh yes, any Terry Pratchett but especially the Watch and the Witches ones

Hawkins002 · 30/01/2023 22:26

Biography of Leonardo da vinci
And different books about cold war espionage

Pocketfullofdogtreats · 30/01/2023 22:27

Rebecca
A Christmas Carol

PartiallySage · 30/01/2023 22:27

I no longer do this really 😔

But I used to always turn to Laura Ingalls Wilder, the later ones, and James Herriot.

Also PG Wodehouse.

AnnotherReader · 30/01/2023 22:29

Emma by Jane Austen
Bath Tangle by Georgette Heyer
or any Agatha Christie

MyBloodyMaryneedsmoreTabasco · 30/01/2023 22:31

Katherine by Anya Seton.

StellaOlivetti · 30/01/2023 22:35

PGWodehouse and Agatha Christie for comfort. And I re-read The Well of Loneliness every year or so (and cry in a different place each time).

SummerLightning · 30/01/2023 22:36

The name of the wind
The morrigan crow books
The mirror of her dreams by Stephen donaldson
A little princess!

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!

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.

thefirstmrsrochester · 30/01/2023 22:38

Rebecca

DramaAlpaca · 30/01/2023 22:38

MyBloodyMaryneedsmoreTabasco · 30/01/2023 22:31

Katherine by Anya Seton.

Yes, same here

GnomeDePlume · 30/01/2023 22:38

Another Dorothy L Sayers: Busman's Honeymoon

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...

Leelaseye · 30/01/2023 22:39

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

Pieceofpurplesky · 30/01/2023 22:39

Another one for Rebecca.

Shadow of the Wind

MagpieCastle · 30/01/2023 22:40

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

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.

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.

KingscoteStaff · 30/01/2023 22:42

Gaudy Night

Persuasion

The Long Winter

Night Watch

The Cricket Term (natch)

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!

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

Cityzen74 · 30/01/2023 22:45

Redcrayons · 30/01/2023 22:19

Rachel’s Holiday mostly.

I was coming on to say this too!

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