Books you've read more than once, and why

A Horseman Riding By' & 'To Serve Them All My Days' by Delderfield.

'Far From the Madding Crowd' (Set book for Grade XII) &
'The Mayor of Casterbridge' , 'Jude the Obscure', 'Tess of d'Ubervilles', all by Thomas Hardy.

Beautifully written, & fabulous story lines, is why I've re-read them.

by donjo

The Hot Zone. I don't know why I enjoyed it so much back when I was a teenager. That's probably the only book I have read more than once, other than school text books or reference books.

by Happy Mom

My Bible.

Why?....because it is loaded with 'info', for every day life.

by jonaj

I keep books, but I generally don't re-read them. Exceptions to this include are the Roswell High series, Harry Potter series, Winnie the Pooh series, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, and Peter Pan.

by Bryony Harrison

I wouldn't even know where to begin! I reread a lot of books, because I believe you can't see and appreciate every little nuance of a good book with one read alone. A few favourites that I've read over and over again are all of Jane Austen's books (Persuasion in particular), Wuthering Heights, Enid Blyton's Faraway Tree series, all of Roald Dahl, Lorna Hill's Sadler's Wells series, Playing Beatie Bow by Ruth Park, the Harry Potter novels, Little Women, Gulliver's Travels... Ok, I read a lot of books more than once!

by Kerri

I actually try not to collect books because if I read so many that if I kept them all I'd be buried alive. I borrow lots from the library, and I read e-books and downloaded audiobooks, which don't take up physical space. All the same we have wound up with full bookshelves in every room in the house except the bathroom and toilet. Some of them are books I plan to read again, some have sentimental value and quite a few belong to my husband and the kids.

There are one or two books I read again. Some are volumes of poetry. One is God Bless You Eliott Rosewater by Kurt Vonnegut. Another is Neuromancer by William Gibson. I have also re-read my favourite Jane Austen (Persuasion) a few times. Sometimes you get something new out of it on a second read through, when you are older and have had different experiences. And sometimes it's just oddly comforting to revisit them, like they were an old friend.

by Jennifer Muirhead