Books i read again and again.

Mr Nobody · Sep 29, 2016

Re: Clancy - the only books of his I've read are Clear and Present Danger and Rainbow Six. C&PD made me think I might have been missing something; Rainbow Six sort of cured me of that (and it's the exception to my previous 'read everything at least 2-3 times' statement).

Kurben · Sep 29, 2016

Mr Nobody said:
Re: Clancy - the only books of his I've read are Clear and Present Danger and Rainbow Six. C&PD made me think I might have been missing something; Rainbow Six sort of cured me of that (and it's the exception to my previous 'read everything at least 2-3 times' statement).

C&PD is part of the Ryan Series and probably makes more sense if you know the prehistory (Patriot Games, The Hunt For Red October). He was best during the 80.ties and early 90-ties then i think the quality started to dip. Since Rainbow Six is a late novel i have avoided it.

no bounce no play · Sep 29, 2016

If anyone is interested in reading He Who Shrank, it's online (public domain). Search Henry Hasse Project Golden Age. Click on Johnny Pez: "He Who Shrank" by Henry Hasse, part 1.

Mr Nobody said:
"We all float down here. Resistance is futile."

But to the point (Batman)! Bearing in mind I'll read 99% of books at least 2-3 times, here are some I return to more often that others:

The Murder of Roger Ackroyd - Agatha Christie
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (part of a complete collection I keep trying to get through in one go)
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? and A Scanner Darkly - Philip K Dick
Fatherland - Robert Harris
The Hannibal Lecter Omnibus - Thomas Harris (though I usually call it 'The Hannibal Lecter Om-nom-nom-nibus'. Because I'm like that.)
The Rats, The Survivor, The Jonah, Shrine, Sepulchre, Haunted - James Herbert
Night Shift, Skeleton Crew, The Stand, The Bachman Books, Pet Sematary, Bag of Bones, Hearts in Atlantis, From a Buick 8 - Stephen King
Strangers, Watchers, Dark Rivers of the Heart, Strange Highways, Intensity, Fear Nothing, Seize the Night, False Memory - Dean Koontz
1984 - George Orwell
The War of the World, The Time Machine, Tono-Bungay - H. G. Wells
The Day of the Triffids, The Chrysalids - John Wyndham.

Now I want to reread The Chrysalids too but it will take me days to find it in all my boxes of books

I also liked The Day of the Triffids and The Kraken Wakes

Your Koontz titles made me realize I'd forgotten to include Twilight Eyes on my list of favorite rereads.

ghost19 · Sep 29, 2016

Kurben said:
C&PD is part of the Ryan Series and probably makes more sense if you know the prehistory (Patriot Games, The Hunt For Red October). He was best during the 80.ties and early 90-ties then i think the quality started to dip. Since Rainbow Six is a late novel i have avoided it.

Rainbow Six is one of the early "John Clark" books where Clark is cast a a main character instead of a more "shadowy" type agent. The overall theme is radical Eco-Terrorists vs Elite multi-national Counter-Terrorism squad...with predictive results...

AnnaMarie · Sep 29, 2016

As a teen dealing with a situation no teen should ever have to deal with and feeling I could not go to my parents, books were my escape. I was drawn to books the showed someone in a worse position than I was.

Two that I read and reread were

Lisa Bright and Dark by John Neufeld
and
The Mirror by Marlys Millhiser

(By love of time travel stories goes way back.

)

As an adult, The Clan of the Cavebear series has been read many times. As has Harry Potter.

Out of Order · Sep 29, 2016

Green Eggs and Ham

AchtungBaby · Sep 29, 2016

Everything by King and Straub, and a few other favorites.

fljoe0 · Sep 29, 2016

Slaughterhouse Five - Kurt Vonnegut (this one is only around 200 pages so it's a pretty quick re-read and I've read it several times)
The Shining
The Stand
Still Life With Woodpecker and Jitterbug Perfume - Tom Robbins (If I want to laugh, I can laugh at these no matter how many times I read them.)

EDIT Add Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas to the list. I've read that one multiple times.

Bardo · Sep 29, 2016

HA HA,
King!
Over and over and ov,,,,,,,,,,
Sprinkle a little Steinbeck with Bradbury on the side!
Also old "pulp" Sci-fi short storys(have sooo many paperbacks)

ghost19 · Sep 29, 2016

fljoe0 said:
Slaughterhouse Five - Kurt Vonnegut (this one is only around 200 pages so it's a pretty quick re-read and I've read it several times)
The Shining
The Stand
Still Life With Woodpecker and Jitterbug Perfume - Tom Robbins (If I want to laugh, I can laugh at these no matter how many times I read them.)

EDIT Add Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas to the list. I've read that one multiple times.

I've read Fear and Loathing a bunch of times, still one of the best books ever.

"We were somewhere around Barstow on the edge of the desert when the drugs began to take hold. I remember saying something like "I feel a bit lightheaded; maybe you should drive..." And suddenly there was a terrible roar all around us and the sky was full of what looked like huge bats, all swooping and screeching and diving around the car, which was going about a hundred miles an hour with the top down to Las Vegas. And a voice was screaming: "Holy Jesus! What are these go**amn animals?"...lmao, still gets me every time.

do1you9love? · Sep 29, 2016

The Talisman - I've read two copies to tatters. All King books, but really I'm a chronic re-reader. Reading something only once means I didn't like it all that much.

no bounce no play · Sep 30, 2016

fljoe0 said:
Slaughterhouse Five - Kurt Vonnegut (this one is only around 200 pages so it's a pretty quick re-read and I've read it several times)
The Shining
The Stand
Still Life With Woodpecker and Jitterbug Perfume - Tom Robbins (If I want to laugh, I can laugh at these no matter how many times I read them.)

EDIT Add Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas to the list. I've read that one multiple times.

I should probably give Slaughterhouse Five another try. I couldn't finish it the first time I tried to read it. The Vonnegut novel I've read the most often is Cats Cradle.

fljoe0 · Sep 30, 2016

no bounce no play said:
I should probably give Slaughterhouse Five another try. I couldn't finish it the first time I tried to read it. The Vonnegut novel I've read the most often is Cats Cradle.

One thing that might throw readers at first is the introduction. The introduction is 25 pages long and is called chapter 1. It is an important part of the book and necessary to read first but the actual novel really starts at chapter 2. Vonnegut was a POW at Dresden when it was bombed so the book is part fiction part truth. One of the things that I loved about Vonnegut was his ability to be hilarious and sad at the same time. I don't know of anyone else who pulled that off quite like he did.

Mr Nobody · Sep 30, 2016

Kurben said:
C&PD is part of the Ryan Series and probably makes more sense if you know the prehistory (Patriot Games, The Hunt For Red October). He was best during the 80.ties and early 90-ties then i think the quality started to dip. Since Rainbow Six is a late novel i have avoided it.

I'd seen the films (in fact, I've only seen the films), but C&PD was part of a sale so I thought 'Why not?'

doowopgirl · Sep 30, 2016

I have some books I've read so many times I just can't read them anymore. Like In Cold Blood, by Truman Capote. I kind of went off Harlen Coben. Just too samey. SK I never get tired of. I've all of them so many times. The Stand is a favorite. I'm currently reading Bazaar of Bad Dreams and that has stories I read elsewhere before, but that doesn't stop me enjoying them.Fannie Flagg books are such a joy I never tire of either.

doowopgirl · Sep 30, 2016

fljoe0 said:
One thing that might throw readers at first is the introduction. The introduction is 25 pages long and is called chapter 1. It is an important part of the book and necessary to read first but the actual novel really starts at chapter 2. Vonnegut was a POW at Dresden when it was bombed so the book is part fiction part truth. One of the things that I loved about Vonnegut was his ability to be hilarious and sad at the same time. I don't know of anyone else who pulled that off quite like he did.

Slaughter House 5 blew me away when I first read it, but it's the only Vonnegut I could really get into.

fljoe0 · Sep 30, 2016

doowopgirl said:
Slaughter House 5 blew me away when I first read it, but it's the only Vonnegut I could really get into.

I think the other great novel he wrote was Mother Night. Cat's Cradle and Sirens Of Titan are outstanding too.

After Slaughterhouse Five, many of his novels were pretty loose. They could veer off track into autobiographical and social commentary. I enjoy them immensely but they really aren't traditional novels, so they aren't for everyone. I always found him very interesting and funny so I enjoyed most anything he wrote.

doowopgirl · Sep 30, 2016

fljoe0 said:
I think the other great novel he wrote was Mother Night. Cat's Cradle and Sirens Of Titan are outstanding too.

After Slaughterhouse Five, many of his novels were pretty loose. They could veer off track into autobiographical and social commentary. I enjoy them immensely but they really aren't traditional novels, so they aren't for everyone. I always found him very interesting and funny so I enjoyed most anything he wrote.

Maybe I'll try those, thanks.

AToyStoryInCali · Oct 2, 2016

If I really love a story, I find that I can read it numerous times without tiring of it.

I've read FDNS probably 7 times.

I re-read all my short story collections (by King) fairly often.

My most recent re-read was Dolan's Cadillac. Fun fact: this was the first thing I have ever read by King. In the car riding back from Hammonassett Beach... Circa 1994.

Non-King related: I've read The Giver a number of times.

skimom2 · Oct 2, 2016

I forgot The Handmaid's Tale. I've read that many, many times, and find new things each time. Lovely book.

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