What book have you read over and over again?

FerretBoy · 2 May 2006 at 21:18

Cookie-Monster said:
Catch 22, its a stunning book.

When I get to the end I make sure I read the first few pages again, that way I never technically finish reading it

Richeh · 2 May 2006 at 21:20

Dinotopia if anyone remembers that, beautiful book

SideWinder · 2 May 2006 at 21:21

SexyBetty said:
As title

Mine would have to be any of the Adrian Mole Diaries, if Im stuck for something to read, Ill reach for one of these

I was literally about to post that before i had even saw the opening post. Just started reading the early ones again when he has problems with his tonsils as i've just had the same thing.

Richeh said:
Dinotopia if anyone remembers that, beautiful book

Think i have that somewhere, had forgotten all about it. :eek:

panthro · 2 May 2006 at 21:23

SexyBetty said:
As title

Mine would have to be any of the Adrian Mole Diaries, if Im stuck for something to read, Ill reach for one of these

I was going to say that even before I opened the thread

all of the first three I can just read repeatedly.

SexyGreyFox · 2 May 2006 at 21:26

The Argos catalogue book.

I don't do books - too many words.
(Actually, I've read The Bible twice if that counts)

Kamerad · 2 May 2006 at 21:30

fatiain said:
If not, it's "The Dice Man" by Luke Rhinehart.

Got to love how many chapters that book has. I can't read mine anymore since i used it to crush a spider and i'm too scared to clean it

SexyBetty · 2 May 2006 at 21:36

SideWinder said:
I was literally about to post that before i had even saw the opening post. Just started reading the early ones again when he has problems with his tonsils as i've just had the same thing.

panthro said:
I was going to say that even before I opened the thread all of the first three I can just read repeatedly.

We rock

I might read some before I toddle off to bed

bakes0310 · 2 May 2006 at 21:44

I dont think ive ever read what you call a book but i have read lots of comics in particular teenage mutant turtles.

Muban · 2 May 2006 at 21:45

Only Forward - Michael Marshall Smith

Although there are plenty of others I have read again and again:

Neal Stephenson - Snowcrash
Robert Rankin - The Brentford Trilogy
Anne Rice - The Vampire Chronicles
Terry Pratchett

Etaqua · 2 May 2006 at 22:03

The Artemis Fowl books I've re-read about 3 times. They're all awesome, and thanks to this thread, I'll probably start reading them again tonight.

First started reading them in Year 7 (grabbed it off the shelf in the school library when we had to pick books to read in English), and I read them sometime towards the end of last year (Year 9).

Eoin Colfer is the author, if you are interested in reading them, btw.

I'd highly recommend them to anyone around Year 6-11 at school. They're also really easy to write about, if you have to do book reports on a selected book.

AthlonTom · 2 May 2006 at 22:07

dmpoole said:
The Argos catalogue book.

The laminated book of dreams, so many pretty things, I can never posess them all. You know why is laminated don't you? To catch the tears of Joy.

/BillB

laiman · 2 May 2006 at 22:21

Anything by Christopher Brookmyre, read "the sacred art of stealing" and "a big boy did it and ran away" and "be my enemy" read each at lest 4 times. All the harry potters, and a wide selection of others, not as big a reader as I used to be, but ive read all the 100 or so that I own at least twice.

NickK · 2 May 2006 at 22:39

wyrdo said:
Terry Pratchett's Discworld books, all of them multiple times.

The only book I've read more than once - Good Omens by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett.

My, well two shelves, library consists of Terry Pratchett, Banks and some very odd stuff like Republic etc (plato, aristotle) and "Teach yourself Egyptian Heiroglyphs"...

m4cc45 · 3 May 2006 at 08:01

Richdog said:
Mate we would get on famously, im on my way to acquiring the complete David Gemmall collection, he writes heroic fantasy like no-one else. Also numerous books from the Forgotten Realms world such as the Dark Elf trilogy, Icewind Dale trilogy, Moonshae Trilogy, Cleric Quintet etc etc. The dragonlance sets are also fantastic, i've read the Twins trilogy, the War of the Lance series, etc etc. I also love the Dark Sun books it is possible my favourte fantasy setting (et was criminally under-rated, you have to read those if you havent already, they're simply unbelievable. Get hold of copies of the Prism Pentad (5 books) and the Tribe of One trilogy asap!

You simply can't beat a good fantas book.

I'm just reading through Icewind Dale now (literally just started it) I love pretty much most of the Forgotten Realms series as well and I'm trying to acquire every Dragonlance book (i.e. all the off series such as Flint the King / etc.) I have quite a lot of the Gemmell books - must admit Waylander is one of my favourite characters as is Raistlin (from Dragonlance books) something about those really dark characters that draws me into the book.

If anyone hasn't read these then I highly recommend them.

MikeTimbers · 3 May 2006 at 13:26

I pretty much always read a book at least twice as I always get a lot extra out of the re-read. But books that have really been read to death:

Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time series (Please let him live to finish it!)
Stephen Donaldson's Covenant books
Pratchett
Dune (although not so much with the sequels - yawn)
LOTR
Ben Hogan's Fundamental Lessons of Golf