I started re reading that book 17 years ago. I also love the Firebrand by Marion Zimmer Bradley.
Love most of Douglas Couplands novels, but especially Microserfs
Also Fannie Flagg, or Fried Green Tomatoes and Daisy Fay fame is a pretty good re read.
Watership Down
East of Eden
Huck Finn
Graves’ I, Claudius
I will also add my voice to those who tout Douglas Adams’ Hitchihker books. They’re always worth a reread.
Precious Bane
Merry Hall
Favorite Stories for the Children’s Hour
Watership Down
Dune
To Kill a Mockingbird
The Monday Horses
Jane Eyre
Stuart Little
Umberto Eco - The Name of the Rose (on my third copy in 12 years; first 2 fell apart)
Isaac Asimov - The Foundation Triology
J.R.R. Tolkien - The Lord of the Rings
Douglas Adams - The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
All of the Harry Potter books
As far as complete works/collections:
Edgar Allen Poe
Oscar Wilde
H.P. Lovecraft
Sherlock Holmes
Cecil Adams
(No, I am not sucking up. All of the Straight Dope books, as well as the above, are on the bookshelf behind the bed, within easy reach.)
Favorite. Book. Ever.
The only reason I haven’t re-read Steinbeck’s masterpiece time and time again is because there’s just too much to absorb, and I discovered the book only a couple years ago…so I’ve only had time to read it twice.
Only a few pop into my mind right now -
The Lord of the Rings
To Kill a Mockingbird
Breakfast at Tiffanys
All the King’s Men
Watership Down
Whenever I really like a book, I tend to read it over and over. I’m now in a phase where I’m forcing myself to read new books, not just reread. It’s gread to get ideas for “new” books from these threads.
Lots of good rereads.
Tolkien, Lord of the Rings – have reread that about yearly for 30 years now
Anne McCaffrey – any of her dragon books
Orson Scott Card – Ender’s Game
David Eddings – Belgariad, Malloreon, etc.
Then there are some favorite whodunit authors:
Dorothy Sayers – Gaudy Night and The Nine Taylors are the two that seem to get reread the most
Charlotte MacLeod – anything she’s written, always light and entertaining
Emma Lathen – the older John Putnam Thatcher books are always classics
I’m sure I could add to the list, but those are just off the top of my head. Which might account for the multiple boxes of books I move everywhere with me…
This series of books is one that I was going to mention! I just love James Herriot! I own all five books and have read them so many times I can quote large passages from them! One of my faves is the time he was in the RAF and they were giving an exercise demonstration for the Grand Marshall and that one fellow screwed it up at the end so badly. I laughed till I hurt!
I also reread Piers Anthony’s Apprentice Adept series a lot, and also Killobyte.
And there is one romance novel that I fell in love with–Morning Glory by LaVyrle Spencer. This story has moments that make me cry every time I read it.
Another vote for Still Life with Woodpecker by Tom Robbins. Also, I have several very well-worn copies of The Princess Bride floating around.
Lately, though, I’ve been hit by a nostalgia kick and have been diving into books I read a lot as a kid:
The Westing Game - Ellen Raskin
The Dark is Rising series - Susan Cooper
The Phantom Tollbooth - Norton Juster
The Great Brain - John D. Fitzgerald
Alvin Fernald, TV Anchorman - Clifford B. Hicks
the return of the TWELVES - Pauline Clark
etc…
Help I Am Being Held Prisoner, Adios Sheherzade- Donald Westlake
Adventures in the Screen Trade- William Goldman
Churchill- Martin Gilbert
Night Shift, Danse Macabre- Stephen King
Funnily enough the re-re-re-reads aren’t necessarily the best books I’ve read. More like comfort reads, really. My selection:
The War for the Oaks-Emma Bull.
Charmed Life-Diana Wynne Jones (and most of her other books too)
A White Merc with Fins-James Hawes
I’ll second Diogenes’ I,Claudius, though it has been a while since I read it.
On the sceming Romans theme, I’ve been getting sucked into Steven Saylor’s Gordianus novels in a seriously big way. I’m sure to re-read them, once I’ve finished the series. This even though they are who-dunnits and I would already know who-dunnit.
Anything by China Mieville also has as yet unrealised re-reading potential.
Hi,
Of course I had a long post written and POOFED! it (my own fault).
Ditto on the great Jane Austen (I even named my last dog Jane- she’s a great dog and deserves the namesake 
. I re-read *Pride & Prejudice & Persuasion * the most, and will use the BBC film versions of both, plus the recent Mansfield Park film to fall asleep too (tv sleep timers rule!) or listen too while I’m on the computer.
My absolute favorite re-read is *Lonesome Dove * by Larry McMurtry. Just a perfect, perfect read. It doesn’t have a single flaw except for maybe being too short 
. I also like the pre-quel of *Dead Man’s Walk * the best out of that series.
I am also in the very bad habit of not buying new reads often enough and only sticking to what I’ve read in the past. I have tons of books around so there is always something I haven’t read for a few years.
I have several…Anne if Green Gabeles , Wuthering Heights ,The Canterbury Tales ,and the Harry Potter series, to name a few.
I’m an inveterate rereader - I love this thread!
My favorites have been mentioned already: C.S. Lewis, J.R.R.Tolkein, LeGuin, Sayers, Heinlein, Vonnegut. I read most of these as a teenager, and I haven’t often reread books that I read first as an adult. I have sometimes wondered if I’m not as good a reader as I was then - don’t have the same kind of emotional investment in a story. It can’t possibly be that none of the authors I’ve read more recently aren’t as good.
Two exceptions, one minor and one major, to the above.
Minor exception: Wicked, by Gregory Maguire. I’ve read it twice and probably will read it again - I’m still trying to figure out what it all means.
Major exception: Terry Pratchett I’m going to be rereading these for years to come! And he just keeps getting better…
Thank you so much for mentioning this author!! My high school Latin teacher gave me one of his books to read, and I have never been able to remember his name!
I’m heavily into historical fiction, especially related to two particular eras: the ancient Mediterranean, and World War II. And these are my repeat reads.
Colleen McCollough’s Masters of Rome series. The standard by which all historical novels are to be judged. I’ve read all but the final book at least twice, and I’m working my way through that one now.
Nicholas Guild’s The Assyrian and The Blood Star. Excellent in every way. Anyone have a copy of The Blood Star they’re willing to part with?
Robert Graves’ I, Claudius and Claudius the God. They redefined the historical novel and made it a legitimate art form.
Steven Saylor’s Roma Sub Rosa series. The early ones are so-so, but they get better and better with each new one.
Stephen Thayer’s Pursuit. A brilliantly clever story of a Nazi assassin out to kill FDR.
Lothar Gunther Buchheim’s Das Boot. Beyond harrowing.
William Diehl’s The Hunt. More WWII espionage.
Beyond those two categories:
Ken Follett’s Pillars of the Earth. I think I’ve read it 6 times by now.
Ellen Raskin’s The Westing Game. My absolute favorite book from childhood. Brilliant at every turn.
Frederick Forsythe’s The Day of The Jackal and The Devil’s Alternative.
Many of the books I re-read have been mentioned, but to give added weight to a few of them:
Sharon Kay Penland–excellent historical fiction. I start one, then re-read them all.
Tom Robbins–Jitterbug Perfume* is a fantastic book, and Still Life with Woodpecker is as well. Add Fierce Invalids Home From Hot Climates and you have a really good read.
Susan Cooper–I read her each Midwinter.
Guy Gavriel Kay–I prefer Tigana, but everything he writes is magical.
Joseph Heller–Catch-22, I usually start somewhere in the middle, read to the end, then read the beginning. I don’t know why, but it works for me, and because the story is not sequential, it doesn’t change the book.
And to add:
Patricia McKillip–everything she’s written is excellent and well worth re-reading, but The Forgotten Beast of Eld is my favorite. I read it when I need to escape, want romance, and a good cry.
Cecilia Holland–another excellent historical fiction writer. My favorite is Rakossey, but again, she does not disappoint me.
At least once a year, usually twice for me. Hands down the winner on my bookshelf. The last few years I’ve also re-read All the Pretty Horses regularly.
From the sublime to the ridiculuous–
Tom Sawyer–I read it five times every year with classes and I never mind the repetition.
Huck Finn. What else is there to say? [Have you spotted the wooden leg joke Twain sneaks in there?]
Cannery Row–Never get tired of it somehow.
The Moon is a Harsh Mistress–I know, Heinlein was a nutcase, but I love that book.
I find Bujold’s Vorkosigan series wonderfully re-readable. I’m currently on Mirror Dance for the nth time.