KristinaBreece Posted September 18, 2011 Share Posted September 18, 2011 What books do you love to read? Which ones have you read over & over again, and which ones would you say you don't want to read AGAIN, but you're glad you read them once? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ria Posted September 18, 2011 Share Posted September 18, 2011 I've enjoyed so many....but the one that stands out as magical to me is Anne of Green Gables. The language, the dialogue, the emotions....the writing is superb and I love reading it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
staceyobu Posted September 18, 2011 Share Posted September 18, 2011 (edited) Ahhh.... favorite books... The Little House on the Prairie series have been my favorite since the age of 7. :D Harry Potter is delightful. Wuthering Heights. Anything by Barbara Kingsolver I will stay up late to read. Favorite nonfiction is the science book "A Short History of Nearly Everything" Twilight. *hides* I'm glad I read "A tale of two cities", but it sorta made me want to jump off a bridge. Edited September 18, 2011 by staceyobu Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carol in Cal. Posted September 18, 2011 Share Posted September 18, 2011 Lord of the Rings. I first read it in 7th grade, and it has been my favorite book ever since. Before that it was The Diamond In The Window. Love that book! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jennifer3141 Posted September 18, 2011 Share Posted September 18, 2011 It's the LOTR or Frank Herbert's Dune. I learn something new everytime I reread either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Night Elf Posted September 18, 2011 Share Posted September 18, 2011 Adult books for me, or kids books for the kids? Me? I love sci-fi/fantasy. My absolute favorite author is Piers Anthony and my second is David Eddings. I have read those authors again and again. But I will never, never read Lord of the Rings again. Ack! The kids? There were different favorites for different reading stages. Great ones: Things People Do. Mrs. Piggle Wiggle series. Red Sails to Capri. Walk the World's Rim. Horrid ones: The Giving Tree. Little House series. Doctor Doolittle. Mountain Born. Those are the ones off the top of my head. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NanceXToo Posted September 18, 2011 Share Posted September 18, 2011 Diana Gabaldon's "Outlander" series. Love, love, love. Fantastic story. Huge crush on Jamie! :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jennifer3141 Posted September 18, 2011 Share Posted September 18, 2011 Me? I love sci-fi/fantasy. My absolute favorite author is Piers Anthony and my second is David Eddings. I have read those authors again and again. But I will never, never read Lord of the Rings again. Ack! The last time I went through something really rough in life, I went back to Polgara and Belgarath and by the time I was done with the series, I felt well enough to get back into the battle. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LidiyaDawn Posted September 18, 2011 Share Posted September 18, 2011 My favourite series: The Southern Vampire series [aka: the Sookie Stackhouse books, the True Blood books] ..love love love. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Impish Posted September 18, 2011 Share Posted September 18, 2011 I'm with who ever said Anne of Green Gables, but I'd extend it to the entire series...with the exception of Anne of the Island. That's my least fave of the series, but even that I've read several times. To Kill A Mockingbird is another. Love it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mothersweets Posted September 18, 2011 Share Posted September 18, 2011 Favorite book? You can't have just one!! Precious Bane by Mary Webb To Kill a Mockingbird Kristin Lavransdatter by Sigrid Undsett A Tree Grows in Brooklyn Good Morning, Young Lady by Ardyth Kennelly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Mungo Posted September 18, 2011 Share Posted September 18, 2011 My favorites, I have read all of these at least 5-10 times Good Omens LOTR Persuasion Harry Potter Riddlemaster of Hed trilogy To Kill a Mockingbird Left Hand of Darkness and other books by Ursula Le Guin The Penelopiad A Room With a View Books that are wonderful books, but do not give me the greatest pleasure to actually read. I have read some of them more than once, but most of them just once: The Idiot Le Mis Atonement The Great Gatsby Mrs Dalloway Revolutionary Road A Passage to India any books by Edith Wharton Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parker Martin Posted September 18, 2011 Share Posted September 18, 2011 (edited) The Great Divorce is one of the few books I enjoy reading over and over and over. I'm generally not much of a repeater when it comes to books or movies, but there are a few exceptions, including certain books of the Bible. The Oxford Book of English Verse, the old edition edited by Quiller-Couch, may be my favorite book that I own. I do not like the current edition. A few books that I deeply enjoyed while reading but haven't repeated are The Great Gatsby, Wind in the Willows, Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (until he got to be about high school age, then I found this book a terrible chore), The Iliad, Benjamin Franklin's autobiography, and The Closing of the American Mind. I'll probably read those last three again sometime soon. There are others, but those are the ones I can think of off the top of my head. I like a lot of political books too, but I'm not going to get into those here. Suffice to say that I love Thomas Sowell's work. ETA: The Law. That's a repeater for me. Edited September 18, 2011 by Parker Martin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrsJewelsRae Posted September 18, 2011 Share Posted September 18, 2011 My all time favourite is Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pdalley Posted September 18, 2011 Share Posted September 18, 2011 (edited) Gone With the Wind Rhett Butler's People The Thornbirds (I know) The Godfather All of Jilly Cooper's Rutshire Chronicles. I got hooked after Riders came out in the mid 80's. (She's basically an English version of Jackie Collins but in a horsey/dog setting) To Kill a Mockingbird Madeline L'Engle's A Wrinkle In Time, A Wind in the Door, A Swiftly Tilting Planet The Melendy Series by Elizabeth Enright Anything by Larry McMurtry - Lonesome Dove and that series, Terms of Endearment and that series and even The Last Picture Show and that series. I love to read those over and over again. Either I get into a book or I don't. Edited September 19, 2011 by pdalley Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theYoungerMrsWarde Posted September 18, 2011 Share Posted September 18, 2011 Beauty by Robin McKinley Silk, Under Eastern Stars, Kingscote by Linda Chaikin (Almost) everything by Anne McCaffery and Tamora Pierce Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slartibartfast Posted September 18, 2011 Share Posted September 18, 2011 (edited) It's the LOTR or Frank Herbert's Dune. I learn something new everytime I reread either. :iagree: They are my favorites. I also read Jane Austen over and over. Any of them depending on my mood, Persuasion is my favorite and Northanger Abbey is my least favorite. “If I understand you rightly, you had formed a surmise of such horror as I have hardly words to – Dear Miss Morland, consider the dreadful nature of the suspicions you have entertained. What have you been judging from? Remember the country and the age in which we live. Remember that we are English, that we are Christians. Consult your own understanding, your own sense of the probable, your own observation of what is passing around you. Does our education prepare us for such atrocities? Do our laws connive at them? Could they be perpetrated without being known, in a country like this, where social and literary intercourse is on such a footing, where every man is surrounded by a neighbourhood of voluntary spies, and where roads and newspapers lay everything open? Dearest Miss Morland, what ideas have you been admitting?” I would have committed sabaku at this. I don't think I could receive that sort of dressing down from a Mr. Tilney that I quite liked and continued breathing. I cannot read it without cringing. :lol: To Kill a Mockingbird is another favorite. Good Omens Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier. I do NOT like My Cousin Rachel by the same. I always liked Lucy Maude Montgomery and her books, one can never decide whether one wants to be Anne or Emily. :) I love Kurt Vonnagut Edited September 18, 2011 by Sis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liz CA Posted September 18, 2011 Share Posted September 18, 2011 I've enjoyed so many....but the one that stands out as magical to me is Anne of Green Gables. The language, the dialogue, the emotions....the writing is superb and I love reading it. ...this one and "Chronicles from Avonlea" as well as "He shall thunder in the sky." This book truly had it all. And it was suspenseful as well as humorous. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LMD Posted September 18, 2011 Share Posted September 18, 2011 atlas shrugged Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Classical Country Mama Posted September 18, 2011 Share Posted September 18, 2011 Beauty by Robin McKinley So happy to see another Robin McKinley fan. I love them all (am crazy about Pegasus and can't wait for the other half), but the one I reread the most is The Blue Sword. (The desert! a handsome king! magic! horses! I fell in love with this book when I was 12 and never fell back out.) I also do a regular reread of Robert Jordan's WoT series. Yep. I'm one of those people. :D Every year I also read through LOTR and the Count of Monte Cristo. And everything by Jane Austen. (Yep, I'm one of those people too. :thumbup:) For soul-reads, it's the Bible and Leap Over a Wall, and when I'm in That Mood, it's Marriage Builder and Shepherding a Child's Heart (depending on who I'm in That Mood AT). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slartibartfast Posted September 18, 2011 Share Posted September 18, 2011 I also do a regular reread of Robert Jordan's WoT series. Yep. I'm one of those people. :D I like WoT, I am a bit annoyed the LAST one isn't going to be out until March, I thought it was supposed to be November. :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denise in Florida Posted September 19, 2011 Share Posted September 19, 2011 Good Omens Fluke Stupidest Angel - A Heartwarming Tale of Christmas Terror The last two (Fluke and Angel) are by Christopher Moore and require an Adults only tag. Angel may be the funniest book I have ever read. I laughed so hard I could not breathe. I read *highly edited* sections to my girls when they were teenagers and allowed dd20 to read it after she turned 18. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gailmegan Posted September 19, 2011 Share Posted September 19, 2011 The ones that I have read so many times the covers have fallen off: LOTR Chronicles of Narnia Stephen R Donaldson's Mordant's Need Other authors I have reread: David Eddings Stephen R Lawhead Madeleine L'Engle Melanie Rawn Um, yeah, I'm kind of a sci-fi/fantasy freak. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nono Posted September 19, 2011 Share Posted September 19, 2011 If it has to be a single book, hands down it is The Great Gatsby. Itis symmetrically wonderful. And I like the story too. ;) I'm also a big Hemmingway fan. Can't pick one though for second place. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ladydusk Posted September 19, 2011 Share Posted September 19, 2011 (edited) The ones that I have read so many times the covers have fallen off: LOTR Chronicles of Narnia Stephen R Donaldson's Mordant's Need Other authors I have reread: David Eddings Stephen R Lawhead Madeleine L'Engle Melanie Rawn Um, yeah, I'm kind of a sci-fi/fantasy freak. Wow. Eddings, L'Engle and Rawn. Three of my very favorite authors (add JRRT and Lewis, wow). Do you suppose The Captal's Tower will ever be written?!? I like Ray Feist and Tad Williams too (or used to like Williams, he's probably too racy for me now). Oh and Jennifer Roberson's Cheysuli series. My favorite book, though, is Island of the World by Michael D O'Brien. I read it earlier this year and it blew me away. (not SF/F) Edited September 19, 2011 by ladydusk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ipsey Posted September 19, 2011 Share Posted September 19, 2011 These are ones I re-read every several years. The Once and Future King Lonesome Dove To Kill a Mockingbird I, Claudius The Prince of Tides The Moon is a Harsh Mistress Some more, of course, but these are my favorite re-reads! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Violet Crown Posted September 19, 2011 Share Posted September 19, 2011 Aaaargh, so many.... I suppose if I were on a desert island, and the Bible wasn't one of the options.... Shusaku Endo, Silence Graham Greene, The Heart of the Matter Graham Greene, The Power and the Glory Homer, The Iliad Thomas a Kempis, The Imitation of Christ Patrick O'Brian, the Aubrey/Maturin books Anthony Trollope, the Barsetshire Chronicles Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wheres Toto Posted September 19, 2011 Share Posted September 19, 2011 Count of Monte Cristo Watership Down The Stand (and some other Stephen King) Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy Sword of Truth Series (Legend of the Seeker) anything Mercedes Lackey almost anything Dean Koontz The Hero and the Crown and The Blue Sword I read the Wheel of Time series years ago before realizing that the last book wasn't available. I own all except the last one and I'll have to reread them all soon so I can complete the series. I could see The Hunger Games falling into this category for me now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sushi's Mom Posted September 19, 2011 Share Posted September 19, 2011 Jane Eyre I have read it every year for the past 25 years. I also watch the Timothy Dalton version of the movie every year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thescrappyhomeschooler Posted September 19, 2011 Share Posted September 19, 2011 Oh, so hard to choose. Some of my all time favorites have been The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver, The Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley, A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving, and, of course, the Harry Potter books. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tntgoodwin Posted September 19, 2011 Share Posted September 19, 2011 Catch-22 The Giver 1984 Fahrenheit 451 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrixieB Posted September 19, 2011 Share Posted September 19, 2011 (edited) Favorites that get re-read periodically: The Cazalet Chronicle (4 book series) - Elizabeth Jane Howard September - Rosamunde Pilcher The Shell Seekers - Rosamunde Pilcher Outlander series, particularly the first book - Diana Gabaldon Maeve Binchy's earlier books K.M. Peyton's Pennington series (love love love these from my teen years) and of course the Trixie Belden series! :D I need more reading hours in my day! ETA: I totally forgot to list another favorite -- the Flambards series by K.M. Peyton. Can't believe I overlooked that one! Edited September 19, 2011 by TrixieB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gailmegan Posted September 19, 2011 Share Posted September 19, 2011 Wow. Eddings, L'Engle and Rawn. Three of my very favorite authors (add JRRT and Lewis, wow). Do you suppose The Captal's Tower will ever be written?!? I like Ray Feist and Tad Williams too (or used to like Williams, he's probably too racy for me now). Oh and Jennifer Roberson's Cheysuli series. My favorite book, though, is Island of the World by Michael D O'Brien. I read it earlier this year and it blew me away. (not SF/F) Yeah, I bought the first two Exile books years ago and am still waiting. I have this terrible compulsion though - I refuse to begin reading and then wait for the next book. I MUST read them all in a row. So I also have 12 Robert Jordan books collecting dust while I wait. Good thing I have a life to keep me busy :tongue_smilie: I haven't read any of the other authors you mentioned. I have Raymond Feist Fairie Tale but haven't read it yet. I should look into those. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
msjones Posted September 19, 2011 Share Posted September 19, 2011 Jane Eyre To Kill a Mockingbird My Antonia Les Miserables Gone With the Wind East of Eden If I had to choose just one it would probably be To Kill a Mockingbird. I also just love Jane Austen and reread several of her books every winter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gailmegan Posted September 19, 2011 Share Posted September 19, 2011 Favorites that get re-read periodically: The Cazalet Chronicle (4 book series) - Elizabeth Jane Howard September - Rosamunde Pilcher The Shell Seekers - Rosamunde Pilcher Outlander series, particularly the first book - Diana Gabaldon Maeve Binchy's earlier books K.M. Peyton's Pennington series (love love love these from my teen years) and of course the Trixie Belden series! :D I need more reading hours in my day! Which Trixie Belden is your favorite? I loved them as a kid and I saved a bunch of them. My favorite was #12 The Mystery of the Blinking Eye. I still have the prophesy/poem memorized. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LAS in LA Posted September 19, 2011 Share Posted September 19, 2011 Kristin Lavransdatter by Sigrid Undset (the Tiina Nunnally translation) Til We Have Faces by C.S. Lewis (how in the world did a man write that book?) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aggie Posted September 19, 2011 Share Posted September 19, 2011 atlas shrugged Me, too! Also, To Kill A Mockingbird. :001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newlifemom Posted September 19, 2011 Share Posted September 19, 2011 Books I read over and over: A Severe Mercy Jane Eyre Ella Enchanted Ballet Shoes And yes, I still read the children's books. :D Books I enjoyed but may not read again: Don Quixote [that is, if I ever finish it. :tongue_smilie:] Abolition of Man LOTR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alphabetika Posted September 19, 2011 Share Posted September 19, 2011 I really love a novel called The Bird Artist by Howard Norman. Only one person I've met has read it, but I've probably read it 15 times. Can't explain it - it just hooks me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ladydusk Posted September 19, 2011 Share Posted September 19, 2011 Yeah, I bought the first two Exile books years ago and am still waiting. I have this terrible compulsion though - I refuse to begin reading and then wait for the next book. I MUST read them all in a row. So I also have 12 Robert Jordan books collecting dust while I wait. Good thing I have a life to keep me busy :tongue_smilie: I haven't read any of the other authors you mentioned. I have Raymond Feist Fairie Tale but haven't read it yet. I should look into those. That compulsion is probably very good! My brothers have been reading the WOT books for decades, and I've never read one believing (as happened) that he would never finish! I didn't think Rawn was quite so untrustworthy having read her dragon books. I don't know if the Exiles story can be finished in one book, though. It's pretty involved. Anyway, I haven't read Fairie Tale, only his Magician series and some of the following books (and there are some more in the series too.) Based on your recommendation, I reserved the first of the Donaldson books from the library. Because I don't have stacks of purchased books to read ... :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrixieB Posted September 19, 2011 Share Posted September 19, 2011 Which Trixie Belden is your favorite? I loved them as a kid and I saved a bunch of them. My favorite was #12 The Mystery of the Blinking Eye. I still have the prophesy/poem memorized. Oooh, that is a hard question! I would have to say that #1 The Secret of the Mansion is my favorite. Next is #7 The Mysterious Code. I think it's time to open up the storage box and re-read the series! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Familia Posted September 19, 2011 Share Posted September 19, 2011 So many I have loved. Log of a Cowboy by Andy Adams stands out or Captain Singleton (the first 1/2) or Secret Garden or Little House on the Prairie series or Who Gets the Drumstick or The House of the Seven Gables or, or, or.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Georgiana Daniels Posted September 19, 2011 Share Posted September 19, 2011 I am a BIG TIME reader, but RARELY read a book twice. In fact, I can only think of 1 book that I'll continue to read over and over. It's called Eighth Moon, by Bette Bao Lord, about her life growing up in China under Mao. The first time I read it I was probably 11 or 12, and the story lives with me. It gave me a deep appreciation for freedom, and a realization that not everyone lives with the ability to make their own choices. I had my oldest read it in middle school, and the youngest will do the same when studying this period in history. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dolphin Posted September 19, 2011 Share Posted September 19, 2011 Jane Eyre . :iagree::iagree::iagree::iagree::iagree::iagree: All time Fav. I have never found a movie that truly captures it. They either make Jane to pretty or Rochester to handsome. My favorite author who is still writing is Richard Russo. My favorite of his books is Nobody's Fool, but I am waiting as he may yet write something that is even more amazing then spending time with Sully. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dolphin Posted September 19, 2011 Share Posted September 19, 2011 Favorites that get re-read periodically: The Cazalet Chronicle (4 book series) - Elizabeth Jane Howard September - Rosamunde Pilcher The Shell Seekers - Rosamunde Pilcher Outlander series, particularly the first book - Diana Gabaldon Maeve Binchy's earlier books K.M. Peyton's Pennington series (love love love these from my teen years) and of course the Trixie Belden series! :D I need more reading hours in my day! ETA: I totally forgot to list another favorite -- the Flambards series by K.M. Peyton. Can't believe I overlooked that one! Do you live in the UK? I love the Cazalet's and Rosumunde Pilcher too. About 10 years ago I went to the village in Cornwall that she was staying in while writing the Shell Seekers, it brought it to life. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Mungo Posted September 19, 2011 Share Posted September 19, 2011 :iagree::iagree::iagree::iagree::iagree::iagree: All time Fav. I have never found a movie that truly captures it. They either make Jane to pretty or Rochester to handsome. I agree that the actors are frequently too good looking. Who can believe Timothy Dalton when he talks about how unhandsome he is? Crazy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nono Posted September 19, 2011 Share Posted September 19, 2011 I am a BIG TIME reader, but RARELY read a book twice. In fact, I can only think of 1 book that I'll continue to read over and over. It's called Eighth Moon, by Bette Bao Lord, about her life growing up in China under Mao. The first time I read it I was probably 11 or 12, and the story lives with me. It gave me a deep appreciation for freedom, and a realization that not everyone lives with the ability to make their own choices. I had my oldest read it in middle school, and the youngest will do the same when studying this period in history. Whoa -- I have that book on my nightstand. If you've read it several times, I'd better get to it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs.MacGyver Posted September 19, 2011 Share Posted September 19, 2011 My favorites are mostly based on the authors. These are the ones I re-read over and over again... Tolkien, Harry Potter John LeCarre - Smiley's People, Tinker,Tailor,Soldier,Spy, etc. - British Cold War spy novels Anne McCaffrey's Dragonriders of Pern series Bernard Cornwell's Winter King series - a more realistic take on the King Arthur story And, almost anything in the dystopian/sci-fi/fantasy range... A Brave New World, We the Living, Handmaid's Tale, 1984, We, The Giver series, Green Angel, Hunger Games OH! While we are talking about great books.... DD and I just read a wonderful new fantasy/teen book that just came out this year called Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children. If you loved Harry Potter, I would think that you would really like this one. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Mungo Posted September 19, 2011 Share Posted September 19, 2011 OH! While we are talking about great books.... DD and I just read a wonderful new fantasy/teen book that just came out this year called Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children. If you loved Harry Potter, I would think that you would really like this one. :D Oh, did you like that one? I have been eyeing it on my Nook, but it had mixed reviews. Guess I will buy it now! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs.MacGyver Posted September 19, 2011 Share Posted September 19, 2011 Oh, did you like that one? I have been eyeing it on my Nook, but it had mixed reviews. Guess I will buy it now! I did like it quite a bit (couldn't put it down kind of thing). Honestly, I picked it up just based on the cover and title not knowing what it was about, but the story was really different and the pictures are bizarre and interesting. Will you be able to see the photographs from the book on your nook? I thought they really added to the story. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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