books you will never get tired of reading ;)

[wcladymacbeth]

Sparks movie thread of course inspired this. I was just thinking.. I eventually get tired of watching even my favorite movies. But books.. there are some books that I can just read over and over and never get tired of them.

Where the Red Fern Grows is one. I read it for the first time in 5th grade and I prolly read it about once a year. I cry every. single. time. I know it's sort of juvenile but I just love it.

Chronicles of Narnia. I've read these prolly 5 times in my life so far and I'll prolly read them a bunch more.

Pride and Prejudice.

Jane Eyre.

Newer favorites that haven't been in my life long enough to read more than twice but that I will probably read many many times: The Poisonwood Bible, The Lovely Bones, Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal (and other Christopher Moore books... freaking hysterical), Time Traveler's Wife


Sooo... I know I'm not the only diehard bookworm here. Spill it.

 

[Snark]

I'll cycle through my collection every year or two... Jane Austin, The Horatio Hornblower series, Lord of the Rings, the Dragon books by Anne McCaffrey, To Kill a Mockingbird, James Herriot's books, my collection of books by Rita Mae Brown, Susan Conant's books and James White's sci-fi series Intergalactic Hospital series...

 

[Dekka]

Malazan Books of the Fallen (by Steven Erickson)
Clan of the Cave Bear by Jean A Auel
ANY book by Greg Bear
Forge of God by Robert Sawyer
Hyperion by Dan Simmons
Ender's Game and the Shadow of the Hedgemon series by Orson Scott Card
Dune
The Red Mars, Green Mars, Blue Mars trilogy
Hitch Hikers Guide to the galaxy (all books)
Terry Pratchets Disk world series.

umm I know there are more but thats all I can pull off the top of my head.

 

[wcladymacbeth]

ohh yeah Clan of the Cave Bear.. I forgot that one. I've only read it once so far but I'll read it again I'm sure.

 

[elegy]

jurassic park
the lord of the rings
the harper hall trilogy by anne mccaffrey
the crystal singer trilogy by anne mccaffrey
the harry potter books
neverwhere by neil gaiman
the neverending story by michael ende

i think of them as "comfort food"

 

[Dekka]

I re read like people re watch movies. I think I have read clan of the cave bear at LEAST 10 times so far. Heck I have read the Malazan books of the fallen at least 3 times now (and they are relatively recent) I have read Anne McCaffrey's books, most at least twice. LOL but for me thats normal. To me they need to be a one a year re read to be up on my list..

 

[-bogart-]

i hear ya on the reread. I reread everything at least 2x's.

The earth children series by auel is in my top favorites also.
I read Clan of the Cavbear in highschool and was hooked. i so hope she writes one after The plains of passage.
I read everything from true crimes to fantasy to sci fi to romance with some nonfiction thrown in.

also another fav. series is the wheel of time ones.

I cant honestly pick a favorite book .

 

[Dr.Marie]

For me, the bible is a book I read endlessly...there is so much in it. God hides things in there and it's so cool when you find a hidden gem!

 

[Criosphynx]

haven't re read stuff lately, but in highschool I was hooked on the redwall series and would re-read them ALOT.

 

[CaliTerp07]

For me, the bible is a book I read endlessly...there is so much in it. God hides things in there and it's so cool when you find a hidden gem!

I think it's pretty cool that I must have heard the same passages preached as sermons 5+ times, but every pastor picks different things out of the passages. There really is a lot of depth to it all.

 

[Zoom]

The Earth's Children series by Jean M. Auel
Everything by Robin Hobb (Farseer Series/Liveship Traders/Soldier's Son trilogy)
Some of the Anne Rice books (Interview, Memnoch the Devil) and the earlier books in the Anita Blake series.

I'm already re-reading "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss because I know I missed a bunch of stuff the first time around. Very amazing read and can't wait until the second book comes out! *impatient*

 

[Whisper]

I go through books a lot faster than I buy them, so end up re-reading a lot. My #1 would be the Harry Potter books. I've read each of them at least 80 times.

There are a lot more but I'm drawing a major blank. I'll post them later.

 

[Saeleofu]

If Wishes Were Horses - I've read the one sooooooo many times lol

 

[crazy_paws]

Robin Hobb's books, particularly the Assassin's Apprentice Trilogy. I do hate the final book in the Tawny Man Trilogy though.

George RR Martin's books

Simon R Green's books, particularly the Deathstalker series.

 

[Taqroy]

If I make it all the way through a book there is a very good chance it will go into my obsessive re-reading phase. Lol. I read waaaaaay too much to not re-read books. I'd go broke trying to buy enough books to keep up with my habit.

 

[Fran101]

the time travelers wife, eat pray love

and the twilight saga! lol guilty pleasure

 

[eddieq]

I'll say the Bible as well. I like to compare different translations while I'm at it.

As far as novels and such, I love "Good Omens" by Gaiman and Pratchet. I've probably read that at least 30 times and have owned at least 5 copies. They keep getting loaned/lost/worn out.

 

[jess2416]

any Stephen king book

 

[wcladymacbeth]

I'm already re-reading "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss because I know I missed a bunch of stuff the first time around. Very amazing read and can't wait until the second book comes out! *impatient*

I'm FINALLY reading that now... I looove it! I'm still only about a 1/4 way through it but I just started 2 days ago (and I've been working).

 

[Whisper]

and the twilight saga! lol guilty pleasure

Me too. I understand why people hate it, but it is my guilty pleasure.