Not including short story collections, poetry collections, anthologies, etc.
For me, I believe it’s Oroonoko by Aphra Behn because it was on the syllabus for three different classes that I took in college. Other than that, the most I’ve read a single book is twice, and that was Telegraph Avenue by Michael Chabon. I’ve read Dracula 1.5 times. Didn’t finish it the second time around.
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The only books I’ve ever reread are the Hobbit/lotr. I finished my 4th reread earlier this year. And I’ll do it again!
1984 is the only book I’ve taught every single year since I became a teacher and had read on my own before that.
It, by Stephen King. I must have read that book almost 50 times and it just keeps getting better.
Earth’s Children series by Jean Auel, The Chronicles of Narnia by C. S. Lewis, Otherworld Series by Kelley Armstrong and a very old favorite romance…The Wolf and the Dove by Kathleen Woodiwiss.
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone.
And it will probably stay that way forever. I’ve read the series a couple of times, when I was younger and the first one used to be my comfort book for years. If I’m including listening to the audiobook, then I’ve read that one at the very least 10 times, probably more like 20 times.
So my favourite book was the secret garden and I read it about five times during my childhood.
The Alchemist or Catcher in the Rye. I like how my perspective of the characters change as I get older in the Catcher, and I always pick up on something different when I read the Alchemist.
The Color Purple.
The Host by Stephanie Meyer
The Road Home by Ellen Emerson White.
Randomly picked it up from the library in middle school and must have read it like 8 times. Still own a hard copy of it in my personal library.
It’s an exploration of self doubt, healing and recovery. A journey through the personal growth and development of someone who decided to join the military because they wanted to become part of something, to be important, and it fractured everything they thought they knew about themselves.
It had a huge impact on my younger self.
Doomsday Book by Connie Willis. I’ve read it once every few years for the last 30 years. It’s my comfort book.
I don’t reread books a lot anymore for time reasons. Even if I like a book, I usually go digging into the authors body of work. Books that do get a reread also get a spot on my personal book shelf.
But then there’s the Percy Jackson series, esp volume 1 – it’s just comforting and sometimes I need to conjure the illusions of safety I had as a kid. Life is rough, but then there’s this nostalgic and affirming book of victories over fictionalized mythological monsters. I’ve lost track of how many times I reread this tbh.
I’ve read Harry Potter countless times, I used to read the whole series every summer break, it was just so comforting.
Apart from that I’ve also read “To kill a mockingbird” a good few times, I love the story, the narrative and the humour !
It’s a toss-up between two perennial favorites;
Neal Stephenson’s “Cryptonomicon”@1999, Avon Books and Iain M. Bank’s “The Algebraist”@2004, Orbit. Both of these excel in character development, compelling narrative, adventure, and world building. Over the decades I believe I’ve read each 4 times.
Honorable mention: Ray Bradbury’s “Something Wicked This Way Comes”@1962 at least 4 times but pre-millennial. Also, a much shorter read.