Which book have you re-read the most?

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Which book have you re-read the most?

Post by Pappa » Sun Nov 24, 2013 11:09 am

Mine would be Nineteen Eighty-Four. I'm guessing I've read it about 12 times. At one point I used to read it every year or so.

I've always liked the feeling I get re-reading a favourite book.

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Re: Which book have you re-read the most?

Post by Svartalf » Sun Nov 24, 2013 11:28 am

Either the stories of Howard Phillips Lovecraft, or ssome collection of Robert Howard stories, posssibly the Conan ones.
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Re: Which book have you re-read the most?

Post by Faithfree » Sun Nov 24, 2013 12:09 pm

Hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy
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Re: Which book have you re-read the most?

Post by Clinton Huxley » Sun Nov 24, 2013 12:29 pm

Prob the first Flashman.
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Re: Which book have you re-read the most?

Post by tattuchu » Sun Nov 24, 2013 12:44 pm

Good Omens is the only book I've gone back and read multiple times.
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Re: Which book have you re-read the most?

Post by Trinity » Sun Nov 24, 2013 12:57 pm

The Gormenghast Trilogy by Mervyn Peake- three times.

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Re: Which book have you re-read the most?

Post by rachelbean » Sun Nov 24, 2013 1:13 pm

I haven't read any book 12 times, but Crime and Punishment I read 5 times (and there were two translations). Others I've read a few times: On the Road, Rum Diary, Cat's Cradle, The Picture of Dorian Grey and Fight Club :hehe:
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Re: Which book have you re-read the most?

Post by pErvinalia » Sun Nov 24, 2013 1:13 pm

Wamphyri by Brian Lumley. It's basically Jason Bourne with vampires and wormholes. What's not to love?!! :)

Actually, I might have read the Bourne Identity probably as much as that.

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Post by Dries van Tonder » Sun Nov 24, 2013 2:16 pm

One Hundred Years of Solitude
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Re: Which book have you re-read the most?

Post by macdoc » Sun Nov 24, 2013 4:09 pm

Four or 5 would be my tops and then only re-reading series to catch up to the latest. ( Malazan Book ok of the Fallen series - that's a chore as each novel is 900 pgs )
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Perhaps Pillars of the Earth as a single book...3 times each about a decade apart or more. Enjoyed it every time.
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Re: Which book have you re-read the most?

Post by Ian » Sun Nov 24, 2013 4:12 pm

The Art of War by Sun Tzu (James Clavell's translation).


Although during my college years 1st place might have been The Complete Book of Beer Drinking Games. :ask:

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Re: Which book have you re-read the most?

Post by Audley Strange » Sun Nov 24, 2013 4:12 pm

I've read The Baroque Cycle a good few times. Like Pappa I've had many read-throughs of Nineteen Eighty-Four, but the book I have read most is Finnegans' Wake. (Yes Pappa the apostrophe is in the correct place.)
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Re: Which book have you re-read the most?

Post by macdoc » Sun Nov 24, 2013 4:49 pm

Finnegans' Wake
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Re: Which book have you re-read the most?

Post by Jason » Sun Nov 24, 2013 5:29 pm

Ernest Hemingway - Finca Vigia collection probably 3 or 4 times.
Notes from the Underground - 3 or 4 times
The Gambler - 2 or 3 times
Crime and Punishment - 3 or 4 times

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Re: Which book have you re-read the most?

Post by Tero » Sun Nov 24, 2013 7:00 pm

Gogol short stories. I don't read the whole book, various versions are sold. Has to have the Overcoat.

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