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Simon Haisell's avatar

A big re-reader here! I feel that if a book is worth reading it is worth re-reading. Each re-read reveals more and the experience gets richer and richer.

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Melissa Joulwan's avatar

Big, big, BIG re-reader. I've read Jane Eyre dozens of times, The Picture of Dorian Gray a handful, and I'm currently on my 4th or 5th re-read of the Wolf Hall trilogy, thanks to the brilliant @footnotesandtangents.

Those are all books that deliver more on subsequent readings — and I experience them differently each time because *I'm* different each time.

I also have a few comfort reads that I go back to: the Dick Francis mysteries (set in British horse racing of the 60s and 70s), Elizabeth George (British murder mysteries), the Gabriel Allon series by Daniel Silva (excellent espionage novels).

I would also happily re-read A Gentleman in Moscow, Still Life by Saran Winman, and Station Eleven right now. In fact, BRB... ;-)

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