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Inspired by secret #3. Are there books you re-read annually or often?

I used to re-read Ella Enchanted about once a year, but I haven't read it in the past couple of years.

It's not a regular thing, but I have read Homecoming and Dicey's Song by Cynthia Voight several times. Every few years I get a hankering for it so dive back in. Sometimes I'll read the rest of the Tillerman books, but often it's just those two.

I revisit Tamora Pierce's books, most often among them being Protector of the Small.

They are all comfort books for me.

Wow, you just revived some long-buried memories of reading Homecoming and Dicey’s Song as a child. I couldn’t have told you those titles, but when you mentioned them, I looked them up and that was exactly what we read in second grade!

Maybe I’ll give them another look as an adult.

Whoa, second grade! That seems young. I think they hold up for adult reading, though you do have to remember they are a product of their time. There are some odd bits here and there.

I have a vague memory of Ella Enchanted being like ... eventually a deconstruction of the "spelled to follow every order given" premise, but also sort of submission!kink in stealth mode for young adults. In a G-rated book.

Not consistently, but I met someone on a trip who would re-read The Neverending Story and Preussler's Krabat like that, once a year. And I still think very fondly of her, because that inspired me to actually track down both of those books and read them. I'm not German, so I hadn't realized the ASP song, Krabat, was based on a novel. So great.

Fellow Krabat rereader here! I always reread it (though the last few years I listened to the audio play more) around Easter time every year.

*high fives you*

I used to reread Terry Pratchett's Nightwatch every summer but I've fallen off the past couple of years because I've been too busy to read a novel.

Not really. Though, I'll reread passages or short stories I like.

Treasure Island by Stevenson. I read it at least once every couple of years.
It was the book my mom read to me as a bedtime story when I was a kid and that ignited my love for reading and adventure stories. I made her read it to me at least five times. My sister was not very pleased with my choice, ahaha.
I usually read it when I'm feeling low because I still get that cozy feeling of being under the covers with my mom taking care of me. One of my most treasured (ehe) childhood memories.
(I do skim some pages, especially the ones describing the ships because I still don't get ships lol)

This is so sweet. I love it.

Oooh, good choice. I loved Treasure Island. Long John Silver was such a great, charismatic villain. And I got the impression that the author had done his homework with the logistics of his disability and his cane.

I tried reading a few other books by Robert Lois Stevenson, but alas. Nothing else was comparably good.

I’ve re-read Watership Down (childhood favourite) and The War of The Worlds (childhood bonding thing with my dad) more than once over the years.

There is nothing I reread annually. But there are books I reread frequently. Tolkien stuff, especially Lord of the Rings and the Silmarillion. Mary Stewart's Merlin Trilogy. A lot of Star Wars books. Dune series, especially the first book. Mistborn trilogy. Wrinkle in Time series. My book that is a collection of Edgar Alan Poe writings.

Of the Narnia books, I really only semi-frequently reread the first one and Magician's Nephew.

Used to reread Harry Potter a lot. And first four Sword of Truth books.

When I was a kid I reread a lot of Enid Blyton's books like the Famous Five and the Faraway Tree, and the Worst Witch series by Jill Murphy. I don't have the energy to read these days but I have fond memories of borrowing books from the library as a kid to read again and again.

When I was a kid, I reread Chamber of Secrets enough times to have it memorised (several times a year).

The Annotated Alice
Sherlock Holmes (almost all the stories)
Jeeves and Bertie books
anything by Edward Gorey, Bill Bryson or Oscar Wilde
my books about movies
most of my foodie books (writing about food, not exactly the same thing as cookbooks although I do have a lot of them)
among others

HHGTTG; Skulduggery Pleasant; Benjamin Ashwood (and pretty much all the indie Chosen One fantasy I’ve ever enjoyed); The Chronicles of St Mary’s; Small Gods (book 13 of Discworld); and Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ’s Childhood Pal
It’s actually pretty rare I read anything new anymore. I used to read Good Omens frequently but was already kinda bored with it around the time the show was announced. Once the fandom had their collective meltdown about it, I lost interest.

Since Dracula Daily, Dracula has become one for me! I'm a little behind on this year's re-read, but I like doing so-- I like that it's a buddy read experience with my gothy pals and also tumblr.

Good Omens I've reread a couple times, and some Stephen King I've read multiple times, ditto Poe and Conan Doyle. I tend to re-read short stories more often than novels.

I love Poe

Roller Skates by Ruth Sawyer.
The All-Of-A-Kind-Family series by Sydney Taylor.
Smilla's Sense Of Snow by Peter Hoeg.
Yesterday, I Cried by Iyanla Vanzant.

I've reread Omniscient Reader's Viewpoint (the webnovel!) at least 5 times now. I'm basically always reading it in the background of life. As far as more traditional novels go, I reread The Cruel Prince (the whole trilogy, actually) at least once a year.

Oh. What's The Cruel Prince like? I like the title.

Sherlock Holmes
The Hobbit
Lord of the Rings
The Hunt for Red October
Forlorn River and Nevada by Zane Grey
Various collections of poetry

Not every year, obviously, but I cycle through these on a three year rotation.

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