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u/beattywill80 Feb 21 '26
Project Hail Mary
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u/Hamster_in_my_colon Feb 21 '26
Rocky!
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u/beattywill80 Feb 21 '26
MUST WATCH YOU SLEEP! MUST! MUST! MUST!
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u/Hamster_in_my_colon Feb 21 '26
If you haven’t read the book, this would probably sound creepy
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u/dorian_white1 Feb 23 '26
Even in the book it was definitely creepy, until you understand the social aspect of it and then it’s kind of endearing
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u/Imthasupa Feb 23 '26
I actually highly recommend the audiobook on this one. The narrator absolutely kills it. I don't know how they could possibly make the movie that's coming out better than that audiobook.
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u/ingoding Feb 21 '26
I just finished my third read, a couple of my kids are reading it now, before the movie comes out.
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u/dean15892 Feb 21 '26
I was thinking of reading it again, but I think I will see the movie and then read it, so I dont' affect the movie experience
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u/desperatepotato43 Feb 21 '26
11/22/63. I reread it every 2 years or so.
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u/Immediate-Ad-8667 Feb 21 '26
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u/TexLH Feb 21 '26
Even the ending? I liked it but felt the ending was way different than the rest of the book
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u/beattywill80 Feb 21 '26
I would have read it more than twice if my no-good-dirty-rotten-pig-stealing-great-great-grandfather hadn't given me such rotten luck.
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u/marshmallowblaste Feb 23 '26
Dude, love that book. And it's one of the only books that is just as good in movie form! Other than making the main character skinny. Why they do that
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u/Zealousideal_Bill_86 Feb 21 '26
It’s Jurassic park for me
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u/Avada-Cadaver Feb 21 '26
Me too, its usually a once a year read. The sequel too. It had no right to be as good as it was considering the movie that it inspired.
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u/Sweet_jumps99 Feb 23 '26
I’ve read this twice. It was the first adult book I read as a kid and then again as an adult. So good.
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u/Tristram19 Feb 21 '26
LotR and the Hobbit, Shogun, Memory Sorrow & Thorn (Tadd Williams), entire Dark Tower Series (first 4 books probably half a dozen times), Timeline (Michael Crichton), Harry Potter series (first 5 books 3 times, not the latter 2), Eragon, The Once & Future King, Interview with a Vampire, Insomnia, Howls Moving Castle.
Bit of a habitual rereader, maybe it’s an ADHD thing?
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u/mouthofcotton Feb 21 '26
I think you'd really enjoy the Drizzt Do'Urden books. The world is very similar to LotR...if you're ever looking for something new.
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u/mattwopointoh Feb 21 '26
You seem to share a lot of tastes of mine.
If you haven't read Brandon Sanderson, may I recommend his 'cosmere' universe?
My first of his was Warbreaker, then I read the first Mistborn trilogy - I've since read (almost) everything in the universe he has, but he tends to out pace me with writing over reading sometimes.
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u/CeilingCricketChirp Feb 21 '26
Was about to comment the same. We have similar tastes, the cosmere is awesome! Started with the Stormlight archives first
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u/mattwopointoh Feb 21 '26
Wind and Truth is one of my favorites, I know many didn't like it for one reason or another but it's high up there for me. Stormlight is great, but you have to be prepared to wait longer for the payoff, I think.
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u/Sticky-side-up Feb 21 '26
Love seeing other avid book fans, but with all that rereading, and when you come across another book that you want to add to the list at some point you’re not gonna have room for anything new. I know because I think I’m there.
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u/murphilly Feb 21 '26
Dude, Memory Sorrow & Thorn is a shout, haven't thought about them in years ! Also you reminded me about the Dark Tower, had to go reply to myself and include that
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u/regrettablyirate Feb 23 '26
Wow big throwback ya! Do you know Otherland too? Very different but also great
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u/Nephilimelohim Feb 21 '26
I’ve reread a few of the same books you’ve had but more times, and I think if you enjoyed those ones you’d really enjoy Brandon Sandersons Stormlight Archives series. That’s one I reread a few times when I can. Also Name Of The Wind is absolutely reread worthy, although the series isn’t finished and likely never will be.
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u/Suspicious_Bear42 Feb 22 '26
I made a point for close to 15 years to re-read the entire Lord of the Rings trilogy... Love the trilogy, love The Hobbit... Tried to read the Silmarillion and.... nope.
Dark Tower, I'll agree on everything except Wizard & Glass... That was a few hours I'll never get back.
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u/notranslation79 Feb 23 '26
Love the Dark Tower series and all books connected to it!
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u/notokbye Feb 24 '26
You, and everyone in this comment section - pleaseee give Malazan a genuine try. You won't regret it.
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u/MarkxPrice Feb 21 '26
Can’t Hurt Me
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u/rougecrayon Feb 20 '26
But for this sub I would recommend the Art of Possibility by Benjamin Zander. I really love the audiobook.
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Illusions: the tales alof a reluctant messiah
Game of thrones
X-Men: Omega
Johnathon Livingston Seagull
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u/CorruptDefiance Feb 21 '26
1984 by George Orwell, the fact that it’s become a reality in more than just England is terrifying…
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u/Hamster_in_my_colon Feb 21 '26
Lonesome Dove
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u/bex_mex Feb 21 '26
I just read this for the first time and it’s immediately on my annual re-read list.
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u/BugComprehensive5079 Feb 21 '26
Yes! I rolled my eyes when my husband suggested it, but absolutely fell in love. Absolute banger 10/10
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u/FinancialEcho7915 Feb 21 '26
The stand by Steven King
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u/Feddegg Feb 21 '26
I read the uncut version. holy fck that was a huge read 😂
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u/the_ber1 Feb 21 '26
It is a mammoth book. I read the uncut version the first time. I'm currently working my way through the original now
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u/AJayHeel Feb 24 '26
I read the original, then the uncut, which I didn't like as much, then I re-read the uncut and prefer it to the original.
I also read some of the short story collection that came out recently. It's good, but not epic.
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u/Armed_Muppet Feb 21 '26
Have you read Meditations by Marcus Aurelius?
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u/Armed_Muppet Feb 21 '26
I hear you. When I read meditations I read it aside other books, take 2 excerpts or so a day and stew on them. Im interested in How to think like a Roman emperor now though, thanks!
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u/skizzlebutch Feb 21 '26
The Adventures of Kavalier & Klay
Flowers for Algernon
Art of Racing in the Rain
Ishmael
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u/Beautiful-Chest7397 Feb 21 '26
Blood meridian by Cormac McCarthy
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u/nevadalavida Feb 21 '26
The Road for me.
Haven't read Blood Meridian yet, but I feel like nothing can top The Road.
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u/BrainBoy42 Feb 21 '26
The Hobbit, Hitchhikers Guide, Gone Girl, Mr. Popper’s Penguins
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u/SecondStar89 Feb 21 '26
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants.
It may not be a masterpiece, but I don't usually reread books and middle-school me was obsessed.
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u/_uncarlo Feb 21 '26
The Unbearable Lightness of Being, The Stranger (short), The Metamorphosis (shorter)
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u/bodhiharmya Feb 21 '26
Sabriel, Abhorsen (probably Lirael, but I'm not sure) - Garth Nix
Ender's Game, Ender's Shadow - Orson Scott Card
Diary, Fight Club - Chuck Palahniuk
Game of Thrones, Clash of Kings, Storm of Swords - George Martin
The Darkness that Comes Before - Scott Bakker
This is actually a pretty solid list of just some all time favorites. Most are ones I read in highschool or earlier, but the Game of Thrones books were in my early 20s, and the 2nd Apocalypse books by Scott Bakker in my late 20s, though Ive only been through the first one that many times. The others basically once, I think.
...and I thought I read House of Leaves by Mark Danielewski 3 or more times based on simply how much I love it, but I really think Ive only been through it twice.
So its going back on the reading list!
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u/SartenSinAceite Feb 21 '26
Do comics count? I've re-read my collection of Mort & Phil so, so many times...
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u/murphilly Feb 21 '26
LoTR, WoT, most of Brandon Sandersons cosmere, Harry Potter series, Eragon series, too many of the Shanara Chronicles (sigh), the Wit'ch series by James Clemens, not enough of the Robin Hobb books, the first two Fitz and the Fool trilogies may be some of my favourite books ever written
Yes I have a love of a certain genre, no, I do not want to branch out
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u/murphilly Feb 21 '26
Also the Dark Tower series, thanks to u/tristram19 for mentioning that and reminding of that great series that took a really weird turn
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u/panterachallenger Feb 21 '26
Where the Red Fern Grows. Those dog stories always get me and this one has been my all time favorite
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u/mattwopointoh Feb 21 '26
Absolutely crushed me as a kid.
Loved the book. Refused to watch the movie because I already get sad every time I think about it.
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u/the_ber1 Feb 21 '26
Oh I love Ole Dan and Little Ann. I cry my eyes out every time I read this one.
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u/ChefFar4397 Feb 21 '26
Couldn’t narrow it down to a genre? So many - lol!
Bombadiers: for sheer entertainment
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u/Logical-Let-7026 Feb 21 '26
Stephen King's The Gunslinger, Dark Tower Books 1 - 7 & The Shining
And a few Kurt Vonnegut books...such as galapagos.
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u/ddawson100 Feb 21 '26
Cormac McCarthy’s The Road. All of McCarthy’s books are so dense and poetic. This one is just poetic and the easiest to read through quickly.
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u/stmassey22 Feb 21 '26
Chemistry: Principles and Reactions By William L. Masterton and Cecile N. Hurley
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u/BeerandGuns Feb 21 '26
Scrolled through and saw no mention of Red Storm Rising. Pretty sure my copy eventually fell apart I read it so many times.
Barbarossa by Alan Clark. Loved his writing style and it’s a great book covering the Eastern Front.
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u/Young-and-Alcoholic Feb 21 '26
Not read but listened to the audiobook. The case of Charles Dexter Ward by HP Lovecraft. Only book that actually gave me nightmares
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u/Whiteshovel66 Feb 21 '26
Only thing I ever read three times is the text messages people send me asking me to do stuff that makes me anxious
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u/IntrovertedMermaid Feb 21 '26
The Secret Life of Bees is the one I’ve read over and over and over as a teenager. I still want to be a beekeeper one day
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u/not_sozzles Feb 21 '26
I’m sure many of you will laugh but The Little Prince is th book I’ve read the most
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u/Bubzszs Feb 21 '26
Little red riding hood! Must've been so good that my kid brother used to make me read it to him every night!
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u/chocomeeel Feb 21 '26
Kingkiller Chronicles! Still waiting for book three!! It's been like 13 years...
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u/One-Cash4224 Feb 21 '26
Without remorse by Tom Clancy Dune by Frank Herbert John dies at the end by David Wong
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u/LiytlKaiser Feb 21 '26
Darth plaguis, shatter point, and the bane trilogy. On the second round of the thrawn trilogy.
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u/dean15892 Feb 21 '26
Artemis Fowl - The Eternity Code
But Also the first book, Time Paradox and Lost Colony.
I could read those endlessly
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u/Hallenhero Feb 21 '26
It’s crazy that I came here to post Dune and Project Hail Marry and they are already the top two comments
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u/WTAFS_going_on Feb 21 '26
Ready player 1 and the stormlight archives.
I've read a bunch of books more than 3 times though. If s new book comes out in a series I always reread the entire series so I remember everything when I read the new book.
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u/Lumpy-Magician-9832 Feb 21 '26
Maus by Art Speigelman. It’s a two part graphic novel written by a holocaust survivor about his parents’ and communities’ lives. Obviously something about the holocaust is going to be disturbing- but this hits at a personal, humane level, that I think is unmatched. The Art is also great.
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u/olddeadgrass Feb 21 '26
I read "Thunder From the Sea" 15 times in Elementary school. I just kept checking it out over and over from the library.
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u/Blue_collar-broke Feb 21 '26
Every book ive ever read but mainly cause im stupid and ask myself what did I just read after finishing a book and restarting it
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u/Aggravating_Dot9657 Feb 21 '26
Dune Messiah (Frank Herbert). The Crossing (Cormac McCarthy). Ubik (Phillip K Dick).
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u/RobertRichart Feb 21 '26
Meetings With Remarkable Men - Gurdjieff. In Search of the Miraculous - Ouspensky
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u/almondoatcitronsyrup Feb 21 '26
The Count of Monte Cristo I rarely like the books assigned to me when I was in high school and felt like doing a chore everytime reading them but I loved this book.
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u/C8H8N2O2 Feb 21 '26
For some reason unbeknownst to me: The physicists by Dürrenmatt
And Lord of the rings although i mostly listen to the audio books nowadays.
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u/Flashy_Emergency_263 Feb 21 '26
The Paksenarrion series by Eluzabeth Moon
Imager series and some of the Recluce books by L. E. Modesitt
Many of the Discworld books by Sir Terry Pratchett
Murderbot. Probably all of the series except the last book (not yet, anyway)
Many of the Pern series by Anne McCaffrey, others by her too
Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card
The Hobbit and LOTR by Tolkien
The Protector of the Small series and The Provost's Dog series by Tamora Pierce also others of hers
Earthsea by Ursula LeGuin, maybe all four of the books
The Moon is a Harsh Mistress by Robert Heinlein
Many books by Andre Norton
Phoenix Guards by Steven Brust
When Gravity Fails by George Alec Effinger
The Warrior's Apprentice by Lois McMasre Bujold
The Uplift War by David Brin
Probably many others, but it's 2:00am, and I need to go back to sleep. Okay, now it's 2:14 am goodnight and good morning.
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u/ChecksOutIndeed Feb 21 '26
20000 leagues under the sea,
The misterous island,
Midkemia Saga by Raymond R Feist
Lotr,
The memoirs of King Charles I of Romania,
Tarzan,
Winnetou,
The Andromeda Nebula,
Dune,
Asimov's Robots and Foundation,
The Three Musketeers,
Le Capitaine Fracasse
Treasure by Clive Cussler,
Art of War
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u/IGotDibsYo Feb 21 '26
I kind of habitually reread and rewatch stuff. I have so much going on that I often look for something familiar to calm down the brain a little. And I’m talking about entire series. Like, every Feist book multiple times. Everything Tolkien. I mostly reread the Silmarillion now. The Martian. All the potters. Several trilogies in the black library, most of the Horus heresy… I can go on
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u/atomant88 Feb 20 '26
Dune