Do you ever re-read a book?

I've been decluttering slowly, and I started with the books. So I have very few on my shelves now, but the ones I have I can pick up anytime. The Harry Potter series. The Lord of the Rings series. The Wind in the Willows. Several Dan Brown (am reading his latest, Origin. It doesnt disapoint). Yes to Annie Proulx.

OurKid1, the Malory Towers series and The Chalet School series were also my favourites when I was a girl, together with The St Clare's stories. Very dated now but how I loved them then.

My all time favourite 'Jane Eyre' never disappoints and I've re-read it a few times, likewise 'Coming up for Air' by George Orwell.
I loved the film 'Random Harvest, which is a great old B&W weepie and longed to read the book. When I eventually tracked it down I have to say that I was a bit disappointed as the film-makers had changed many details and even wrote the book from another point of view.

Not usually. I might start re-reading one but then the story comes flooding back and I stop.
The only book I have enjoyed reading cover to cover several times is The Alchemist - Paulo Coehlo. Parts of it touch me deeply. It reminds me of the song Nature Boy.

Yes. I often re-read after some years. When I was a child I would read again straightaway if I liked the story! My all time favourite then was ‘All the Mowgli
Stories’ An unabridged anthology from Kipling’s Jungle books. I was given it as a 9th birthday present and I adored it. I fell in love with Bagheera ( directly responsible for my later taste in men?) and cried at his parting with Mowgli.

Just written out list of books recommended here-43 books and some of them series! Better get started!
Thank you all for your contrbutions.

The one that I reread most as a young teenager was Flowers for Algernon.
Now I reread my books when I have nothing else to read. My eyes get tired very easily so that I can't read as much as I used to so I am not even getting around to reading new books.

All the time.

I agree Peardrop-more on my 'to read' list from here now.
My go to favourite is Marcel Pagnol's trilogy about his childhood-I'm pretty sure you can get it in English. Just gorgeous.
Was sick of hearing about Homer's Odyssey on University Challenge so thought Mmm why not have a go? It's 24 books! Lol!
Like the time I ordered Victor Hugo's Les Miserable from local library when musical first came out. It was 4 books of the smallest print! And at a time when I was working and raising DDs too-had to take those back!

I've re-read many, many, books, many, many, times. I'm such an avid reader, and a fast one, that acceptable authors don't churn out new ones fast enough for me. I shall certainly still be re-reading the Discworld novels until I physically can't (and I've read most of them at least half a dozen times each!) Quite often if a new book in a series I've enjoyed comes out, I'll re-read the others from the beginning in order to prolong the pleasure.

I loved Dervla Murphy’s books which I read many moons ago. I particularly liked ‘ Where the Indus is Young’. Must get a copy to reread. What a a lady, travelling independently and with little luggage apart from her bike!

I have been known to re-read a book but not often

I re-read books for two reasons. 1. It's been so long I've forgotten a lot of the story and 2. You can often get more out of a book the second time around.

I rarely read a book or watch a film twice. I just hate to already know what's going to happen. There are exceptions. Old films or maybe a book I'd read many many years earlier. But hubby can watch the same film several times. And been in the throes of re-reading his Terry Pratchet collection.

Tulip Fever Deborah Moggach
Mum's List. St John Greene

The whole of the Outlander series by Diana Gabaldon.

If you have Amazon Prime the first 3 series are available and they are very true to the books. In fact I might start rewatching the series too. You can’t get too much of a good thing.

inishowen, your Ballet Shoes comment reminded me that last summer I found a complete set of theMalory Towers books on a charity stall. Well ... I had to, didn't I? Took me right back to my childhood. I loved those stories and so-o wanted to be Darrell.
Should point out though that re-reading them and, knowing what I know now about how to write a good story, I realise that they weren't that well-written - lots of repetition and over-use of the word 'said'. Still I enjoyed a good wallow in the past.
Now I'd love to find a set of the Chalet Girl Series by Elinor Brent-Dyer.

SheilaSue Did you know that the Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Society is coming out on film - this summer, I think?

Don’t often re-read by choice but do often re-read when I don’t remember until I’m part way through, then I’ll have to continue and enjoy.
Every time there is a thread like this you ladies mention lots of books I haven’t read, I list them and place my order. Half a dozen more on the list this morning, thank you.

I re-read books and cannot let go of any book I have really loved. I have two favourites by the travel writer Dervla Murphy, one is called Full Tilt about cycling from Dublin to India which had been a childhood dream. The other is Where The Indus is Young about a 3 month trip with her 7 year old daughter. (She is an unmarried Irish mother). Has anyone else read any of her books.

I so agree with you, MOnica. I re-read Middlemarch every time I had a baby (3 times, in the days when they kept you in bed longer...) and have just finished listening to the wonderful Juliet Stevenson reading it on Audible - all 35 hours of it! And now ditto with Daniel Deronda. And have recently joined the George Eliot Society. What an amazing woman!

I'm re-reading the Poldark novels at the moment. Up to book 9 so far ...
I keep all my Marian Keyes, Bill Brysons and Maeve Binchys to re-read and do so probably every couple of years.

Gosh Eloethan, you sound just like me. In fact I could have written your post right down to A Secret History being my favourite book!!

Captain Corelli - read it loads of times. Most of Thomas Hardy. Me Before You- Jojo Moyes. Tolkien.
Actually I re-read a lot of books. it is like meeting up with an old friend. Now they are all on my Kindle I don't have sagging book shelves to worry about either.

I think it is ' The Guernsey Potato peel Society' Sheilasue