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What book/audio book do you enjoy going back and re-reading (to the point you have to buy a new copy)? (Scriptures link Bible, Torah, etc. don't count :D)

This is hard (and I asked the question).

The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe & The Hobbit are up there. The Stand is as well.

[UPDATE Tuesday, May 3rd, 2011] Posted by Cliff Ravenscraft

I have a request.. I hope you don't mind Geoff... Would everyone here be willing to take the your well worn books and actually go in and create a new discussion topic in this "Book Discussion" group. I think we would get a great deal more discussions related to the books we are reading if each topic were lated to single book.

I think if each book had it's own topic, we would see the conversation around that book build over time as other people come in and see that book as a topic.

To create a new topic in this group, simply scroll up to the top of this page and click the "+ ADD" Button:

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Permalink Reply by Cliff Ravenscraft @GSPN on January 12, 2011 at 10:59pm

I'll admit that I'm lucky to make the time to read a book the first time. Haven't really re-read a lot of them. :)

Permalink Reply by Wayne Henderson on January 13, 2011 at 9:13am

For me, books/audiobooks I've purchased replacement/additional copies of are:

Gary Vaynerchuk's "Crush It" - I bought the paper copy, and then bought the audiobook version (and then bought another paper copy as a gift).

Tim Ferriss' "The Four-Hour Workweek" - I started with the original version on audio. I then bought the paper and audiobook versions of the "revised and updated" re-release.

Philip K. Dick's "UBIK" & "The Man In The High Castle". I bought replacements as gifts to a few people and I bought the audiobook versions later so I could enjoy them yet again, in a new way.

Permalink Reply by Cliff Ravenscraft @GSPN on January 13, 2011 at 7:50pm

Good call Wayne. Crush it is a book that I might go back through again.

Permalink Reply by Winnie Van de Broeck on January 14, 2011 at 2:02pm

The books that came to mind immediately where the books I read as a kid, although they are quite sturdy so I haven't had to buy replacements yet.

The books I probably read the most are 3 Roald Dahl books: Mathilda, the BFG and the Witches (I hope those titles are correct, I own the Dutch versions).

Permalink Reply by Maggie M on January 24, 2011 at 6:53pm

Winnie,
I love Mathilda! The movie was cute too!

Permalink Reply by Mary Juncker on January 15, 2011 at 4:16pm

Just finished reading "All Creatures Great and Small" by James Herriot for at least the third time.

Also, I've read "A Walk Across America" by Peter Jenkins more than once.

Permalink Reply by Rachel Jurado on January 19, 2011 at 10:07pm

I think I've read Gulliver's Travels 9 times. Good thing I have 4 editions. (Blame grad school.)

Permalink Reply by Shannon Kay on January 20, 2011 at 4:29am

Most of mine are childhood favorites I think. Little Women I definitely have multiple copies of. I've read The Chronicles of Narnia so many times that I practically have it memorized. I've read The Screwtape Letters at least 10 times, and I always seem to need more copies of Mere Christianity, though that sometimes gets loaned.

Another childhood favorite that I still reread today is the Anne of Green Gables series. My favorite is Anne of the Island and the cover on my paperback is definitely falling off.

Looking at it, I think I also have audiobook copies of all those books now. I know I have both unabridged audiobooks and dramatizations of the Chronicles of Narnia which have definitely saved my sanity in traffic!

Confession: for some reason Harry Potter audiobooks are the only thing I can fall asleep to. They distract me enough to keep my mind from wandering but I know them well enough that they don't keep me awake to listen. They're also long enough that they last a while as a bedtime book and I don't care that I've missed 20-30 minutes that played before my ipod went to sleep.

Permalink Reply by Mike Stone on January 22, 2011 at 7:16pm