What books have you read more than once?
An interesting quote of the day from GoodReads has got me thinking.
“If you would tell me the heart of a man, tell me not what he reads, but what he rereads.” - François Mauriac
According to my best recollections at my GoodReads account I've read something like a thousand books. Among them I've read the following more than once:
- African Rifles and Cartridges, by John "Pondoro" Taylor
- The AK47 Story: Evolution of the Kalashnikov Weapons, by Edward Clinton Ezell
- American Hunting Rifles: Their Application in the Field for Practical Shooting, by Craig Boddington
- The Andromeda Strain, by Michael Crichton [The first novel I ever owned]
- Anvil of Stars, by Greg Bear
- Beyond Fair Chase: The Ethic and Tradition of Hunting, by Jim Posewitz
- The Body, by Stephen King
- The Book of the Garand, by Julian S. Hatcher
- Combat Shotgun And Submachine Gun: A Special Weapons Analysis, by Chuck Taylor
- The Complete Book of Combat Handgunning, by Chuck Taylor
- The Complete Walker III, by Colin Fletcher
- Cooper on Handguns, by Jeff Cooper
- Dune, by Frank Herbert
- Dune Messiah, Frank Herbert
- Endymion, by Dan Simmons
- The Fall of Hyperion, by Dan Simmons
- The Fighting Rifle, by Chuck Taylor
- Fireworks, by Jeff Cooper
- The Forge of God, by Greg Bear
- Goodnight Moon*, by Margaret Wise Brown
- Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies, by Jared Diamond
- Hyperion, by Dan Simmons
- The Illiad, by Homer (Fagle translation)
- Longbow: A Social and Military History, by Robert Hardy
- Lucifer's Hammer, by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle
- The Man in the High Castle, by Philip K. Dick
- The New Testament, by multiple authors
- The Odyssey, by Homer (Fagle translation)
- Of Arms and Men: A History of War, Weapons, and Aggression, by Robert L. O'Connell
- On Killing: The Psychological Cost of Learning to Kill in War and Society, by Dave Grossman
- Plagues and Peoples, by William H. McNeill
- The Polar Express*, by Chris Van Allsberg
- Ringworld, by Larry Niven
- The Rise of Endymion, by Dan Simmons
- The Runaway Bunny*, by Margaret Wise Brown
- Safari Rifles: Doubles, Magazine Rifles, and Cartridges for African Hunting, by Craig Boddington
- Shots at Big Game, by Craig Boddington
- Slaughterhouse Five, by Kurt Vonnegut
- The Snowy Day*, by Ezra Jack Keats
- Stalking & Still-Hunting (The Ground Hunter's Bible), by G. Fred Asbell
- The Stand, by Stephen King
- Starship Troopers, by Robert Heinlein
- Startide Rising, by David Brin
- Sundiver, by David Brin
- Where the Wild Things Are*, by Maurice Sendak
- Why God Won't Go Away: Brain Science and the Biology of Belief, by Andrew Newberg, Eugene D'Aquili and Vince Rause
* Okay, the books we read the kids may be a cheat, but these are among the better ones and we read them many, many times.
There are probably a couple others; I'll think on it.
How about you?