Most reread books...?

lavaluvn gansecki at hawaii.edu
Mon Aug 16 10:16:40 UTC 2004


Aloha everyone,
  Last week TLC had a link to an ALA article on the most reread 
books and it got me to wondering.  It mentioned that the books we 
tend to reread most are usually ones we encountered as 
children/teens, and it gave a list of some of the most popular 
(Harry Potter & Pride and Prejudice were the ones I identified 
with). I can only think of two book series I've gotten hooked on 
enough to reread (and reread and reread) since becoming an adult, 
but there were plenty in the teen years.  IN fact, just thinking 
about what I used to read made me crave some of them again. 

 So I'm wondering, what books do my fellow HP fanatics love outside 
of HP? I'll list a few of my favorites:
Elizabeth Peters' Amelia Peabody mysteries 
AS Byatt's Possession (probably a sin to admit it here in HP world, 
but I still love the book)
Robin MCKinley's The Blue Sword (one of my all-time favorites, still)
Anne McCaffery's Dragon books (the original 6)
Dorothy Sayers' Lord Peter mysteries
L'Engle's Wrinkle in Time and Swiftly Tilting Planet (first science 
fiction book I ever read)
Susan Cooper's Dark is Rising series
Douglas Adams' Dirk Gently books
Ursula LeGuin's Earthsea books
David Eddings' Belgariad
Peter Beagle  "The Last Unicorn"
Narnia, some of Andre NOrton's old Witch World books
RA MacAvoy "Tea with the Black Dragon" (probably kind of dated now, 
but what a neat idea for a main character)

OK, that is or was my comfort food for the soul, when I need to 
escape to another, familiar and comfortable world.  What do you 
folks REread aside from Harry.

-Andromeda






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