I have two. One is in my mind an obvious one that many people share in, re-reading Lord of the Rings. I don’t feel like this needs much explanation, so I’ll just share my personal experience. I was home in the third grade with a long sickness, I almost had to repeat third grade because I missed so much time. While stuck in bed I read many books, but the only one that stands out these days is the Hobbit. Then in fifth grade the Fellowship of the Rings was coming out in theaters. That got me to read LotR for the first time. I loved it then and I love it now. I definitely get more from it now as an adult, although I’m cautious because I know that Tolkien didn’t love allegory. But every couple of years, I find Lord of the Rings calling me. Inviting me back in the beautiful story that had become the cornerstone of modern fantasy.
The other is The Stormlight Archives. This is a bit different because it’s not all done. But I find going back through the series to give me a bit more each time. Now, I expect that to continue to surprise me on future reads because that’s how Sanderson is. He plays the long con like no one else.
Outside of those two, no other series gives me that same itch, to read over and over. What are your books or series and why?
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The hunger games series. Its so easy to get lost in the story, I re-read them twice a year
I reread Jane Austen. Her books are a comfort to me.
The Winter King and it’s sequels
Harry Potter and The Three Investigators. I’m not a fantasy fan, but HP is so magical and whimsical, I can handle the silly stuff. And the original T3I books by Robert Arthur instilled in me a love of magical or spooky mystery that, compounded with movies in similar veins, gave me a love of atmospheric stories.
I wish I could say *Fear Street* (the original series) but there are so many and I discovered them so late—they’re absolutely fantastic but I don’t have time to re-read them. But honorary re-reads.
I re-read Neverwhere every January. I’m on my 10th run-through right now. I cycle between the Chris Russell illustrated version, graphic novel, BBC cast adaptation, and Neil Gaiman’s Audible recording. The different versions keep the story fresh.
Rebecca by Daphne DuMaurier, Bag of Bones by Stephen King, Harry Potter, and the Shardlake series by CJ Sansom. ETA: Jane Eyre