Which books you re-read so many times that they almost fell apart?
Never had a book that was my absolute favorite and I would read it more than once. I have a friend that loves pride and prejudice so much that she always takes the book in her bag wherever she goes.
No book of mine is going to fall apart no matter how many times I read it. It’s just a question of proper care.
HanSan36 on
A Room with a View
Neverreadthemall on
Pride and prejudice for me too! I literally had to buy a new copy because my old one started to fall to pieces.
RummyMilkBoots on
4 or 5 cookbooks.
elizabethwolf on
When I was younger The Abarat by Clive Barker fell completely apart and I ended up replacing it. Other than that Fellowship of the Ring and the Goblet of Fire are in rough shape after rereads.
ConsciousRoyal on
Good Omens – Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaimen.
Read 12 times – been with me to 9 countries
Past-Wrangler9513 on
It used to be Harry Potter, I used to re-read the entire series every year. As an adult I haven’t found that book yet.
VivaVelvet on
*The Master and Margarita*, *Gravity’s Rainbow*, and *The Joy of Cooking*.
Corfiz74 on
I read my old paperback copy of the LOTR so many times as a kid that it completely fell apart. When we did our school vocational internship in 10th grade, I did that with a bookbinder and rebound it as a hardcover. I cut out the iconic title pictures and pressed that onto the new title pages. So now I own a completely unique version of The Lord of the Rings! ☺️
Patient-Classroom711 on
*cue someone coming to declare they take *too* good care of their books for this to happen, instead of just not answering because the question doesn’t apply to them*
Anyway, mine was A Million Little Pieces. I understand the flack it gets because of the controversy and people hating the writing style, but I was young when I first read it and my mother was entering rehab so it came at the right time for me.
I read it so many times and it traveled with me so far that you could roll the entire thing up like a newspaper and the final few pages were just tucked in, having come loose from the book all together. I still love this book. It still makes me feel like that scared, hopeful teen who wanted the best for her mom but knew it probably wouldn’t come.
PatchworkGirl82 on
I just had to tape up my copy of The Historian; I read it every year for Halloween and it’s really starting to show its age.
Alternative_Bed_5018 on
Jane Eyre. My parents got me my first copy when I was twelve and I read it every couple years because I keep getting something new out of it each time. Finally had to buy a new copy so I didn’t completely destroy my original haha
Scared_Butterfly_724 on
Mine is a series, The Mallorean by David Eddings.
dear_little_water on
When I was a kid, I re-read Charlotte’s Web over and over that it should have fallen apart. I’ve always been neurotic about keeping my books in good condition. The house could be falling down around me, but at least the books are okay.
yuyuyashasrain on
Cry of the wind by sue harrison. It’s the second in a trilogy but the first one i found, and its poor paper cover is missing the whole spine. A couple of signatures in the middle are completely detached, so I don’t bring it with me anymore. It’s safe where it is and now I read it a chunk at a time and leave the rest on the shelf
prefixbond on
Alice in Wonderland when I was a kid. Now I named my daughter after her.
CaptainCapitol on
Eisenhorn by Dan Abnett I’ve had to buy it three times.
Damn paperbacks.
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Watership Down,
All Creatures great and small,
Up the Down Staircase
No book of mine is going to fall apart no matter how many times I read it. It’s just a question of proper care.
A Room with a View
Pride and prejudice for me too! I literally had to buy a new copy because my old one started to fall to pieces.
4 or 5 cookbooks.
When I was younger The Abarat by Clive Barker fell completely apart and I ended up replacing it. Other than that Fellowship of the Ring and the Goblet of Fire are in rough shape after rereads.
Good Omens – Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaimen.
Read 12 times – been with me to 9 countries
It used to be Harry Potter, I used to re-read the entire series every year. As an adult I haven’t found that book yet.
*The Master and Margarita*, *Gravity’s Rainbow*, and *The Joy of Cooking*.
I read my old paperback copy of the LOTR so many times as a kid that it completely fell apart. When we did our school vocational internship in 10th grade, I did that with a bookbinder and rebound it as a hardcover. I cut out the iconic title pictures and pressed that onto the new title pages. So now I own a completely unique version of The Lord of the Rings! ☺️
*cue someone coming to declare they take *too* good care of their books for this to happen, instead of just not answering because the question doesn’t apply to them*
Anyway, mine was A Million Little Pieces. I understand the flack it gets because of the controversy and people hating the writing style, but I was young when I first read it and my mother was entering rehab so it came at the right time for me.
I read it so many times and it traveled with me so far that you could roll the entire thing up like a newspaper and the final few pages were just tucked in, having come loose from the book all together. I still love this book. It still makes me feel like that scared, hopeful teen who wanted the best for her mom but knew it probably wouldn’t come.
I just had to tape up my copy of The Historian; I read it every year for Halloween and it’s really starting to show its age.
Jane Eyre. My parents got me my first copy when I was twelve and I read it every couple years because I keep getting something new out of it each time. Finally had to buy a new copy so I didn’t completely destroy my original haha
Mine is a series, The Mallorean by David Eddings.
When I was a kid, I re-read Charlotte’s Web over and over that it should have fallen apart. I’ve always been neurotic about keeping my books in good condition. The house could be falling down around me, but at least the books are okay.
Cry of the wind by sue harrison. It’s the second in a trilogy but the first one i found, and its poor paper cover is missing the whole spine. A couple of signatures in the middle are completely detached, so I don’t bring it with me anymore. It’s safe where it is and now I read it a chunk at a time and leave the rest on the shelf
Alice in Wonderland when I was a kid. Now I named my daughter after her.
Eisenhorn by Dan Abnett I’ve had to buy it three times.
Damn paperbacks.