Books you've read more than once.

[The_Julian]

Since I tend to be the type that enjoys a new experience more than a tried one, it's a select few books that I've actually felt the urge to reread. 

On this list, I include:

World War Z by Max Brooks
Catch-22 by Joseph Heller
Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy Douglas Adams

Anyone else have these?

[Navarre]

I have Hitchhiker's and have never read it. Guess that's crazy.

I have read the Dragonlance Trilogy and Jonothan Livingston Seagull more than once. I think that's it.

Come to think of it, I used to reread those Nick Carter and Mack Bolan spy books too.

[schleicher12000]

Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (all the books) about a babillion times
Goodnight Moon (hey, what can I say, my son is demanding)
The Illuminatus! Trilogy (I pick it up and read it about every five years or so)

[Aubreii]

Hitchhikers.

The Warlord Trilogy by Bernard Cornwell.  I can't recommend these books enough.  I read them annually, to the point where I packed all 3 in my bags when I went backpacking.  I've even had the missus read it now and she is hooked. www.bernardcornwell.net.  It's a take on Arthurian legend that stands out from any other I have read as exceptional.

I've read a few books multiple times for uni but the warlord ones stand out.

[xpeterx]

lord of the rings
the drenai Chronicles by David gemmel

[Otter Disaster]

The Illuminatus Trilogy by Robert Anton Wilson/Robert Shea. 

I try to read this at least every two years if not every year. I didn't get it at all the first time I read it, I got it a little bit the second.  Then I basically read everything of Wilson's I could get my hands on and that gave me a different foundation with which to approach the book. 

I figure if I can read it a hundred times I might be able to glean most of the little jokes, references, and plot points out of it.  You'll want to throw it against the wall when you start, but if you can get 150 or so pages in you'll most likely finish it. Nonlinear story telling, time jumping, dozens of intertwining plots and subplots involving several major and dozens of minor characters.

It is a brain changing book.  I can chart my change in world view, political leanings, and self image through my readings and increasing understanding of this novel.

Profound, profane and sometimes pornographic, Illuminatus to me is a work of genius.

[Slappy]

All of the Lord of the Rings
All Narnia
Bible
Dragonlance Chronicles, and Twins trilogies
Biography's of Mozart & Beethoven by Maynard Soloman.
All Harry Potter except the last.
Catcher in the Rye (Never leave the house without it)

[Aubreii]

I've read Narnia more than once.  also The chronichles of Prydain which is where we get 'The Black cauldron'.  Extremely good books that arent jsut for kids.

[Gaumer]

Catcher in the Rye (Never leave the house without it)

ROFL

Somewhere in a government database, you are on a list.

[morpheus11]

I can actually say that I have never read a book more than once.  I have tried, but once I start rereading something I remember every thing that happened and then the book isn't as fun to read.  This happens with comics too.  I can usually look at the cover and maybe read the first page and can tell you everything that happened in that issue.

Sometimes this is good, but other times it is a curse. 

Some books that I would like to reread:

Tom Clancy Without Remorse
Tom Clancy Rainbow Six
All of the RA Salvatore books

[Gibralter]

Legend by David Gemmell probalby the best low fantasy book I have ever read.

[greyman24]

Have to say that I've re-read most of my books.

Top of the list, though?

The Demolished Man, by Alfred Bester
Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Songs of Distant Earth, by Arthur C. Clarke
The "Foundation" books by Isaac Asimov
The Stars My Destination, by Alfred Bester
The Forever War, by Joe Haldeman
Stranger in a Strange Land, by Robert Heinlein
The Sparrow, by Mary Doria Russell
Wonder Boys, by Michael Chabon
Doomsday Book, by Connie Willis

Honestly, I've got most of Connie Willis's books and re-read them constantly. Same for William Gibson, but it's been awhile since I re-read his (outside of the new ones--Pattern Recognition and Spook Country).

There are a lot more. I re-read them because:
A) I'm a cheap bastard who doesn't want to spend more money
B) I have a horrible memory and forget parts, and
C) these are books with wonderful insight that always give me more--not just because of the depth of their narrative, but because I am a different person every time I read them. Gatsby is relevant to me in an entirely different way than it was relevant to me in high school.

[greyman24]

I've read Narnia more than once.  also The chronichles of Prydain which is where we get 'The Black cauldron'.  Extremely good books that arent jsut for kids.

I haven't read the Prydain books for years, but remember loving them. I also had an issue with the Disney movie.

[campaigner]

I'm gonna jump on the band wagon here and say that I've read the Hitchhiker's Guide more than once. The first part I think I've read about seven times, but I've read each individual book at least three times (I wrote parts of my master thesis on the books, so I've had to re-read them). The first two books ranked as my favourite novels for many years, but now I also really enjoy the fifth book.

I've re-read some other books at least partially, mainly for university: Brave New World, A Midsummer Night's Dream, The Island of Dr. Moreau.

But I hardly get around to read books a second time. There's still some new books that I don't know and that I want to read.

[That Ninja]

I have read the Dragonlance Trilogy

Is there more then one dragon lance series?  I've read a trilogy set in the dragon lance universe (the only dragon lance books I've read).

More on the subject, I've read all the harry potter books more then once, and also the first three Dune books (the only ones that exist to me lol).