To Ten Tues: Reread

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November 4: Top Ten Books I Want To Reread (or if you don’t reread…would reread in an ideal world)

I do reread, a lot, so this one was just a question of narrowing it down.

1. The Count of Monte Cristo; Alexandre Dumas. There are some beautiful Penguin hardcovers of classic books, so I have a list of books to read to see if I want them. I’m not quite such a book collector that I’ll buy a book only for it’s pretty cover. I’ve read this one years ago, but I can’t recall if I liked it or not.

2. Elfhome Series; Wen Spencer. This series is up to four books. I have reread the first two so many times over the years, but haven’t yet reread the two newest ones, because there’s a pretty big gap in those publication dates.

3. Fiendish; Brenna Yovanoff. Every one of her books I’ve read is wonderful and strange, and well worth the revisit, but I think this might be my favorite.

4. Let’s Pretend This Never Happened; Jenny Lawson. It’s a great book for a laugh, and to make you feel like you’re not alone in your strangeness. Whatever weird you have, The Bloggess gets it.

5. Lies of Locke Lamora; Scott Lynch. It’s been a few years since I first met the Gentleman Bastards, it would be fun to start again from the beginning, especially since it feels like forever until the next one.

6. Pride & Prejudice; Jane Austen. It is a truth universally acknowledged that I will reread this book once or twice a year, probably for the rest of my life. Unless I get tired of Lizzy and Darcy, which seems unlikely.

7. S., J.J. Abrams. A complicated story within story book, with supplemental notes, faxes, and letters tucked into the pages, I’m sure I’d find more details with a reread.

8. Station Eleven; Emily St. John Mandel. It hasn’t been so long since I read this book, but it’s certainly one I will reread, for all it’s lovely phrases, and the slow unfolding of the end of the world.

9. Stranger in a Strange Land; Robert Heinlein. I went flipping through my shelves looking for a book with a good first sentence of the last chapter (because of a blog post), and discovered my fondness for fantasy and science fiction doesn’t lend itself to that exercise. But this was the book I found a good example from.

10. The Silvered; Tanya Huff. I love everything by this author, and have reread several of her series, but this is a stand alone, and so perfect for a reread.