Ten Books I Want to Re-Read: I am a massive re-reader. I love it. I love the comfort of it, the new discoveries, the simplicity, so picking 10 is difficult for me.
Good Omens by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman - Good Omens is a must read for anyone who likes to laugh and doesn't mind off-the-wall irreverent humor. (would be my fourth reading)
The Crimson Petal and the White by Michel Faber - An insightful look at the lives of Agnes and Sugar, the wife and the mistress of William Rackham, this book addresses issues of gender and sexuality in Victorian England. (would be my second reading)
The Monk by Matthew Gregory Lewis - The entire story is just such a wonderful surprise as the three stories rather effortlessly flow in and out of each other, each one sensationally Gothic in nature. (would be my second reading)
The Night Circus by Emily Morganstern - While the characters in this novel - of which there are many - are some of the most unique, intriguing, complex, and eccentric characters I have ever read, what really steals the show in this novel is the setting. (would be my second reading)
The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath - This one made the list primarily because of all the positive reviews of Belzhar by Meg Wolitzer and my strong desire to do a paired reading of these two books. (would be my third reading)
Winesburg, Ohio by Sherwood Anderson - These twenty-two stories, each focused on a character, explore the isolation and loneliness that permeates this fictional town. (would be my third reading)
Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides - This is an amazing journey through one family's history as told by and reflected upon by Cal/Calliope, an intersex man who was born with female characteristics due to a recessive genetic condition. (would be my second reading)
Go Ask Alice by (pretty sure) Beatrice Sparks - The "diary" of a 15 year old girl who is addicted to drugs, this (we think) fictional story was an eye-opener for me in my early teen years when I found it in the midst of a crapton of books in my grandparents' attic. Remarkably explicit, painful, revealing, and profound, this is a difficult but important book for teenagers to read. (would be, I think, my fourth reading)
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams - Funny is the first word that comes to mind. Clever is the second. Throughout the book there are neat little statements, concepts, and ideas that are both ridiculous and oddly infused with Truth. (would be at minimum my eighth read)
Every YA series I've loved...from Lord of the Rings to Harry Potter to Gregor the Overlander to The Raven Cycle to the Chaos Walking series and on and on and on. Totally a cheat, I know, but I needed to get them all in as not only do I want to re-read them, I already do quite regularly.
Good Omens! Middlesex! All those YA series we both love! I want to reread them too.
ReplyDeleteHitchhiker's Guide and Night Circus are on my list too! I really want to revisit the magic of The Night Circus.
ReplyDeleteThe Monk. That one is so awesome. And Good Omens!!
ReplyDeleteAwwww Good Omens!! Yes yes yes! I haven't reread that one in wayyyyy too long!
ReplyDeleteAnd here I haven't even read most of these once, although they are all on my TBR!
ReplyDeleteI love Good Omens. It would have been on my reread list too, if I hadn't reread it last year. It's just a perfect book that gets me every time :)
ReplyDeleteThe Night Circus DID make it on to my list though. I really loved it when I read it 2012 (or 2011?) so I'm seriously considering rereading it after Christmas and before New Year.
I've never been much of a rereader. However, now I really want to reread Harry Potter. About the only books I can think of that I've reread are the Outlander series and East of Eden. Chunksters all of them, go figure. I want to find the book Go Ask Alice now. Thanks for adding to my wish list. :)
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