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I have never read a book twice. What about you?

>> No.14029656

I read To Kill A Mockingbird once in fifth grade then needed to read it again for AP English in highschool just off the top of my head. And there are a lot of books in middle school I autistically reread a lot.

>> No.14029661

I've read A Farewell to Arms twice, and I've reread the Platonic dialogues.

In a second read of a book you really enjoyed, you'll often find that it strikes you differently than the first time through.

>> No.14029670

>>14029646
Not yet, but I'm certain that I'll read Moby-Dick again

>> No.14029680

>>14029646
To Kill A Mockingbird 2x
Perks of Being A Wallflower 3x
Fear and Trembling 2x

>> No.14029682

>>14029646
I've never read a book.

>> No.14029686

>>14029682
Same. Been a local here for two years

>> No.14029688

I read Ender’s game ~4 times a year since 9th grade. (I’m 26)

>> No.14029699
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14029699

Childhood’s End by Clarke and Doc Savage by Farmer two and half times. Parts of The Silmarillion twice

>> No.14029700

>>14029646
I've read Stephen King's IT four times. All as a teenager.

I've read Ken Follett's The Pillars of the Earth three times. Same.

You mad?

>> No.14029701

>>14029646
Infinite jest, I've read it 5 times.

>> No.14029702

>>14029699
> Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ » !mxvabIoSIE
>doxxing herself with her real pic
there's no fucking way you are the real butterfly. whoever you are, you deserve a permaban. fuckface.

>> No.14029772

>>14029646
I’ve read a few books twice. The Brothers Karamazov was so excellent that I immediately began re-reading it after I finished it. I re-read 1984 after high school because I wanted to see if i could get something more out of it. I re-read Big Sur after reading On the Road to see if the added context helped the enjoyment. Tortilla Flat i’ve read 6 times now, it’s my comfy book, takes me out of a bad mood quickly. I can usually read it in the span of one or two days. I don’t know what it is, but it always makes me feel great. For the most part though I don’t re-read books, It’s always easier for me to read something for the first time. I’m yet to tackle any of the massive meme novels that almost require multiple readings to fully understand though.

>> No.14029782

>>14029646
I re-read All quiet on the western front because it was the only book I had with me on a trip

>> No.14029821
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I've read the republic 4 times, most dialogues 2 times
Leviathan 3 times
The prince 3 times, discourses 2 times
1844 manuscripts, German ideology (part 1), commie manifesto a few times
The social contract and 2nd discourse 2 times
Second treatise 3 timed and letter concerning toleration 2 times
On liberty 3 times
Going to read the politics for a second time soon, and another translation of philosophy of right.
Can't remember what else I've read multiple times.

>> No.14030274

>>14029701
i read it 6 times, get on my level pleb

>> No.14030276

Reading a decent book for a second time is almost always a better experience than the first readthrough.

>> No.14030277

There's a book I've read at least 8 times.

>> No.14030423

>>14029646
Only 10+ years apart and when I'm satisfied I'll have forgotten the details.

>> No.14030573

>>14029646
God, do you remember when this was everywhere? When you literally couldn't post for like 3-4 months without someone replying with this stupid fucking meme. Genuinely had forgotten about it

>> No.14030609

I've read Suttree twice.

>> No.14030627

I've re-read a couple books but there are too many other new books I want to read so it makes the prospect of going back and re-reading something an activity I'm less inclined to do. But there are certainly are books I'd like to go back to, Gravity's Rainbow for example feels like a text I need to return to at some point down the line.

>> No.14030998

I only read Ulysses, repeatedly. Probably at least a dozen reads in now.

>> No.14031008

Anna Karenina 3x
Demons 3x
Brideshead Revisited 2x
The Sword of Honor 2x

>> No.14031249

>>14029701
literally why

>> No.14031365

No but I've only been reading seriously for a little over a year. I'll get to it, it's just hard to justify when there's so much I want to read first

>> No.14031373

>>14030276

That's how you know it's true /lit/erature. If it's worse on second reading, then the book is bad.

>> No.14031509

Only time I'll read a book more than once is if I'm editing or beta reading a novel, or something like that.

>> No.14031530

>>14031008
What about demons made you want to read it thrice? Can you make a thread and pour all your intelligent thoughts in it?

It's def my most enjoyable dosto read and my mind still jumps back to it every now and then

>> No.14031543

Ive reread holes, the Dhammapada, as man thinketh

>> No.14031544

I read the Kamigawa cycle every couple of years

>> No.14031549

>>14029701
I've only read it thrice :'(

>> No.14031552

>>14029646
I only read one fiction book for pleasure, the count of Monte cristo, i first read it when I was 13, since then I’ve read it once a year. Currently on my 9th read. Clarifier: I have autism

>> No.14031557

>>14029646
I read Foucault every night before going to sleep.

>> No.14031950

Im going to reread any of the great books I've read recently when I've gained for insight to see if my experience deepens or changes

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If you have never read a book more than once you're either a fiction fag or larping as an autodidact.

>> No.14032096

>>14029702
Assnat has 1000 reaction images saved on zeds harddrive highly doubt that's him.

>> No.14032168

>>14029646
I've never read a book that I haven't read at least once before.

>> No.14032227

I read the entire Song of Ice and Fire twice in 2013. I was 16 btw

>> No.14032575

>>14029682
based
>>14029686
double based

>> No.14032585

>>14029699
God I hate women so much

>> No.14032843

>>14032227
I read the series first one i was 13 then at 15 and at 18 again. Maybe one the next book comes I'll give it another go

>> No.14032864

Reading is rereading. If you haven't read a book twice, you've never read a book once.

>> No.14032881

Hamlet
King Lear
The Name of the Rose
Blood Meridian
Lonesome Dove

>> No.14032904

>>14029646
I think I read Kitchen Confidential 5 times