What is the absolute best book or book series that you have ever read?
Could be 100 pages, could be 1,500 pages. Could be a memoir, could be fantasy. But what is the one book or book series that you wish you could read again for the first time? The one you couldn’t put down.
Maybe I’m blinded by nostalgia, but I’d love to reread the original Percy Jackson books for the first time.
LincolnhamLincoln on
The Dirk Gently series by Douglas Adams.
ironjoeathletics on
I just slammed through all seven dungeon crawler Carl audiobooks and i could start from the beginning again and it would be just as fun. If you’re looking for something more serious the Hyperion Cantos or Remembrance of Earth’s Past would be the best series.
Beautiful-Red-1996 on
The Throne of Glass Series
His Dark Materials
The Thorn Birds
All the Anne books
LOTR
Wild
Radical Acceptance
7 Cups of Consciousness
Wild_Preference_4624 on
[The Hands of the Emperor](https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/af2bba9c-8f41-4a3e-b87a-8532a44ccb67) by Victoria Goddard! It’s a beautifully written slice of life book about the personal secretary to the emperor of the world, with a heavy focus on platonic relationships. I love it so much.
No-Strawberry-5804 on
I’ve got a lot of books like this, obviously, but specifically the princess diaries. That was the first time I can remember wishing that the book wasn’t going to end.
PatchworkGirl82 on
I’ve read the Hall Family Chronicles by Jane Langton every year for over 30 years. They’re about a pair of children who live in a strange old house in Concord, Mass and it’s a really nice blend of humor, magic, and philosophy.
In a similar vein, I also read E.B. White’s children’s books every year, Trumpet of the Swan being my favorite.
sd_glokta on
The Aubrey-Maturin novels by Patrick O’Brian
masson34 on
Sorry can’t pick just one……
Harry Potter series
Hunger Games series
Red Rising series
Lee Child Jack Reacher series (new one every fall
released)
Author Patricia Cornwell
Author Michael Connelly
Author David Baldacci
Stand alone:
A Thousand Splendid Suns
Flowers for Algernon
The Book Thief
Never Let Me Go
Demon Copperhead
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
RussDidNothingWrong on
The Wheel of Time
stillLurkingOfficial on
Pratchett! I can always go back and reread.
Especially The Hogfather, it’s a yearly holiday read.
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Maybe I’m blinded by nostalgia, but I’d love to reread the original Percy Jackson books for the first time.
The Dirk Gently series by Douglas Adams.
I just slammed through all seven dungeon crawler Carl audiobooks and i could start from the beginning again and it would be just as fun. If you’re looking for something more serious the Hyperion Cantos or Remembrance of Earth’s Past would be the best series.
The Throne of Glass Series
His Dark Materials
The Thorn Birds
All the Anne books
LOTR
Wild
Radical Acceptance
7 Cups of Consciousness
[The Hands of the Emperor](https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/af2bba9c-8f41-4a3e-b87a-8532a44ccb67) by Victoria Goddard! It’s a beautifully written slice of life book about the personal secretary to the emperor of the world, with a heavy focus on platonic relationships. I love it so much.
I’ve got a lot of books like this, obviously, but specifically the princess diaries. That was the first time I can remember wishing that the book wasn’t going to end.
I’ve read the Hall Family Chronicles by Jane Langton every year for over 30 years. They’re about a pair of children who live in a strange old house in Concord, Mass and it’s a really nice blend of humor, magic, and philosophy.
In a similar vein, I also read E.B. White’s children’s books every year, Trumpet of the Swan being my favorite.
The Aubrey-Maturin novels by Patrick O’Brian
Sorry can’t pick just one……
Harry Potter series
Hunger Games series
Red Rising series
Lee Child Jack Reacher series (new one every fall
released)
Author Patricia Cornwell
Author Michael Connelly
Author David Baldacci
Stand alone:
A Thousand Splendid Suns
Flowers for Algernon
The Book Thief
Never Let Me Go
Demon Copperhead
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
The Wheel of Time
Pratchett! I can always go back and reread.
Especially The Hogfather, it’s a yearly holiday read.
Watership Down,
Remains of the Day,