Hi! I want to read a book for practicing French, and one way to do that is to re-read a book multiple times, which I intend to do.
I would like to hear your favourite books that you can re-read over and over again for whatever reason. Maybe there’s a plot twist that re-contextualises everything that happend, maybe it’s full of intricate symbolism, maybe there are so many tiny details that make the world richer but you skim over them the first time or maybe it’s so cute amd wholesome you just want to read it again and again.
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The Priory of the Orange Tree is one I reread over and over. Also The Count of Monte Cristo.
Maybe I’m super basic but my return comfort reads are Tell Me Three Things (it’s just cute) by Julie Buxbaum, If We We’re Villains (I’m a sucker for dark academia – add in the Shakespeare and I just cannot be helped) by M.L. Rio and The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue (it’s…melancholy and hopeful and just…magic) by V.E. Schwab.
Nevermoor by Jessica Townsend is one I’ve read over and over and thoroughly enjoyed every time! And it’s been translated into quite a few languages including [French](https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/e12c931e-8dfc-4e24-bb9d-b5fdae004405), if you want to give it a try 🙂
Ukeria: The Prophecy of Cypher by Mr. Uker.
I’ve read this thing about 5 times and I still find a new message or connection I didn’t see before. It is metaphorical at times and I actually had a couple dreams about the book. Definitely love it.
Books originally written in French that I love and have re-read many times are Volkswagen Blues by Jacques Poulin and Maria Chapdelaine by Louis Hébert. They’re both relatively simple language (I read them at a stage where I was definitely not fluent in French and I got a lot out of them). The first one is a sort of road trip across North America where the protagonist is trying to track down his brother who he hasn’t seen for years. It has a really strong sense of place with all the different locations he passes through. The second is a classic novel about a young woman growing up in rural Québec, and it gives an interesting portrayal of life in that era.