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I am a lifelong avid reader and I have a slew of books that I regularly re-read. Most are fiction. I read a lot of non-fiction in the course of doing research on the First World War and the Anglo-Boer War but I consider that research, not 'reading'.
I think the only non-fiction I regularly read is William Manchester's Goodbye Darkness. i find it a compelling account of the war experience of a citizen soldier. In a similar vein, though a different war and a different location, I will occasionally re-read Robert Graves' Goodbye to All That.
In a lighter vein, I re-read quite a few works of popular fiction (in no particular order)...
James Michener, The Covenant
James Clavell, Shogun and Taipan
Kenneth Roberts, The Northwest Passage
Edward Rutherfurd, Sarum
Mika Waltari, The Egyptian
Nicholas Monserrat, The Cruel Sea
Josephine Tey, The Daughter of Time
Paul Doherty, An Ancient Evil
Michael Sahara, The Killer Angels
I've read all of these numerous times...I haven't kept count.
And I'm fond of good satire or dark humour, so these get re-read as well:
Tom Sharpe, Indecent Exposure
Tom Sharpe, Riotous Assembly
Tom Sharpe, The Throwback
George MacDonald Fraser, Flashman and the Dragon
Carl Hiaasen, Stormy Weather
Carl Hiaasen, Lucky You
Victor Gischler, Gun Monkeys
And a bit of science fiction:
Joe Haldiman, The Forever War
Robert Heinlein, Starship Troopers
Victor Gischler, Go-go Girls of the Apocalypse
And of course my favourite P.G. Wodehouse short story: Goodbye to All Cats.
There's others but I figured this list is long enough.
I think the only non-fiction I regularly read is William Manchester's Goodbye Darkness. i find it a compelling account of the war experience of a citizen soldier. In a similar vein, though a different war and a different location, I will occasionally re-read Robert Graves' Goodbye to All That.
In a lighter vein, I re-read quite a few works of popular fiction (in no particular order)...
James Michener, The Covenant
James Clavell, Shogun and Taipan
Kenneth Roberts, The Northwest Passage
Edward Rutherfurd, Sarum
Mika Waltari, The Egyptian
Nicholas Monserrat, The Cruel Sea
Josephine Tey, The Daughter of Time
Paul Doherty, An Ancient Evil
Michael Sahara, The Killer Angels
I've read all of these numerous times...I haven't kept count.
And I'm fond of good satire or dark humour, so these get re-read as well:
Tom Sharpe, Indecent Exposure
Tom Sharpe, Riotous Assembly
Tom Sharpe, The Throwback
George MacDonald Fraser, Flashman and the Dragon
Carl Hiaasen, Stormy Weather
Carl Hiaasen, Lucky You
Victor Gischler, Gun Monkeys
And a bit of science fiction:
Joe Haldiman, The Forever War
Robert Heinlein, Starship Troopers
Victor Gischler, Go-go Girls of the Apocalypse
And of course my favourite P.G. Wodehouse short story: Goodbye to All Cats.
There's others but I figured this list is long enough.