This week's theme for Top Ten Tuesday, hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl, is "Books I'd LIke To Re-Read." This is a great topic and I already have a few that are in a folder in my Kindle titled TBR: Re-Reads.
When I first saw this topic posted for the week I thought I'd have a hard time whittling my list down to ten. It has been really enlightening to see the exact opposite happened! I struggled to find more than 8-9 books I'd waste time re-reading all the way through. As I thought about different books I realized there were few worth my time to read again. It also showed me just how much I must love certain ones if I've not only read them more than once but would read them again a second, third, or even fourth time!
If they are books like cozy mysteries in a super long series or history facts type of books I'd probably never re-read them. But epics or those books that lingered in my mind I often want to go back years later and read again. I'm going to list out to the side of the titles how many times I've already read the book so far. Just to remind myself how amazing it must have been.
I am excited to see what my fellow bloggers posted and whether or not we share certain books worth re-reading.
Happy reading ya'll!
Click on the title to link to Goodreads if you are interested in one of these! I have also added a link if I've reviewed it and you want to see my take on why I love it so much.
2. Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell (4)- My Review
3. And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie (1)- My Review
4. Drums of Autumn by Diana Gabaldon (2)
5. Lord John and the Private Matter by Diana Gabaldon (1)
6. Celia Garth by Gwen Bristow (1)
7. Fall of Giants by Ken Follett (1)
8. Devil's Brood by Sharon Kay Penman (1)- My Review
9. Victoria Victorious by Jean Plaidy (1)
Susannah is a book I read in 5th grade (I don't usually read kids or YA books now) and it sparked my love of reading so much. It also sparked my love of history (at the time of the Civil War) and I was so excited to find a copy on Amazon to buy used. I even reached out to the author and she responded thanking me for telling her how much her book meant to me as a kid. It was wonderful! Have to re-read this one soon :)
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Gone With the Wind has been on several lists this week. I did like it when I read it in high school.
ReplyDeleteI think high school is a great time to read it. Lots of history and romance and it's a clean read for the most part. I haven't read it in years but I also love re watching the movie more often. Thanks for checking in Lydia!
DeleteI remember the Sunfire series and Susannah! It would be interesting to re-read Gone with the Wind, I read it so long ago and would probably see it very differently today. Drums of Autumn was one of my favorite Outlander books.
ReplyDeleteYou are the first person that knows the Sunfire series! So exciting! Weren't they the best?? Yes all the Outlander books and GWTW. Your perspective on it definitely changes with age, I agree. Thanks for checking in on my list :)
DeleteSo many intimidating ones on here LOL!
ReplyDeleteMy TTT: https://laurieisreading.com/2025/07/08/top-ten-tuesday-re-reading-books/
I love how you cultivated your list! I have only read Gone with the Wind and And Then There Were None. I am curious about Susannah and will be looking into it. Have a great week!
ReplyDeleteAnd Then There Were None is one of the few books I have reread. The first copy I read had a different title, and there were a few years between readings so I had forgotten a few things.
ReplyDeletePam @ Read! Bake! Create!
https://readbakecreate.com/the-ns-have-it-ten-titles-starting-with-n/
I still hesitate to reread because it seems like a waste of time when there are so many books I want to read for the first time, BUT my memory is so bad that I usually end up rereading a handful of books every year, mostly so I can continue on with a series when I can't remember what happened in the last book.
ReplyDeleteHappy TTT (on a Wednesday)!