A more obscure author David Eddings, did a bunch of fantasy series. The Belgirad and the mallorian were two that I’ve read the most but the others are great also.
Also Tolkian. And Harry Potter
Metro 2033
The Kingkiller Chronicle
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (all five)
The Little Prince, because nothing cuts so quick as real life disguised as a silly bed-time story.
- Necromancer by Gibson
- Snow Crash by Stephenson
- the Uplift series by Brin
- the Amber series by Zelazny
- the Lord of the Rings trilogy and The Hobbit by Tolkien
There are a number that I’ve realized I really enjoyed, but read so long ago that I’ve forgotten a lot and will reread soon. Those include Blood Music by Bear, and a whole bunch of Clarke novels.
Asimov’s Foundation series (two times polish translation and once original) and The Hitchikerms Guide to Galaxy by Adams Douglas (once in polish, twice original)
It’s even more fun if you read the entire Asimov book catalog that’s set in the same universe as Foundation using the in-universe chronological order… unless you meant that’s what you did. That’s broadly “I, Robot”, the Robots series, the Empire Series, and the Foundation series. I’m sure some people don’t like his later books that tie it all together, but most of them are probably elderly and read the original series before the newer ones were published or something.
His Dark Materials trilogy… still so excellent.
The stand, by Stephen King
There are many. The Idiot and Crime & Punishment both by Fedor Dostojevskij among the others.
When I finished reading Blood Meridian I said WTF, turned to the first page and read it again.
there is a lot of books i have read more than once. but one stands out over all others, yet there is no storyline to speak of. The C Programming Language by Brian Kernighan and Dennis Ritchie.
Me too. But due to the non linear storyline I typically jump around a lot
The Discworld series, the Culture series by Iain Banks, Tolkien, Illuminatus!, GEB: The Eternal Golden Braid, The Book of Swords…
I have read hitchhiker’s guide four or five times, also the next two books. I’ve listened to them as audiobooks at least 10 times I’m not exactly keeping track but I used to have that on as my driving music.
I read snow crash twice and listened to it probably about a dozen times years ago. Now that I have teenage kids I’m not quite as impressed by its treatment of people in the book.
I’ve read most of the popular Cthulhu lure more times than I will freely admit.
The Revival, Stephen King (×3)
East of Eden, John Steinbeck (×5)
Dreamquest of Unknown Kadath, H.P. Lovecraft (×2)And I plan on rereading:
The Exorcist, William Peter Blatty
Fear and Trembling, Søren Kierkegaard
Crime and Punishment, Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Blood Meridian, Cormac McCarthy (after a bit of therapy)
Lonesome Dove, Larry McMurthy
Ian Toll’s Pacific War trilogy
The Things Our Fathers Saw, Matthew A. RozellBlood meridian is incredible. Idk if I could read it again though.
HHGTTG Tue trilogy of 5 I’ve read through maybe 5 times now. Unfortunately I think the last time was a mistake as I really struggled after the first 2 books and didn’t enjoy them like I once had.
I had to look up:
HHGTTG = The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy.
Watership Down.
Also some Philip K. Dick books, like A Scanner Darkly and Eye in the Sky.
But I also enjoyed the Bartimaues trilogy so much when I was somewhat younger.
Went into comment section to suggest Watership Down. It’s a children’s book which reads like an adult treaties on free will, totalitarianism, good vs evil, leadership … and, oh yeah, the value of overwhelming seagull power.
