There are some books that I wish I could read again for the first time. The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo is at the top of that list. The twists and turns and eventual revealing of the plot are impactful and starkly beautiful to me. I wish I could have that again.

Booked to Die by John Dunning would be a close second.

I can read mysteries a second or third time and just enjoy the ride and the characters but I can't get the first read od those two books back again.

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ersatzbaronness t1_ja689r4 wrote on February 27, 2023 at 3:32 AM

The Library at Mount Char. With rereads I have lost that sense of surprised wonder or horror.

Jambonito t1_ja76ydw wrote on February 27, 2023 at 10:20 AM

How we disappeared by Jing Jing Lee, Martin Eden by Jack London and Hitchhiker’s guide to the galaxy by Douglas Adams!

MrsMaiselsBrisket t1_ja8qkks wrote on February 27, 2023 at 6:00 PM

The Harry Potter series! I remember having to wait two years to find out what happened next, and it was so exciting.

Airhead72 t1_jaa6a8k wrote on February 27, 2023 at 11:32 PM

Peak Harry Potter was amazing. I got into when only the first two were out. As a teenager I read The Order of the Phoenix in one day, from the morning nonstop until the middle of that night. Good times.

Sumtimesagr8notion t1_ja6dtx5 wrote on February 27, 2023 at 4:21 AM

Suttree by Cormac McCarthy for me

asIsaidtomyfriend t1_ja6es5s wrote on February 27, 2023 at 4:30 AM

When I read Larsson's books again, i skipped a lot of the stuff without Salander in it. Made it feel a bit different.

ShaoKahnKillah t1_ja73h84 wrote on February 27, 2023 at 9:29 AM

Lonesome Dove, Shogun, Song of Achilles

iNeedScissorsSixty7 t1_jaav7h8 wrote on February 28, 2023 at 2:33 AM

I'm going to be starting Lonesome Dove on my vacation later this week, for the first time.

wills2003 t1_jabjqjk wrote on February 28, 2023 at 6:14 AM

I've read it about five times. Love this book.

Airhead72 t1_jaa6j1m wrote on February 27, 2023 at 11:34 PM

Hardly an uncommon opinion here but it would have to be the Discworld novels by Terry Pratchett. Rereading them is still fun but nothing hits better than some of those jokes and concepts the first time you read them.

saga_of_a_star_world t1_jabb437 wrote on February 28, 2023 at 4:44 AM

I wish I could read LOTR for the first time after reading the Silmarillion.

iNeedScissorsSixty7 t1_jaawpff wrote on February 28, 2023 at 2:44 AM

My choice is probably Beartown.