How often do you reread a book?

Many times, bcos I don't remember it...

I guess it might be a good thing because you might catch things you previously didn't see.

Some books I reread because they stick out so much in my mind and others I forget that I had already read them till I was half way through.

While I read lots of new books, there is little in my library I haven't re-read at least once.

Almost every book on my shelf has been read at least twice, most four or five times and a few many more times than that.

almost never, it seems like such a waste when there's so much I haven't read yet.

Most things worth reading are worth reading more than once.

I've reread a lot of "classics" which I first read when I was a child or teenager, such as The Little Prince, Winnie the Pooh, Wind in the Willows, Catcher in the Rye, the Chocolate War... I've also reread some of my favorite novels (such as those by Milan Kundera) several times. Some books are so rich that you can read them several times and continue to find new ways of looking at things and new details you missed.

There are several I'd like to reread, but I have so many new books that I want to read too that I just don't have enough time for all of them. I do reread books fairly often if I like them a lot. Or if it's been too long since I've read the last one in series and I don't remember enough of the details for the next book.

It's pretty unusual for me to re-read a book... I've done it accidentally once that I can remember; I got partway into the book, realized I'd read it before, but was hooked enough to reread it. I've read Dhalgren three times... Illuminatus! three times. Usually I don't have the patience to reread a book unless it really meant something to me, and usually I'm more interested in reading something new.

It depends on the book I suppose. With some books you get more out of it the second time (missed references etc.) especially if the book is a "difficult" read (e.g. "Trainspotting" by Irvine Welsh - which although great, is written in frenetic Scottish). but life's to short to re-read everything.

Not too often. I prefer to read all the unread literature on my dusty shelves.

Rarely. There are so many books, so little time.

My record is 13 times for one book ... mostly I don't read them more than twice (wait a couple of years between times).

I can't find a new good book so I jsut start recycling the old ones.. Kind of lame in some instances

For most books, I wait long enough to forget a lot of the plot. That usually takes 6-12 months.

I _love_ rereading good books. There's always something I missed before. and many books that depend heavily on foreshadowing (cf. Connie Willis's _To Say Nothing of the Dog_) work well in completely different ways the second time as you see the author weave all the pieces together. It's kind of a 'behind the scenes' approach.

i always reread jack london and poe

Sometimes, but not since I reread much of the Narnia Chronicles a few years back. I've had a bit of reader's block and am concentrating on trying to finish new books first.

If it's a really good book and/or I don't have anything else around to read.

I'll only reread it if it was pretty good. Fortunately or unfortunately, I have a _lot_ of pretty good books.

I said sometimes. In the past few years, i haven't done this very often, usually only when i pick up a book to check something and get sucked in, or when i read a sequal to a book i read long ago. however, when i was in highschool, i didn't do much but read fiction, i re-read my entire collection of ~75 books just because i wanted to justify keeping them. some books do get repeated re-readings - Lord of the Rings, Ender's Game (Card), White Dragon (McCaffery), Lord of Light (Zelazny)

How often do you replay a record? Some books are just that good.

If it is a good book, I love to reread it.

I read enough and my memory is bad enough that I get things confused. some I re-read just to refresh the story. some I read at set intervals and some I read if I am in a particular mood.

Since most of what I find exciting is "what's going to happen" vs. "how do they get there" I rarely reread anything.

It's weird... a year or two ago I'd have said "rarely", then all of a sudden I started rereading all my books, sometimes several times. I don't know why.

Certain books I can read and reread many many times. Others are definitely ones that I will read once and never again.