A spinoff from the Favourite Books thread. There are many books that we cherish, but not too many that we reread. And one goes through phases.

I can reread Jane Austen any time, but usually wait a few years until I forget some of the details. There was a time when I read War and Peace every year, but gave it up -- although having just seen the BBC War and Peace again (easily the best adaptation of a book ever) -- I may be hooked.

Curiously enough, I reread Catcher in the Rye often. There is something about its struggle for honesty that cheers me up.

yours,

Peter T.