Earlier this year I read EL Doctrow's "Ragtime" again for what must be the seventh or eighth time. Ditto with "Alas, Babylon" by Pat Frank. There are some books that are so multi-layered that they need to be read every few years - because each time you will find something new - they always seem to be fresh. And there are other books that are favorites - and it's like having the same conversation with an old friend.

We finished our basement recently and for the first time in decades I have ALL of my books out where I can find them. So I've spotted some classics that are going to end up on my "to read" shelf again. "Old Fishhawk" by Mitch Jayne is one of them. "Little Big Man" is another. I think I heard somewhere that Christopher Lee reads The Lord Of The Rings every year at Christmas. Do you have a favorite that bears up well under multiple readings?