Today’s Top Ten Tuesday question asked which books I could read over and over again. Since I’ve embarked upon a last-minute re-read of A Wrinkle in Time and feel the same warm feeling I get whenever I spend time with an old friend, I thought it a reasonable question to consider. In no particular order:
- The Harry Potter series
- Little Women
- Anne of Green Gables
- The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
- A Year in Provence
- Ballet Shoes
- Pride and Prejudice
- The Eyre Affair
- The Secret Garden
- A Wrinkle in Time
I’ve only included books I’ve re-read as an adult and only ones I’ve actually read multiple times, as opposed to ones I intend to read again, which let out things like The Night Circus, A Man Called Ove, and Animal, Vegetable, Miracle. Looking at the list, I’m unsurprised to find a combination of favorites from childhood and comfort reads from my adult years, but I do also see that the list is very white (and leans British), so I’m thinking I should make a point of re-reading some of my five-star favorites by authors of color to reacquaint myself with The Color Purple and The Joy Luck Club.
How about you? Do you re-read? And, if so, which books do you have the greatest affinity for?