Anything by Allen W Eckert.

I love this cover!

I tried reading "Zen and The Art Of Motorcycle Maintenance" by Robert Pirsig again after thirty years, and it didn't seem as poignant the 2nd time around. I have changed, it stays the same.

Maybe not better, but perhaps your perspective has changed as you’ve grown and experienced different things. I think all good art - written, visual, performed, etc. - let’s us see and feel new things, reveal new details, esch time we visit.

Never read a book twice. There's too many books out there that I want to read to waste time treading through chartered waters, and I'll never live long enough to read all of the books on my wish list.

There’s a book I read every year. It’s called Three Wishes by Liane Moriarty. It’s like revisiting old friends.

When you read a book a second or multiple times you come with a new set of eyes and insight. You also have an idea of what is coming and a well crafted work will give greater insight into the characters and reveal more about yourself. As my English Lit. Professor said “Let the book read you”

When the movie came out, I re-read Great Gatsby (in one sitting). It was so much better than I remember from when I had to read it in high school.

I also like to tell the story of my high school AP English teacher. (Who I still linsist was the basis for the main character in Greatest American Hero). We had to read Animal Farm. I had heard 1984 was better, and asked him about it.

He said 1984 was a horrible book, and I should, under no circumstances, read it. Of course, I immediately read it, and loved it.

It took me years to realise he knew EXACTLY what he was doing. By telling me not to read that book, he ensured that I would.

Great classic...try "Lucifers Hammer" epic story.

I just generally read books from Years Gone by as a memory test.
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Always read it again if you want. You'll get something different out of it every time.

all the time (until my eyes went bad). songs too. i guess we tend to read/listen to things that have enough depth and width that they simply cannot be taken in completely with one reading/listening. there is also the difference in perspective that comes with having more experience in one's own life the next time one reads/hears whatever it is.

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I regularly revisit books. I intend to re-read Catch 22 this winter. If it’s been years, it is almost like the first time again.

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Simplicius Simplicissimus I read this book in my teens. I was probably sick at the time. I read mainly when I was sick enough to stay in bed. I also suspect that I wanted to read it because of some salacious details my elder brother had mentioned. However, these details we buried under heaps of other details and instant gratification didn't seem to be forthcoming. Somehow I didn't like it.
About 40 years later I gave it another go; I tried the original version first but I just found it too laborious. So I ended up reading the English translation and I adore the story.

I can't think of any in particular but I've found the same with several books and more particularly with movies. I have occasionally rewatched movies that I saw in my youth and they have all these things going on that I didn't comprehend as a young person.

First time I read "The Grapes of Wrath, I liked the book. Years later the second time I read the book, I LOVED the book. It changed who I am.