How many times have you read your favourite book?

Question

If you can give the name of the book and the author it would be wonderful

Answer 1

not known but keeping on reading. romeo and juliet by william shakes..........

Answer 2

Here's a short list of my favorite books:

The One Who Did Not Ask -- Altaf Fatima
The Founts of Sinhala -- Colin De Silva
The Railway Man -- Eric Lomax
A Suitable Boy -- Vikram Seth
Illusions : The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah -- Richard Bach
The Alchemist -- Paulo Coelho
The Bridge Across Forever -- Richard Bach
Daddy-Long-Legs -- Jean Webster
Jonathan Livingston Seagull -- Richard Bach
Catch-22 -- Joseph Heller
One Hundred Years of Solitude -- Gabriel Garcia Marquez
The City of Joy -- Dominique Lapierre

Osho is my mentor. Guru. I've read him extensively. Thoroughly.
http://www.oshoworld.com/

For instance:
Autobiography of a Spiritually Incorrect Mystic
Sufis: The People of the Path -- Glory of Freedom
Walk without feet, Fly without wings, and Think without mind
The book of woman
So lost and So at home
Try it my way
Won't You Join The Dance?
The Rebel -- The Very Salt of the Earth
Walking in Zen, Sitting in Zen
Never Born, Never Died
The Goose is out
Tantra -- The Supreme Understanding
Zen and the Art of Living

Here's an example of so-called "eclectic" stuff I read:

The Human Zoo -- Desmond Morris
From Heaven Lake -- Vikram Seth
To Kill A Mockingbird -- Harper Lee
A Painted House -- John Grisham
Man-Eaters of Kumaon -- Jim Corbett
Witness To An Era -- Frank Moraes
The God of Small Things -- Arundhati Roy
Mapping Memories: Urdu stories from India and Pakistan -- Edited by Sukrita Paul Kumar and Muhammad Ali Siddiqui
Selected Poems: Kaifi Azmi
India: A Wounded Civilization -- V. S. Naipaul
Blasphemy -- Tehmina Durrani
The Case of the Empty Tin -- Erle Stanley Gardner
Midnight's Children -- Salman Rushdie
Grimus -- Salman Rushdie
My Feudal Lord -- Tehmina Durrani with William and Marilyn Hoffer

Answer 3

Guns of August by Barbara Tuchman 3 times.
The Hobbit by Tolkien 3 times
The Bear and the Dragon by Tom Clancy 2 times
Terrible Swift Sword by Bruce Catton 3 times
Rhyme of the Ancient Marriner by Cooleridge 6 or 8 times

Answer 4

Harry Potter Series (by JK Rowling)- I've lost count. Every single book I've read at least 8 times.

Inheritance Trilogy (by Christopher Paolini)- The first two I've read about 5 times each.

The Clique Series (by Lisi Harrison)- These books are so amusing to read. I've read each one about 4-5 times.

Flipped (by Wendelin Van Draanen)- Around 4 times.

For some strange reason, I just love re-reading books. Each time I do, I get something new out of it that I didn't catch before. Hope my answers help!

Answer 5

I lost track. Maybe about seven or eight. I usually read it twice a year, sometimes three. I reread books a lot, but mainly because I have a bad memory and I can only remember the general plot after a while. With this book, though, I also just love it. It's The Storyteller's Daughter by Cameron Dokey.

Answer 6

It's not important how many times you read it, but what you learn and gain from reading that book... I've read Harry Potter 6 times (first book, the last just once) and will read it again when the new book appears, but I don't consider it my favorite book...
I've read Huxley's "Point Counter Point" just once but it stunned me... Also every book from Umberto Eco left a great impression on me, but it's those kind of books you can't read twice in a short amount of time (and by this I mean 5-10yrs)...
I can't name all the times I've read "Le petit Prince" or "The Giving Tree", every time I feel down I read it and feel much, much better... :)
So, always put quality before quantity...

Answer 7

Alchemist.i read this book 3 times

Answer 8

Stormfront by Jim Butcher.I've read it more than 5 times.Its comparatively new.I'm sure that as the years pass I'll reread it again.The book is part of the Dresden files book series.It narrates the story of Harry Dresden,chicago's only professional wizard.He stands between the general population who is ignorant about the supernatural world and the monsters-vampires,werewolves etc.He is aided by Bob,a talking skull.Karrin Murphy-a police officer.

Answer 9

East of Eden, John Steinbeck - 3 times
Curious George - at least 100 times

Answer 10

The original Dune Series by Frank Herbert I have read about 3 times total. When I start them again I generally try and do so around Thanksgiving (that's my tradition!).

Answer 11

Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen.

I have read it 5 times! I would of read it more, but all of my friends wanted to read it! NONE of them could finish it so it became a locker-dweller! I finally have it back with a torn spine! Once I finish A Great and Terrible Beauty I might start on time 6!!!!!! LOL!