Books you read over and over

[Walkeraviator]

I was once an ROTC cadet, and until i recieved my medical disqualification, I was very deep into reading strategy books.  The Art of War is a must for anyone with tactics on the brain.  Also have a copy of FM7-8.  For fiction I am into George Orwell and Michael Crichton.

[1911 Junkie]

Marine Sniper, can't tell you how many times I've read that.

Most books by Stephen Hunter:  Point of Impact, Pale Horse Coming.

[tombogan03884]

" The  Master Sniper" introduces a couple of Characters who later show up in "Havana" .

[Michael Bane]

There are a few that I come back to year after year. THE ART OF WAR, of course. Bruce Lee's THE TAO OF JEET KUNE DO. George Leonard's MASTERY. Joe Hyams' ZEN IN THE MARTIAL ARTS. Brian Enos' PRACTICAL SHOOTING: BEYOND FUNDAMENTALS. Jeff Cooper's PRINCIPLES OF PERSONAL DEFENSE.

Novel-wise, I have read Jerry Pournelle's THE MERCENARY and its sequels more times than I can remember. I read the whole sequence, gathered in a single volume titled, appropriately, THE PRINCE, a few months ago and I it moved me as much or more than when I first read it so many years ago. I go back to Raymond Chandler (usually THE LITTLE SISTER or THE LONG GOODBYE) over and over again, and occasionally Dashiell Hammett's RED HARVEST. I can still recite chunks of Albert Camus' THE PLAGUE; I also recently went back to the Robert Ruark Africa novels.

Every couple of years I reread Stephen King's THE STAND to remind myself that while evil never truly dies, we all have the opportunity to stand.

Finally, every Christmastime for the last few years I have watched all 13-some odd hours of the Lord of the Rings trilogy in a single sitting. This usually involves adult beverages.

Michael B

[MikeBjerum]

Short list ......

Bible and owners manuals that come with "toys."

Also, Louis L'amour's The Walking Drum, Haunted Mesa, and Last of the Breed, his Sackett series is always good; in the past a lot of Zane Gray books, because they were a favorite of my mother's cousin that I worked for; Stephen Hunter is moving up the list; and Nathan Jorgenson's two have been read twice in two years.

I guarantee by the end of fall Trail Safe will have made the list, and Rastus tells me I need to find the first addition as well!

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[Texas_Bryan]

Paradise Lost by Milton, and Arthur C. Clarke novels.  I enjoy his short stories the most.  Those are the only ones I read over again, but I used to read Tom Clancy and reading two of his novels felt like reading the same thing, so maybe that counts.

[m25operator]

Robert Jordan ( RIP ) Wheel of time series, because each book is about 1,000 pages and by book 10, there are so many important characters, hard to keep up with. Most Heinlein books are worth rereading, Good Guns, Good Friends and Good Whiskey, all short stories but great. No Second Place winner. Blue steel and Gunleather. Gunsmith Kinks, 1-4, kind of like Scotty's technical journals from star trek.

[Erusen]

As a kid I hated reading until an English teacher (apply named Mr. Hill) forced the Hobbit on me. After that, I zipped through LOTR, the Simarilion, Adv of T Bombadil, Tree & Leaf . . . .

Because of the action of that one teacher, I now love to read. Certainly changed the course of my life for the better. I re-read the old red book of westmarch and LOTR about once a year now. While I love the old hardbound editions the best, I keep electronic versions of each on my phone so I can read them anywhere.

[TAB]

The  only thing that comes to mind is the ADA booklet.

[tombogan03884]

The  only thing that comes to mind is the ADA booklet.

That explains a lot .