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Tuesday, July 08, 2025

Top Ten Tuesday: Not Really a Re-Reader Re-Reads


With so much tragedy in the news right now, I really look forward to things that are light and fun like Top Ten Tuesday. Before we get to that, though, I want to mention another enjoyable bookish event: Summer's One Must Read Book 2025. Hosted by the wonderful Carol at Reading Ladies Book Club, it's a yearly collab where experienced book bloggers from around the world recommend their pick for the ONE book you MUST read this summer. I love participating each year. It's always a joy to see what everyone is recommending, even though it adds more books to my already-overwhelming TBR pile mountain mountain chain. Be sure to check it out. Okay, back to TTT...today's prompt is: Top Ten Books I'd Like to Re-read (submitted by Becky @Becky's Book Blog). I'm not a huge re-reader, but I *think* I can come up with ten. We'll see.

As always, Top Ten Tuesday is hosted by the lovely Jana over at That Artsy Reader Girl

Top Ten Books I'd Like to Re-read


1. Monsters of Men by Patrick Ness—I recently learned that Ness is starting a spin-off series set in the world where his Chaos Walking trilogy takes place, the first installment to be released in Spring 2026. This ignited a desire in me to re-read the original books, which I adored when I read them back in 2011. I've already sped through The Knife of Never Letting Go and The Ask and the Answer. Since the books are all so relentlessly intense, I'm taking a wee break before opening Monsters of Men, the final installment. Spoiler alert: I have loved the trilogy just as much this time around as I did the first time. The books are unique, immersive, and gripping.


2. The Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling—Although I was a 20-something wife and mother when Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone came out in 1998, I devoured this children's book, eagerly grabbing up each subsequent installment as they were published. Other than the first book, which I've re-read a couple of times, I haven't re-read the series. I need to get on that since I loved all the books.


3. The Hunger Games series by Suzanne Collins—I've been told that I don't need to re-read this series in order to understand what's happening in Sunrise on the Reaping, but—like the Harry Potter novels—I read the HG books as they came out and haven't re-read them. Yet.


4. A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens—I re-read this classic novella every December to get me in the holiday spirit. I especially enjoy listening to it on audio with the incomparable Tim Curry narrating.


5. The Book Thief by Marcus Zusak—I always list this YA novel as one of my all-time favorites, but I've only read it once and that was back when it first came out. I'm definitely due for a re-read.


6. The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett—Honestly, I'm not sure if I've ever read this children's classic. I've read voraciously ever since I learned how as a kindergartner, so I probably have, but I don't remember it very well. I'm hoping to get to it before the year ends.


7. A Duty to the Dead by Charles Todd—A number of years ago, I read and enjoyed the first couple books in Todd's Bess Crawford series. Bess is a WW1 nurse who finds herself embroiled in intrigue and mysteries of all sorts. That's about all I remember about the series. I'd love to re-read the initial installments and then pick up where I left off. I love a good historical mystery series!


8. Big Stone Gap by Adriana Trigiani—I was reminded the other day about this series, which I read back in the early 2000s. Other than the fact that I loved it, I don't remember much about it, hence the need for a re-reading.


9. Atomic Habits by James Clear—This is another book I re-read every year. It helps motivate me to work on the goals/resolutions I set each January. I've read other books about habits, but this one resounds most with me.


10. A Lantern in Her Hand by Bess Streeter Aldrich—I feel like I read this 1928 YA classic when I was a kid, but I'm not sure. Either way, I'm planning to read it this year since I love pioneer stories and I need a book set in Nebraska for the Literary Escapes Reading Challenge.

Phew, I did it! Ten books/series I want to re-read. Have you read any of them? Are you a re-reader? What are you planning to re-read this year? I'd truly love to know. Leave me a comment on this post and I will gladly return the favor on your blog.

Happy TTT!

22 comments:

  1. I am not really a re-reader either but I was able to come up with ten for this prompt! Also, thanks for mentioning The Must Read Book. I am off to check it out!

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  2. I also reread A Christmas Carol frequently around the holidays to get in the mood! I've listened to a variety of different narrators, and Tim Curry is definitely a good pick. I also enjoyed LeVar Burton's version and Patrick Stewart's as well.

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  3. OOh nice picks! I am not much of a re-reader either, but have made exceptions for Stephanie's books in the last few years for refreshers before I dived into the new ones!

    I haven't re-read Harry Potter either. I feel like if I had oodles of time or didn't need to sleep and I could decimate my TBR pile, I'd definitely re-read this. The news with Rowling is deeply upsetting but the series still holds many happy memories for me, movies included.

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  4. Thanks for the link to the Summer Must Read.

    Yes, books are a wonderful distraction from the awfulness of this world.

    I reread A Christmas Carol every year, too.

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  5. I am planning on reading Hunger Games again! I have a hold on the first book, on audio. It's so hard to re-read when I have a million books on my TBR.

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  6. This is great. I have Atomic Habits on my TBR but have never read it. Something about the Adriana Trigiani books draws me in!

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  7. I've read A Christmas Carol twice and enjoyed it both times. It just exudes Christmas and gets you in the festive mood!

    Have a great week!

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  8. I'm not much of a re-reader either. Great list. I read The Book Thief, which was good. I read Big Stone Gap, but I don't remember anything about it. It was a long time ago.

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  9. A Lantern in Her Hand sounds interesting!

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  10. I've always said I wouldn't reread THG books, but who knows... maybe someday I should just because. In fact, I think I've only ever read books one and three, so maybe I should read them all just to get in book two. ;) Thanks so much for visiting my list this week!

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  11. Love Monsters of Men. Did not know about the spin-off, will have to look that up. Happy rereading!

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  12. Great list, Susan. I listen to Hugh Grant's audio of A Christmas Carol each year. The Hunger Games and Harry Potter are wonderful choices. The Secret Garden was a fabulous book, too. Hope you get a chance to read all these. Thanks for sharing and for visiting my blog.

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  13. Ugh, The Book Thief is soooo good! Such a well written story and a new way to look at such a terrible event in history.

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  14. I like rereading favorite books, though I don't make time for it very often any more. That's something I'd like to change. And I'd happily delve back into the Harry Potter books. They're so fun. :D

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  15. Harry Potter and Hunger Games are on my re-reads list, too. While I've only read it once, A Lantern in Her Hand, was a great read!

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  16. When I was a kid, I preferred A Little Princess to The Secret Garden, but as an adult, I much prefer The Secret Garden. I reread it about 10 years ago, and fell in love all over again.

    I will have to look into A Lantern in Her Hand--I love pioneer stories too. I was on a Willa Cather kick a few years ago and almost visited her home in Red Cloud, and then Covid hit and I cancelled the trip and haven't rebooked since.

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  17. OMG, The Secret Garden is so so good. And then you can read Kate Morton's spin on it, The Forgotten Garden, which is just as fabulous

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  18. It's been over 45 years since I read The Secret Garden, but I loved it as a kid.

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  19. Absolutely on the Harry Potter series! Such a classic. I’m a HUGE fan of the book series - and movies too! I also enjoyed Atomic Habits. I listened to the audiobook version, and it was very inspiring. Have a great weekend, Susan!

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  20. I agree with all the books I've read on your list (which is most of the list! lol) and I'd love to read Lantern in Her Hand since it's a kids' book you loved so much as a kid that you want to reread it!

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  21. Aaah The Secret Garden. I read my copy to bits as a kid! I've been thinking about revisiting.

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  22. I don't often reread books either but I do hope to reread The Secret Garden at some point.

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