10 Best Books To Reread

Bonisiwe Shabane

-Oct 30, 2025, 12:39 PM

Take a break from reading new books and visit some old favorites. Rereading novels is that you loved is a must because the second read enhances the novel. That is why we created a list of the 10 best books that you should reread. Keep reading to find out which books made our list! Every year, I make time to reread books that I loved. Whenever you read a new book, you don’t know if you will like it or not.

That isn’t the case when rereading a book. You already know what to expect. The journey will feel familiar and that allows you to pay attention to smaller details that slipped your eyes and mind the first time around. You can see the full list below. A novel that deserves to be reread is The Outsiders by S. E.

Hinton. Many people read it during middle school or high school. At that age, you will focus on certain details more. As an adult, the novel reads differently. You can see why Ponyboy’s brother was as protective as he was. Reading novels that are powerful and well written is an amazing feeling.

And while you won’t feel that magic feeling reading the novel again, you can appreciate the small details. That was true for me when reading The Book Thief by Markus Zusak. Lastly, I want to include a recent novel that deserves to be read often. The Midnight Library by Matt Haig is a beautiful novel that can empower the reader and offers a beautiful life lesson. These are the novels that I love because they offer insight and advice that can change your perspective on life and yourself. 10 Books You’ll Want to Reread the Moment You Finish Them (Picture Credit - Instagram)

Seasoned Editor and Author with over a decade of experience in literary journalism, author interviews, and publishing trends. Known for curating impac...View More © 2025 Bennett, Coleman & Company Limited This is one of the 667 lists we use to generate our main The Greatest Books list. Set in 19th-century Russia, this novel revolves around the life of Anna Karenina, a high-society woman who, dissatisfied with her loveless marriage, embarks on a passionate affair with a charming officer named Count Vronsky. This scandalous affair leads to her social downfall, while parallel to this, the novel also explores the rural life and struggles of Levin, a landowner who seeks the meaning of life and true happiness.

The book explores themes such as love, marriage, fidelity, societal norms, and the human quest for happiness. Madame Bovary is a tragic novel about a young woman, Emma Bovary, who is married to a dull, but kind-hearted doctor. Dissatisfied with her life, she embarks on a series of extramarital affairs and indulges in a luxurious lifestyle in an attempt to escape the banalities and emptiness of provincial life. Her desire for passion and excitement leads her down a path of financial ruin and despair, ultimately resulting in a tragic end. Set in the backdrop of the Napoleonic era, the novel presents a panorama of Russian society and its descent into the chaos of war. It follows the interconnected lives of five aristocratic families, their struggles, romances, and personal journeys through the tumultuous period of history.

The narrative explores themes of love, war, and the meaning of life, as it weaves together historical events with the personal stories of its characters. Set in the summer of 1922, the novel follows the life of a young and mysterious millionaire, his extravagant lifestyle in Long Island, and his obsessive love for a beautiful former debutante. As the story unfolds, the millionaire's dark secrets and the corrupt reality of the American dream during the Jazz Age are revealed. The narrative is a critique of the hedonistic excess and moral decay of the era, ultimately leading to tragic consequences. In honor of Literary Hub’s tenth birthday, we asked over 200 authors, editors, booksellers, publishing professionals, and other literary luminaries to weigh in on a few questions about the past, present, and future of... We will be sharing their opinions on various subjects with you over the next weeks, but to start, we’ve collated some of the best answers on one of our favorite questions: what’s the best...

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“I stand at the window of this great house in the south of France as night falls, the night which is leading me to the most terrible morning of my life. I have a drink in my hand, there is a bottle at my elbow. I watch my reflection in the darkening gleam of the window pane. My reflection is tall, perhaps rather like an arrow, my blond hair gleams. My face is like a face you have seen many times. My ancestors conquered a continent, pushing across death-laden plains, until they came to an ocean which faced away from Europe into a darker past.”

The only book on this list that I have reread is To Kill a Mockingbird. I enjoyed the reread, but like many others on your list, it was assigned reading in school and as such, has negative connections for me. Pam @ Read! Bake! Create! https://readbakecreate.com/the-ns-have-it-ten-titles-starting-with-n/

To Kill a Mockingbird is a great one to reread. Now I am thinking I should re-read it too. You’re the second person this week I’ve seen mention Jane Eyre. I actually reread that book myself about two years ago. Great list! I should reread an Austen this summer in celebration of her 250th!

Good Omens! Great choice! I have watched the TV series of that one more than once too! Looking for your next great read? We’ve got 3,328. Explore the best fiction and nonfictionfictionnonfictionShort storiesHistorical fictionPoetryThrillersScience fictionMysteriesExperimental fictionHorrorSpeculative fictionSatireFantasyRomanceGraphic novelsClimate fictionFiction AnthologiesHistoryBiographiesMemoirsScienceNarrative nonfictionEssaysInvestigative reportingMusicReligionSociologyPoliticsTrue crimeSportsTravelArtLettersPhilosophyFoodMediaCurrent EventsClimate changeNonfiction Anthologies from 2000 – 20242024202320222021202020192018201720162015201420132012201120102009200820072006200520042003200220012000 chosen by our editors.

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There's a lot coming out on the publishing horizon but here are a few that might be worth some extra consideration as you're putting together your library hold list. Will There Ever Be Another You by Patricia Lockwood, Sept. 23 Patricia Lockwood's 2021 book, No One is Talking About This, was a novel about being sad and alone online, coming out at a time when a lot of us were sad and alone online. Lockwood's latest novel is a more straightforward COVID novel. But don't get it twisted – this being a Lockwood novel, don't expect it to be straightforward at all.

Your purchase helps support NPR programming. How? One of the few literary living legends we've got left, the book is Pynchon's first novel since 2013's Bleeding Edge. It takes place in the middle of the Great Depression, and follows Hicks McTaggert, "a one-time strikebreaker turned private eye," who goes out on a routine case which, as you can guess, turns out... Gag to Rules of Civility. But his A Gentleman in Moscow is a definite reread for me!!

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