What Book Would You Read 10 Times?

Over on our Facebook page, we asked "If you had to read one book ten times, what would you pick?" We got so many great responses that we decided to share them here! Click on the titles to view them in our catalog and place a request if you like!

I think I have actually read Beauty by Robin McKinley that many times over the years, starting when I was ten. -Mari

The help. Best book ever! -Rene

I think I have read the Little House on the Prairie series that many times -- several times as a child, and now with each of my children. -Carrie

To Kill a Mockingbird and a few others come to mind as well -Heather

To Kill a Mockingbird, my favorite! -Darryl

I've done that - Soldier of the Great War by Mark Helprin. The first time I read it I was so unhappy to be almost finished when I was 20 pages from the end that I just flipped back to the first page and started right over again. -Sarah

China Men by Maxine Hong Kingston, Love Medicine by Louise Erdrich, Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison, and I also agree with To Kill A Mockingbird -Sheryl

The Wizard of Oz. The plot has many layers to it. -Timothy

Killer Angels -Amanda

Goodnight Moon -Lawrence Habitat Restore

Suttree by Cormac McCarthy -Andy

Been there, done that. I have read 100 Years of Solitude 13 times. 4 times in english. -Christian

The Horse and His Boy by Clive Staples!! :) -Christina

Mary Stewart's The Hollow Hills -Jenn

Sarah Schulman's Girls and Visions and Everything -Moz

In Cold Blood, I believe I have already read it 10 times :) -María

Dune by Frank Herbert -Ryan

Little Women came to mind first. And I've read The Secret Garden every spring for decades. -Arwen

Pilgrim at Tinker Creek is one that I like to reread. If I was stuck on a desert island, I would bring a long one: The Brothers Karamazov. -Jennifer

That's why I keep the ones I like around. -Colleen

Breakfast of Champions -Lee

Jane Eyre. BTW, I have already read it at least that and more! My fave. -Bronwyn

Blood & Chocolate. Already working in time #3. -Cleo

Complete Works of William Shakespeare!?! (Is that cheating?) -Danielle

Robinson Crusoe, or Nine Stories by JD Salinger -Chris Kramer

It's a Magical World by Bill Watterson -Frank

Any Dr.Seuss book...I probably already have and it didn't bother me. -Squawk Box Marketing, Inc.

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Novel Destinations: Canada

CanLit is Eh-Ok! Chill this summer with a cool read from our northerly neighbors.

	The Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood Spending her youth moving between disparate types of communities, including the backwoods of rural Ontario and the bustling streets of Toronto, has given Margaret Atwood a special insight into the Canadian identity – which she has characterized as an identity of survival. This and other themes are explored in her 2000 Booker Prize winning novel The Blind Assassin. Set in Ontario in the 1930s and 40s, this historical fiction begins with an account of a woman dealing with her sister’s death and then proceeds as a novel-within-a-novel about two unnamed lovers. The book then returns to interweave the storylines – depicting a family history of sex, death and political intrigue. More about the book
	Hey Nostradamus! By Douglas Coupland Having helped to define a generation with his slacker screed Generation X, Douglas Coupland also does his part in defining the Canadian character. His humor tends dark, or his darkness has a humorous lining, possibly a reflection of Vancouver’s extended gray and rainy winters. Coupland uses his hometown as the backdrop for 2003’s Hey Nostradamus! The novel depicts a Columbine-like shooting spree at a suburban high school. The story is told through the perspective of four characters (one from beyond the grave), and comes together as a biting commentary about religion, media, and contemporary culture. More about the book
	Too Much Happiness By Alice Munro For decades, Alice Munro has been publishing compelling, understated short stories, many of which take place in Southwest Ontario, the area where she was raised. In her most recent collection, Too Much Happiness (released in 2009, the same year she won the Man Booker International Prize for her body of work), Munro graces the reader with ten beautifully crafted stories. In addition to Canadian locales, the title story shadows a Russian émigré on a journey across late-nineteenth-century Europe. More about the book
	Barney's Version By Mordecai Richler A native of Montreal, Mordecai Richler uses the French-Canadian city as the setting for many of his novels. One of his most famous works, Barney’s Version , follows the title character, a roguish, whisky-swilling, failed-author-turned-TV producer, who sets out to pen a refutation of charges leveled against him (including, but not limited to, murder) in a rival’s autobiography. In doing so, Barney details the many self-induced failures of his life, producing a personal history that is as funny as it is heartbreaking. Recently, the book was adapted into a film starring Dustin Hoffman and Paul Giammati. More about the book
	A Complicated Kindess By Miriam Toews A huge best-seller in Canada, Miriam Toews’ 2004 novel A Complicated Kindness , tells the story of a young Mennonite girl living in a desolate area of rural Manitoba. Both her sister and mother were excommunicated for being unable to live under the strictures of the sect, leaving the girl with only her gentle, yet uncommunicative, father and no one to help her grapple with disquieting feelings of angst and isolation. More about the book

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