I recently stumbled across an article on the benefits of re-reading your favorite books.
Recently i started re-reading a particular art history (literature) book for the second time and it's a very interesting experience.
More importantly though, I haven't re-read any fiction yet.
I'm curious. Have you re-read any of your favorite novels? If so what was it like for you the second time around?
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I have re-read the More than Magic series by Elizabeth Kirke many times(lost the count). Mostly it was a wonderful experience but the last time, it got a little boring since I had almost memorized what was going to happen.
i've read Sombra del Aquila by Perez Reverte three times.
first time - wow effect from unexpected twist
second time - wow effect of how the twist is set up
third time - wow effect of how that cavalry joke made me laugh again.
I sadly don't read, like novels, these days very often anymore- but when I was younger and did more reading I did re-read some of my favorite books and series at times 
For longer series maybe not the whole thing, but either the first book or two with the intent to make it all the way through, or maybe just my favorite in the middle of a series if such a book existed.
In the same vein as re-reading comics/ rewatching shows/movies /replaying games, it's not something that happened super frequently and usually only with my favorites (and after some time had passed). But I like re-experiencing stories that I like sometimes~
Also a specific example with novels is that sometimes for long running series, if it had been long enough since I had read the previous book in a series, sometimes younger me would just straight up restart from the beginning lmao. I miss having that kind of time 
edit: missed the "how was it the 2nd time" part. Enjoyable~ It's interesting knowing what's going to happen later on, but I find that with enough time between readings that a lot of smaller details would be forgotten and rediscovered on the 2nd read through.
I have no idea how many times I’ve read the 3rd and 5th Harry Potter novels. Those two were my favorites in the series. My copy of the third, I read it so much the binding started going out and I had to ask my aunt to buy me a second copy lol
I also re-read the secret garden, Anne of green gables, any Josh Landon novel, and pride and prejudice fairly regularly. When I was younger I would re-read the Little house on the prairie novels.
Edit - second and on read throughs are enjoyable to me. It’s the same as re-watching a favorite tv series or movie. Knowing what’s going to happen is a comfort. Plus I tend to find details in the second read through that I missed in the first read through
Sadly I don't reread any of my favorite books, I guess the only time that I have to reread is when I get lost in the book
Like the book called Akata Warrior I had to reread because I stopped reading.
I've definitely re-read books like the Terry Pratchett Disc World series. Usually since it's been years between reads, I'll forget some key parts and then get excited when I come across them again. Or if I do remember that a really good part is coming up, I'll get impatient to read that section. I tend to keep my books and lug them with me every time I move so I can repeat this experience
I'll reread favorites if it's been long enough since I first read them.
About a year ago I reread Where the Red Fern Grows because it was my favorite book that we had to read in elementary school.
Oh yes! I reread more that I read new, partially because I have little access to print books where I am and can't read long on screen, so I reread the print ones I have.
But even when I had access to books, I would reread a lot.
Actually, I really, really like a book only if it takes several rereads to enjoy fully. The first read is like a scouting, the second a real exploration, and after that, I look for nuances, new ways to interpret what's going on, etc.
I read some of my favorite books so many times I know long passages by heart.
I reread translations too, even when I know the original language.
Some books which have a lot of critical works on them, I reread in parallel when I read the critique work.
Yep, I'am an avid rereader! 
If I like your work, I often re-read it. Sometimes I see things or understand things I didn't realize before, its fun haha.
Yeah for sure. Especially comics, and in particular One Piece. I re read it all the way through probably once every three years or so.
I see a lot of things now that I didn't before, when it comes to composition and comic creation.
I would re-read stuff a lot as a kid when I had more free time, now though, not as much, but there still a handful of comic and manga series I just feel like picking up and reading through again.
I haven't re-read anything in a while, but back in the day when I used to read a lot I re-read things constantly. Pretty much every work of fiction that's been in this house longer than 6 years, I've read multiple times...
I'm a very picky consumer and reader of any content, so I rarely re-read anything. I'm currently in the process of re-reading the W.I.T.C.H comics though. They're better than I remember them as a kid.
I do not read as much as I used to. The eyes are failing. However, if I had the chance, I would re-read the Retief books by Keith Laumer. I would re-read Nightwings by Robert Silverberg. I would re-read the Books of Charles Fort. 
Sure do! Not all that often but I sure do re-read the good ones & when it's been a long time since the first reading.
I actually don't re-read that much unless the urge happens. Though it typically has to be something that I absolutely love.
YES!!! I re-read novels quite often actually.
The Iron Fey Series I read as a middle school / Highschool student and I re read them as an adult. The second time I read it was much like the first actually. I understood and appreciated it the same.
A more complex series I re-read constantly is Throne of Glass by Sara J Maas. That one, every time I re-read it I notice more foreshadowing that I missed, or another connection in the plot that I did not notice the first time around.
