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All of these sound great! The Stanford one would be my first pick since I too loved Devil in The White City.

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Portrait of a Thief sounds so good, I've put it on hold at the library! Thanks for the recommendation :)

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My wife recently read Portrait of a Thief and enjoyed it! She said it's fun and fast-paced. Regarding re-reads, I read Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy and then listened to the audiobook version a few years later. I've also listened to the audiobook version of John le Carre's The Night Manager twice, which is just incredible to hear aloud.

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Jun 6, 2022Liked by Elizabeth

One of my favorite books is The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield, the audiobook is so good that I like to listen to it every year or two. Also thinking of re-listening to Krakatoa by Simon Winchester, the massive volcanic explosion was mentioned in the latest Veronica Speedwell (An Impossible Imposter by Deanna Raybourn) and I remember it was fascinating.

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A recommendation: I just finished re-reading The Loved One by Evelyn Waugh, which I read in high school and adored. It was just as good as I remembered.

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Jun 6, 2022Liked by Elizabeth

I just finished We Were Liars by E. Lockhart, and I’m already looking forward to reading it again. It had a surprise ending which made me rethink the whole book.

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I have a whole stack of books I reread on a regular basis for all kinds of reasons. Just finished rereading The Stone Diaries by Carol Shields and pan to re-read Ladder of Years by Ann Tyler for the fourth time this summer. One summer I re-read every single Patrick O’Brian book in the Aubrey- Maturin series and have read individual books over again since. A great newsletter, Elizabeth!

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Jun 6, 2022Liked by Elizabeth

I'm going to reread The City of Brass by S.A. Chakraborty. I wanted to read the second book in the trilogy but couldn't remember details of characters after like 3 years, lol.

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Uh, I'm going to have to get that coffee table book.

I don't re-read books very often -- they must be among my all-time most beloved and favorite books -- but to that end, I'll recommend The Little Friend by Donna Tartt. It was a very important book to me during the summer of 2017 and I'll always cherish it.

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My favorite re-read is Written In Red by Anne Bishop. Its a great comfort read for me.

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I used to be a big re-reader, though it's hard to find the time anymore. I've read Les Miserables by Victor Hugo 4 or 5 times (yup, the unabridged version), and I've re-read some favorites from childhood like The Phantom Tollbooth (which I would totally re-read again). But I'm looking forward to another re-read soon: my favorite book of all time, House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski. I've re-read it a handful of times, but I get something new out of it each time.

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