Even if you're the most thorough reader, it can be difficult to take in every single detail of a book on the first read.
That's why a a second, or even third, reading can provide a fuller appreciation of any great book.
The New York Public Library compiled a list of the 10 best books to reread, from groundbreaking short-story collections to all-time favorite biographies.
"The Big Sleep" by Raymond Chandler
This 1939 crime novel introduces the famed fictional detective Philip Marlowe, who is featured throughout Chandler's work. Hired by a billionaire on his death bed, Marlowe sets out to investigate a case of blackmail, but he ends up ensnared in mysteries of murder, pornography, kidnapping, and more.
The book is notoriously complex, so a second reading may help you uncover any clues and details you may have missed the first time around.
"The Collected Poems of Langston Hughes" by Langston Hughes
Langston Hughes not only wrote beautiful poetry, but also captured over 40 years of African-American life within his writing. Reading the jazz poet's work is important for both of these reasons, and this volume includes his 868 poems arranged in the rough order that they were written.
Some of his most famous poems, like "I, Too, Sing America" and the lengthier "Montage of a Dream Deferred," are included, but it's easy to pick up this collection over and over again to discover something new.
"The Corrections" by Jonathan Franzen
The Lambert family is gradually tearing at the seams, as wife and mother Enid desperately searches for some enjoyment. Her husband, Alfred, is deteriorating from Parkinson's disease, while her children each deal with their own share of struggles.
Enid's goal is to reunite her family for Christmas one last time, and the novel is a tale of that family's trials and tribulations.
"The Corrections" won the National Book Award for Fiction in 2001.
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