I know there are a lot of readers out there who re-read their books.  My girlfriend’s daughter re-read the first 6 Harry Potter books before she read the last one. She’s done this every time they released a new book in the series.  I have friends who re-read classics like Jayne Austin books.  Well I have to confess I’m not one of them.  I don’t re-read my books.  I do keep some but mostly I pass them on to other readers or donate them.  I never saw the appeal of reading something I’d already read.  There are no surprises and you know the ending.  That alone will loose my interest.  Then there is the fact that I have over 800 in mass paperbacks and 75 in trade paperback and hard covers in my to be read pile.  

Do you re-read your books? If so which ones and why?