100 books I want to re-read all my life
I've been reading books for about a decade now (school and college books are not counted). But it occurred to me only last year that the end goal is not to increase my reading count; I can re-read the books I loved reading the first time.
Re-reading works because you add more experiences to your concious as you age. The second time you read, you get more nuance. The third time you re-read, the nuance increases even more, and so on. And some classic books are meant to be imbibed, not just read, which can happen only if you re-read them many times.
To further realize this idea, I decided to enlist 100 books I want to re-read all my life.
The List
I've added only those books that I read after 17 Feb, 2025. The list is fluid. (It will take years to fill the list. Keep revisiting this page if you need book suggestions.)
Fiction
- The Course of Love by Alain de Botton
Non-fiction
- Sum: Forty Tales from the Afterlives by David Eagleman
- The School of Life: An Emotional Education by The School of Life
- The Rape of Nanking by Iris Chang
- A Simpler Life: A Guide to Greater Serenity, Ease, and Clarity by The School of Life
- Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad by James Clear
- What They Forgot to Teach You at School by The School of Life
- Food Rules: An Eater's Manual by Michael Pollan
- Hiroshima by John Hersey
- How to Think More Effectively by The School of Life
- Anything You Want: 40 Lessons for a New Kind of Entrepreneur by Derek Sivers
[The Travelling Companions by Augustus Leopold Egg]