Lots of writers reread their favorite books — and not just once or twice. Stephen King, who wears a T-shirt with the slogan Quot libros, quam breve tempus
(“So many books, so little time”), has read “Lord of the Flies” eight
or nine times, he said via e-mail, and “Lord of the Rings” three or
four. King has also read Ian McEwan’s “Enduring Love” and Robert Penn
Warren’s “All the King’s Men” three or four times each; James M. Cain’s
“Double Indemnity” four or five times; and John D. MacDonald’s 1960
thriller “The End of the Night” some half a dozen times. Of that book,
about a college dropout’s killing spree, King said: “It’s one of the
greatest American novels of the 20th century. This is a novel Émile Zola
would have relished.”
The above comes from an interesting article at The New York Times Online which you can find HERE
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