Ask HN: Which book would you pick to re-read for the rest of your life?

Recommendations from 100 sampled comments out of 187 eligible comments. This page covers the sample, rather than the entire HN thread.

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jdkee · Jul 3, 2022
Came here to say this. I reread it every ten years or so and each time I find something new in it.
srvmshr · Jul 3, 2022
Kernighan & Ritchie C (I learn/interpret either something new about C or marvel the art of precise writing)
philophyse · Jul 4, 2022
The conversation around eddies in the space-time continuum is the single funniest thing I've ever read.
gilmore606 · Jul 3, 2022
Same, I've read Siddhartha once a year for the past 15 years at least. The river always has something to say.
electricant · Jul 3, 2022
Came here to say the same. Every time I read it it has a different meaning.
h2odragon · Jul 3, 2022
Lord of the Rings. I re-read LotR, one volume a day, every day in 5th grade.
brudgers · Jul 3, 2022
If it was TAoCP, I would always have something I didn’t understand to read.