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b'Do you\\xa0really know a book from reading it just once? Annie and Chris weigh in on re-reading and why they do it--or don\'t. Is there a value in re-reading or is it a waste of time? Are there some books that deserve to be read more than once and others that don\'t? Also, move over, Schr\\xf6dinger. We\'ve got our own theoretical cat experiment. "Finding out what happens is the least part of reading." Mentioned this week: +\\xa0Historia Regum Britanniae by Geoffrey of Monmouth +\\xa0Little Women by Louisa May Alcott + An Old-Fashioned Girl by Louisa May Alcott +\\xa0Rose in Bloom by Louisa May Alcott +\\xa0Eight Cousins by Louisa May Alcott +\\xa0the Harry Potter\\xa0series by J. K. Rowling + the Chronicles of Narnia by C. S. Lewis +\\xa0The Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien +\\xa0The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald +\\xa0The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger +\\xa0Brave New World by Aldous Huxley +\\xa0To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee +\\xa0The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins +\\xa0Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel +\\xa0Paradise Lost by John Milton +\\xa0The Human Condition by Hannah Arendt +\\xa0The Supper of the Lamb by Robert Farrar Capon +\\xa0The Sorrows of Young Werther by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe +\\xa0Fates and Furies by Lauren Groff +\\xa0Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn Check out Shelf Subscriptions, a new monthly book delivery service from The Bookshelf, on our website and sign up for fresh picks from Annie, Chris, and the rest of The Bookshelf staff!'