Yes

I have just begun to be an avid rereader, and have found it very rewarding to refresh my memory on the characters, plot, and language that made me so intrigued by a book in the first place. Three that were particularly satisfying rereads were 100 Years of Solitude, As I Lay Dying, and The Great Gatsby. They become more rich as my understanding of life has deepened since my first reads. In fact, I have a mental roster of books that I have set aside for rereading (No Ordinary Time and Rubicon head the list) as soon as I finish them.
On the other hand, I am tempted but hesitate to reread others because I fear that they will lose some of the luster that my memory has given to those works based on my initial reads during my youth (such as books by Herman Hesse). I enjoy those hazy good feeling too much that I don't want to risk disturbing or dissipaing that warm aura .

Jeff

Plainview, NY