Not including short story collections, poetry collections, anthologies, etc.
For me, I believe it’s Oroonoko by Aphra Behn because it was on the syllabus for three different classes that I took in college. Other than that, the most I’ve read a single book is twice, and that was Telegraph Avenue by Michael Chabon. I’ve read Dracula 1.5 times. Didn’t finish it the second time around.
So agree. I loved the enduring spirit of WD so entirely that I dreamed of thanking him in every way possible. Like a scaffolding of the heart
“a scaffolding of the heart” is such a lovely way to describe books like these
They make our hearts echo that valiance somehow