I don’t really reread books now, but as a child, I reread a lot of my favorite books - The Hobbit, the Mummin series, Winnie the Pooh in Russian (more of a retelling than a literal translation), the Captain Blood books, Speaker for the Dead by Orson Scott Card, Jack London’s many short stories, Agatha Christie, Simenon, and Conan Doyle.

I don’t have a fear of books. I have a fear of flying.

It can definitely happen, but it’s not always the case. I had years when I was deeply depressed, but read little to nothing. Reading does reduce/help me control my anxiety (I developed fear of flying and reading a physical book or listening to an audiobook helps a lot), but I still have anxiety filled times when I can’t even touch a book.