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The books I own more than once

By Heather

I have a few patterns.

Sometimes I buy every edition because I am so in love with a book. Sometimes I buy the same edition twice by mistake. That happened again this week, with a second Barnes & Noble edition of The Knave and the Moon. I hit order, looked up, and realised I already had it. And sometimes I just like the look of a book enough to want the variations.

This is nowhere near the whole list. It is a good chunk of it.

The War of Lost HeartsCarissa Broadbent

The War of Lost Hearts by Carissa Broadbent, three sets on a shelf. Three hardcovers with painted orange and yellow page edges, three standing with black and white illustrated edges, and three stacked with the titles on their spines.
  • The original independently published hardcovers, with a hand-painted scene along the page edges.
  • The newer hardcover releases, all signed.
  • The Waterstones editions, each one signed at a book event.

I read this series while I was going through personal things, and it lit a fire in me. It has always had a special place in my heart, and it is one of my favourite series. The different editions are how I commemorate what reading does for me. Each set has a different aesthetic and a different meaning. I love being able to have all three.

The Shepherd KingRachel Gillig

The Shepherd King by Rachel Gillig, four editions of One Dark Window and Two Twisted Crowns. A stack of paperbacks and hardcovers with pink patterned edges, and two hardcovers standing with stained glass window edges.
  • The original paperbacks.
  • The re-released hardcovers, with sprayed edges.
  • The Barnes & Noble exclusive editions.
  • The French editions, with a stained glass window effect on the edges.

This is my favourite series of all time. If there is a special edition, I will buy it. That is the whole reason.

One Dark Window on LiteraryLure. Editions you own, 4. The Barnes & Noble exclusive, the French special edition, the standard hardcover and the standard paperback, each with a value.
The same book on LiteraryLure

Spark of the EverflamePenn Cole

Spark of the Everflame by Penn Cole, four editions. A stack of five hardcovers in yellow, orange and green, two dark hardcovers with patterned edges on top, and three standing with orange and red spines.
  • The original hardcovers.
  • The FairyLoot edition.
  • The OwlCrate edition.
  • The Spanish editions.

Another series that came along when I was going through something and gave me what I needed. So I like to commemorate it.

Fourth WingRebecca Yarros

Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros, three editions. A gold hardcover, a hardcover with a dragon's eye on the cover, and a lighter hardcover with a signed sticker.
  • The original hardcover, signed. A standard edition, but a first edition from before any version with sprayed edges.
  • Two Waterstones editions, signed at an author event. The Waterstones set came out last year and I have the whole set.

Onyx StormRebecca Yarros

Onyx Storm by Rebecca Yarros, four editions. A hardcover with a blue dragon's face on the cover standing beside a stack of five hardcovers with dragons on their sprayed edges.
  • More than one pre-order, because I ordered it from more than one place and forgot.
  • A copy signed at an author event.
  • The edition with the dragon's face, which I love.
  • The Target edition.

This is an example of me getting it wrong and ordering the same book through several pre-orders. So now I have a lot of Onyx Storm.

The Knight and the MothRachel Gillig

The Knight and the Moth by Rachel Gillig, three editions. The Barnes & Noble exclusive and a pink lettered hardcover standing on top of the standard hardcover.
  • The standard hardcover.
  • The Barnes & Noble exclusive.
  • The Target exclusive.

Rachel is one of my favourite authors. I had to have the Target one because it is pink.

AlchemisedSenLinYu

Alchemised by SenLinYu, two editions. The Barnes & Noble exclusive beside a signed copy, both with the same gothic cover.
  • A standard edition, signed.
  • The Barnes & Noble exclusive, with sprayed edges.

QuicksilverCallie Hart

Quicksilver by Callie Hart, three editions. The paperback with the original cover, a black hardcover and a white hardcover with silver lettering.
  • The paperback, with a signed bookplate. This was the only one I had for a long time.
  • Two newer editions that came out just before Brimstone.

This one changed over time. The collection spans quite a while.

Bonds of Hercules and Blood of HerculesJasmine Mas

Bonds of Hercules and Blood of Hercules by Jasmine Mas, several editions. Three gold and black hardcovers with patterned sprayed edges, one with a Signed Exclusive Edition sticker.
  • Several editions of each book, all gold and black and all slightly different.
  • The Target edition, silver and red. The oddball.

I love the design of these. I love that they are all slightly different and still go together. I have multiple versions of both books.

Warrior Princess AssassinBrigid Kemmerer

Warrior Princess Assassin by Brigid Kemmerer, two editions. Two peach hardcovers, one the Barnes & Noble exclusive with orange sprayed edges, the other with blue sprayed edges.
  • Two editions with different colours on the sprayed edges, both signed at an author event.

I just think it is cool that the edges are different colours.

Tempting VenomRina Kent

Tempting Venom by Rina Kent, several editions. A white hardcover with orange patterned edges and a black Barnes & Noble exclusive with snakes on the edges.
  • The same book across several retailers, each one a little different.

Rina Kent is very good at this. Multiple versions of the same book across multiple retailers, and I found myself needing as many of them as I can get.

Red CityMarie Lu

Red City by Marie Lu, two editions. A red hardcover with a winged lion and a fox, and a red hardcover with a black lion.
  • The OwlCrate edition, which came in a subscription box.
  • A signed special edition, ordered when the book first came out.

A weird one. I just happened to end up with two.

Lights OutNavessa Allen

Lights Out by Navessa Allen, two editions. A black hardcover with a blue skull signed by the author, and the white After Dark edition with a black skull.
  • Two editions that look vastly different from each other, one of them the After Dark edition.

True story, I have never read it. I thought the two editions looked so different that it was cool, so I have both.

From Blood and AshJennifer L. Armentrout

From Blood and Ash by Jennifer L. Armentrout, three editions. A white hardcover with red foil and red flowers on the edges, standing on a hardcover with a sword painted along the edges and the original hardcover.
  • The original hardcover.
  • A hand-painted edition, signed at an author event.
  • The ApollyCon edition, which I got when I volunteered there last year.

From Blood and Ash was my very first fantasy read, and I am glad it was, because it is a great entry into the fantasy world. I have the original hardcover and I have collected other editions along the way. The ApollyCon one is gorgeous. It lives on my very top shelf.

A Shadow in the EmberJennifer L. Armentrout

A Shadow in the Ember by Jennifer L. Armentrout, two editions. The black Death edition with a silver moon crown and the white Life edition with a gold sun crown, crowns printed along their edges.
  • The Life edition, white, with the sun crown.
  • The Death edition, black, with the moon crown.

Same book. One Life version and one Death version.

Rose in ChainsJulie Soto

Rose in Chains by Julie Soto, two of three editions. A dark purple hardcover with gold scrollwork and a blue hardcover with the standard cover, on a shelf.
  • A special edition hardcover, signed.
  • The Waterstones edition.
  • The OwlCrate edition, hand signed.

This one is interesting. I wanted more than one copy because the book was incredibly hyped before it came out, and I thought that would make the editions more sought after. Then I read it and fell in love with it. They are different retailers and different exclusives. One of them is somewhere else on my shelves and I could not find it for the photo, which is its own argument for keeping track.

Rose in Chains on LiteraryLure. Editions you own, 3. The standard hardcover, the signed special edition and the OwlCrate edition, each with a value.
The same book on LiteraryLure

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