Hannibal is one of those books I can read over and over and over and never get sick of it. I think I've read it at least 15 times since it came out however many years ago. (I went through a weird I-want-to-study-serial-killers-for-the-FBI phase when I was a young teenager. XD)

And the Hannibal movie is just gorgeous.

I wasn't really thrilled with Hannibal Rising. I agree, he's more terrifying (and intriguing) without the backstory.

Ahh now I want to go re-read and re-watch Hannibal :D