The question is.
"Why didn`t you read the book to the end?"
"Well, I already knew it, I´d read it before or I´ve read it before."
I would choose "I`ve read it before" because the time of the action is before. Is this right?
I´d read it before/ I´ve read it before
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Re: I´d read it before/ I´ve read it before
No! You are referring to a time before another past time, and so the past perfect (I'd read) is the more appropriate choice.