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Christianity Books You've Read

Description: (and hopefully liked): can be fiction, nonfiction, children's, YA, adults, etc.

Based on tag: Christianity

Members: 16 participating members (show all)

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1
The Screwtape Letters (with Screwtape Proposes a Toast)
by C. S. Lewis
12,902 members, 132 reviews
4.11 stars (4.11 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (1), cpg (1), merrystar (2), barney67 (2), hipdeep (3), bethanyseeley (4), cej1027 (25), aulsmith (34), Moomin_Mama

Score: 27.4

Explanations:

aulsmith (34): Yuck.

2
Surprised by Joy: The Shape of My Early Life
by C. S. Lewis
4,881 members, 41 reviews
3.93 stars (3.93 stars)

Lists: bethanyseeley (1), Karla_P (1), kevinschlimgen (1), ahef1963 (5), merrystar (5), cpg (7), barney67 (12), cej1027 (72)

Score: 23.33

3
The Four Loves
by C. S. Lewis
5,538 members, 34 reviews
4.02 stars (4.02 stars)

Lists: eschator83 (1), aulsmith (1), kevinschlimgen (2), Karla_P (3), bethanyseeley (5), cpg (10), barney67 (13)

Score: 21.43

Explanations:

aulsmith (1): My favorite Lewis book.

4
Mere Christianity
by C. S. Lewis
19,023 members, 164 reviews
4.27 stars (4.27 stars)

Lists: merrystar (1), barney67 (1), bethanyseeley (2), Karla_P (2), cpg (2), cej1027 (31)

Score: 19.79

5
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
by C. S. Lewis
32,136 members, 603 reviews
4.11 stars (4.11 stars)

Lists: bethanyseeley (3), ahef1963 (3), cpg (4), merrystar (9), hipdeep (12), Moomin_Mama, cej1027

Score: 18.34

6
The Inferno
by Dante Alighieri
17,725 members, 161 reviews
4.08 stars (4.08 stars)

Lists: barney67 (3), merrystar (4), eschator83 (5), cpg (5), Karla_P (7), hipdeep (11), aulsmith (35)

Score: 17.52

Explanations:

aulsmith (35): Got to about the 5th circle before giving up.

7
The Hiding Place
by Corrie Ten Boom
6,344 members, 102 reviews
4.4 stars (4.4 stars)

Lists: dara85 (1), aulsmith (2), Karla_P (4), bethanyseeley (6), ahef1963 (17), cej1027 (29)

Score: 16.44

8
The Magician's Nephew
by C. S. Lewis
20,560 members, 273 reviews
3.93 stars (3.93 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (2), cpg (3), bethanyseeley (7), merrystar (7), Moomin_Mama, cej1027

Score: 16.3

9
That Hideous Strength
by C. S. Lewis
6,143 members, 70 reviews
3.79 stars (3.79 stars)

Lists: Karla_P (5), ahef1963 (7), bethanyseeley (8), aulsmith (8), cpg (9), merrystar (19), cej1027

Score: 15.73

Explanations:

aulsmith (8): Read and liked

10
Out of the Silent Planet
by C. S. Lewis
8,082 members, 131 reviews
3.85 stars (3.85 stars)

Lists: Karla_P (6), bethanyseeley (9), ahef1963 (9), cpg (12), merrystar (12), aulsmith (17), cej1027

Score: 15.05

Explanations:

aulsmith (17): Awful

11
Perelandra
by C. S. Lewis
6,682 members, 74 reviews
3.84 stars (3.84 stars)

Lists: Karla_P (8), bethanyseeley (10), ahef1963 (11), cpg (13), merrystar (13), aulsmith (19), cej1027

Score: 14.56

Explanations:

aulsmith (19): Terrible.

12
The Pilgrim's Progress
by John Bunyan
13,380 members, 118 reviews
3.71 stars (3.71 stars)

Lists: kevinschlimgen (3), eschator83 (4), bethanyseeley (15), aulsmith (16), ahef1963 (21), cej1027

Score: 13.38

Explanations:

aulsmith (16): Got about half-way through. Boooring!

13
The Last Battle
by C. S. Lewis
16,189 members, 139 reviews
3.89 stars (3.89 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (8), Karla_P (9), merrystar (10), bethanyseeley (11), cpg (11), cej1027

Score: 12.94

14
The Chronicles of Narnia
by C. S. Lewis
26,845 members, 266 reviews
4.26 stars (4.26 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (4), cpg (6), aulsmith (18), Moomin_Mama, cej1027

Score: 12.3

Explanations:

aulsmith (18): Read, but I hated the ending. Certainly drove me towards Universalism, which was not Lewis' intent.

15
The Horse and His Boy
by C. S. Lewis
17,681 members, 175 reviews
3.88 stars (3.88 stars)

Lists: Karla_P (10), bethanyseeley (12), ahef1963 (12), cpg (15), merrystar (25), cej1027

Score: 11.98

16
The Great Divorce
by C. S. Lewis
8,430 members, 90 reviews
4.23 stars (4.23 stars)

Lists: Karla_P (11), bethanyseeley (13), cpg (18), merrystar (20), barney67 (42), cej1027 (47)

Score: 11.24

17
The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
by C. S. Lewis
17,871 members, 191 reviews
4.05 stars (4.05 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (6), merrystar (6), cpg (8), bethanyseeley (14), cej1027

Score: 11.17

18
The Canterbury Tales
by Geoffrey Chaucer
16,550 members, 127 reviews
3.73 stars (3.73 stars)

Lists: barney67 (7), hipdeep (13), ahef1963 (14), merrystar (14), aulsmith (26)

Score: 10.47

19
Till We Have Faces: A Myth Retold
by C. S. Lewis
6,442 members, 130 reviews
4.23 stars (4.23 stars)

Lists: hipdeep (5), bethanyseeley (16), barney67 (16), Karla_P (17), cpg (23)

Score: 10.47

20
The Imitation of Christ
by Thomas à Kempis
7,096 members, 50 reviews
4.11 stars (4.11 stars)

Lists: eschator83 (2), Karla_P (21), bethanyseeley (24), aulsmith (29), cej1027

Score: 10.37

21
Holy Bible: King James Version
6,601 members, 102 reviews
4.05 stars (4.05 stars)

Lists: eschator83 (3), ahef1963 (15), cpg (19), aulsmith (21), barney67 (50)

Score: 10.36

Explanations:

aulsmith (21): I read it, but I certainly didn't understand it.

22
A Wrinkle in Time
by Madeleine L'Engle
28,429 members, 742 reviews
4.07 stars (4.07 stars)

Lists: hipdeep (10), merrystar (11), bethanyseeley (17), cej1027 (18), ahef1963 (19)

Score: 10.27

23
The Abolition of Man
by C. S. Lewis
4,428 members, 41 reviews
4.03 stars (4.03 stars)

Lists: kevinschlimgen (4), Karla_P (13), bethanyseeley (18), cpg (24), barney67 (43)

Score: 10.25

24
Prince Caspian
by C. S. Lewis
18,412 members, 170 reviews
3.87 stars (3.87 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (10), merrystar (16), cej1027 (16), cpg (17), bethanyseeley (19)

Score: 10.14

25
The Silver Chair
by C. S. Lewis
16,613 members, 140 reviews
3.89 stars (3.89 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (13), cpg (16), bethanyseeley (20), merrystar (24), cej1027

Score: 9.42

26
Paradise Lost
by John Milton
9,687 members, 78 reviews
3.97 stars (3.97 stars)

Lists: barney67 (4), Karla_P (12), ahef1963 (18), aulsmith (36)

Score: 8.55

Explanations:

aulsmith (36): Too boring to finish

27
Murder in the Cathedral
by T. S. Eliot
2,301 members, 21 reviews
3.67 stars (3.67 stars)

Lists: hipdeep (9), barney67 (10), ahef1963 (20), aulsmith (48)

Score: 7.97

Explanations:

aulsmith (48): My least favorite of the Becket plays. Smug and hard to read.

28
The Brothers Karamazov
by Fyodor Dostoevsky
22,327 members, 249 reviews
4.38 stars (4.38 stars)

Lists: barney67 (9), cpg (14), merrystar (17), aulsmith (43)

Score: 7.91

29
Miracles
by C. S. Lewis
4,282 members, 22 reviews
3.95 stars (3.95 stars)

Lists: barney67 (14), Karla_P (16), bethanyseeley (21), cpg (22)

Score: 7.78

30
Confessions
by Augustine
15,705 members, 103 reviews
3.91 stars (3.91 stars)

Lists: barney67 (11), Karla_P (19), bethanyseeley (22), cej1027 (71)

Score: 7.34

31
The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail
by Michael Baigent
3,798 members, 72 reviews
3.22 stars (3.22 stars)

Lists: Karla_P (20), bethanyseeley (23), ahef1963 (29), aulsmith (38)

Score: 7.05

Explanations:

aulsmith (38): Dumb.

32
Gilead: A Novel
by Marilynne Robinson
8,762 members, 328 reviews
3.9 stars (3.9 stars)

Lists: Dilara86 (2), ahef1963 (16), barney67 (51)

Score: 6.86

Explanations:

Dilara86 (2): A congregationalist minister reflects on his life, his family and theology.

33
The Name of the Rose
by Umberto Eco
15,596 members, 241 reviews
4.2 stars (4.2 stars)

Lists: merrystar (21), bethanyseeley (25), ahef1963 (32), aulsmith (56)

Score: 6.8

34
Here I Stand: A Life of Martin Luther
by Roland H. Bainton
2,680 members, 17 reviews
4.14 stars (4.14 stars)

Lists: aulsmith (5), ahef1963 (23), bethanyseeley (26)

Score: 6.27

35
The Interior Castle
by St. Teresa of Avila
1,907 members, 17 reviews
4.05 stars (4.05 stars)

Lists: Dilara86 (1), Karla_P (14)

Score: 6.07

36
Seeds of Contemplation
by Thomas Merton
357 members, 1 review
3.88 stars (3.88 stars)

Lists: barney67 (8), Karla_P (15), aulsmith (39)

Score: 6.01

37
Under the Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith
by Jon Krakauer
7,117 members, 177 reviews
3.95 stars (3.95 stars)

Lists: aulsmith (10), ahef1963 (24), bethanyseeley (27)

Score: 5.81

38
Crossing the Threshold of Hope
by John Paul II
2,031 members, 13 reviews
3.92 stars (3.92 stars)

Lists: Karla_P (18), barney67 (18), ahef1963 (26)

Score: 5.66

39
Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch
by Terry Pratchett
25,893 members, 594 reviews
4.27 stars (4.27 stars)

Lists: hipdeep (8), ahef1963 (30), aulsmith (47)

Score: 5.62

Explanations:

aulsmith (47): Boring

40
The Seven Storey Mountain
by Thomas Merton
3,436 members, 39 reviews
3.99 stars (3.99 stars)

Lists: aulsmith (3), barney67 (6)

Score: 5.6

41
The Scarlet Letter
by Nathaniel Hawthorne
27,180 members, 296 reviews
3.39 stars (3.39 stars)

Lists: merrystar (18), aulsmith (20), cej1027 (20), ahef1963 (22)

Thumbs down: barney67

Score: 5.57

Explanations:

barney67 (0): This book is not about Christianity.

aulsmith (20): I found the minister's swarminess too off-putting to say I enjoyed this.

42
St. Francis of Assisi
by G. K. Chesterton
1,120 members, 11 reviews
3.82 stars (3.82 stars)

Lists: barney67 (24), Karla_P (26), aulsmith (55)

Score: 5.05

43
Pensées
by Blaise Pascal
3,558 members, 23 reviews
3.84 stars (3.84 stars)

Lists: Dilara86 (3), barney67 (17)

Score: 5.01

44
Phantastes
by George MacDonald
1,644 members, 18 reviews
3.86 stars (3.86 stars)

Lists: merrystar (3), cpg (20)

Score: 4.93

45
The Practice of the Presence of God
by Brother Lawrence of the Resurrection
4,211 members, 37 reviews
4.01 stars (4.01 stars)

Lists: kevinschlimgen (5), aulsmith (13)

Score: 4.78

46
The new Oxford annotated Bible with the Apocrypha
by Herbert G. May
0 members, 0 reviews

Lists: barney67 (5), aulsmith (22)

Score: 4.52

Explanations:

barney67 (5): Standard college version.

aulsmith (22): Worked well until the NRSV came out.

48
Lilith
by George MacDonald
1,406 members, 13 reviews
3.78 stars (3.78 stars)

Lists: merrystar (8), cpg (21)

Score: 4.25

49
This Present Darkness
by Frank E. Peretti
3,374 members, 49 reviews
3.94 stars (3.94 stars)

Lists: kevinschlimgen (7), cej1027 (27)

Score: 4.21

50
He Still Moves Stones
by Max Lucado
1,279 members, 5 reviews
4.33 stars (4.33 stars)

Lists: lisacmiller (1)

Score: 4

52
A Christological Catechism: New Testament Answers
by Joseph A. Fitzmyer
138 members, 1 review
2 stars (2 stars)

Lists: hipdeep (1)

Score: 4

53
The Little Flowers of St. Francis
by Ugolino Brunforte
1,223 members, 11 reviews
3.79 stars (3.79 stars)

Lists: aulsmith (12), Karla_P (22)

Score: 4

Explanations:

aulsmith (12): Fun

54
The New Oxford Annotated Bible, New Revised Standard Version with the Apocrypha
by Michael D. Coogan
2,897 members, 8 reviews
4.33 stars (4.33 stars)

Lists: aulsmith (9), cej1027

Score: 3.92

Explanations:

aulsmith (9): Best study Bible I ever had.

55
Selected Writings
by Thomas Aquinas
716 members, 1 review
3.8 stars (3.8 stars)

Lists: aulsmith (15), Karla_P (23)

Score: 3.86

Explanations:

aulsmith (15): I thought some of Aquinas was so nit-picky as to be hilarious.

56
Things Fall Apart
by Chinua Achebe
15,125 members, 336 reviews
3.75 stars (3.75 stars)

Lists: cej1027 (17), ahef1963 (25)

Score: 3.76

57
Jesus of Nazareth: From the Baptism in the Jordan to the Transfiguration
by Pope Benedict XVI
1,839 members, 26 reviews
4.26 stars (4.26 stars)

Lists: barney67 (19), Karla_P (24)

Score: 3.72

58
The Red Tent
by Anita Diamant
14,516 members, 353 reviews
4.04 stars (4.04 stars)

Lists: cej1027 (19), ahef1963 (27)

Score: 3.67

59
Saint Thomas Aquinas: The Dumb Ox
by G. K. Chesterton
1,244 members, 9 reviews
4.03 stars (4.03 stars)

Lists: barney67 (22), Karla_P (25)

Score: 3.64

60
Don't Waste Your Life
by John Piper
3,728 members, 28 reviews
4.03 stars (4.03 stars)

Lists: cej1027 (23), bethanyseeley (28)

Score: 3.57

62
Good News for Modern Man: The New Testament in Today's English Version
by American Bible Society
1,159 members, 5 reviews
3.76 stars (3.76 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (28), aulsmith (31)

Score: 3.43

Explanations:

aulsmith (31): The first Bible I understood.

64
The Place Within: The Poetry of Pope John Paul II
by Pope John Paul II
122 members, 1 review
3.75 stars (3.75 stars)

Lists: Karla_P (29), barney67 (32)

Score: 3.41

65
The Lord
by Romano Guardini
407 members, 3 reviews
4.41 stars (4.41 stars)

Lists: Karla_P (30), barney67 (33)

Score: 3.38

66
Conjectures of a Guilty Bystander
by Thomas Merton
512 members, 5 reviews
4.26 stars (4.26 stars)

Lists: hipdeep (2)

Score: 3.36

67
The End of the Modern World: A Search for Orientation
by Romano Guardini
175 members, 0 reviews
4.25 stars (4.25 stars)

Lists: Karla_P (31), barney67 (34)

Score: 3.35

68
Making Sense of It All Pascal and the Meaning of Life
by Thomas V. Morris
158 members, 1 review
4.29 stars (4.29 stars)

Lists: cpg (25), barney67 (45)

Score: 3.33

70
Book of Hymns of the United Methodist Church, 1984 Bicentennial
by The Methodist Church
565 members, 0 reviews
3.56 stars (3.56 stars)

Lists: merrystar (26), aulsmith (52)

Score: 3.26

71
The Man Who Was Thursday
by G. K. Chesterton
5,352 members, 134 reviews
3.8 stars (3.8 stars)

Lists: Karla_P (33), cej1027 (59)

Score: 3.11

72
Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God
by Jonathan Edwards
1,060 members, 12 reviews
4 stars (4 stars)

Lists: aulsmith (54), cej1027 (75)

Score: 2.84

Explanations:

aulsmith (54): Triple yuck.

73
Through the Narrow Gate
by Karen Armstrong
644 members, 10 reviews
4.06 stars (4.06 stars)

Lists: aulsmith (4)

Score: 2.83

Explanations:

aulsmith (4): Definitely contributed to my leaving the fold.

74
Introducing Liberation Theology
by Leonardo Boff
283 members, 3 reviews
3.42 stars (3.42 stars)

Lists: hipdeep (4)

Score: 2.83

75
The Unlikely Disciple: A Sinner's Semester at America's Holiest University
by Kevin Roose
962 members, 70 reviews
4.11 stars (4.11 stars)

Lists: aulsmith (6)

Score: 2.56

77
Why I am a Catholic
by Garry Wills
345 members, 4 reviews
3.55 stars (3.55 stars)

Lists: hipdeep (7)

Score: 2.46

78
The Way of a Pilgrim and The Pilgrim Continues His Way
by Anonymous
1,475 members, 20 reviews
4.14 stars (4.14 stars)

Lists: aulsmith (14)

Score: 2.07

79
The Essential Erasmus (Essentials)
by Desiderius Erasmus
454 members, 0 reviews
3.5 stars (3.5 stars)

Lists: merrystar (15)

Score: 2.03

80
Life Application Study Bible, New Living Translation
by Tyndale
510 members, 3 reviews
4.4 stars (4.4 stars)

Lists: cej1027 (21)

Score: 1.87

82
Life Together: The Classic Exploration of Faith in Community
by Dietrich Bonhoeffer
3,572 members, 29 reviews
4.24 stars (4.24 stars)

Lists: aulsmith (23)

Score: 1.83

Explanations:

aulsmith (23): Loved this book when I was in college.

83
The Long Loneliness: The Autobiography of Dorothy Day
by Dorothy Day
902 members, 14 reviews
4.04 stars (4.04 stars)

Lists: aulsmith (24)

Score: 1.81

84
The Awesome Book of Bible Facts
by Sandy Silverthorne
254 members, 0 reviews
3.83 stars (3.83 stars)

Lists: cej1027 (24)

Score: 1.81

85
Manresa: Spiritual Exercises of Saint Ignatius
by Anthony Mottola
1,793 members, 10 reviews
4.02 stars (4.02 stars)

Lists: aulsmith (25)

Score: 1.79

86
Jesus Freaks: Stories of Those Who Stood for Jesus
by DC Talk
1,858 members, 11 reviews
4.03 stars (4.03 stars)

Lists: cej1027 (26)

Score: 1.77

87
The Jerusalem Bible
by Alexander Jones
747 members, 1 review
3.93 stars (3.93 stars)

Lists: aulsmith (27)

Score: 1.76

Explanations:

aulsmith (27): The most lyrical of the English translations.

88
Not the Way It's Supposed to Be: A Breviary of Sin
by Cornelius Plantinga
729 members, 3 reviews
4.17 stars (4.17 stars)

Lists: cpg (27)

Score: 1.76

89
Mysticism
by Evelyn Underhill
772 members, 5 reviews
4.02 stars (4.02 stars)

Lists: aulsmith (28)

Score: 1.74

90
The Easter Story
by Brian Wildsmith
218 members, 4 reviews
3.9 stars (3.9 stars)

Lists: cej1027 (28)

Score: 1.74

91
The Bronze Bow
by Elizabeth George Speare
2,880 members, 41 reviews
4.05 stars (4.05 stars)

Lists: cej1027 (30)

Score: 1.71

92
The Church and the Homosexual
by John J. McNeill
333 members, 3 reviews
4.21 stars (4.21 stars)

Lists: aulsmith (30)

Score: 1.71

93
Fearfully and Wonderfully Made
by Philip Yancey
1,096 members, 4 reviews
4.1 stars (4.1 stars)

Lists: cej1027 (32)

Score: 1.68

94
The Epistle to the Romans
by Karl Barth
917 members, 7 reviews
3.8 stars (3.8 stars)

Lists: aulsmith (32)

Score: 1.68

95
The Greek New Testament
by Eberhard Nestle
4,991 members, 12 reviews
4.52 stars (4.52 stars)

Lists: aulsmith (33)

Score: 1.67

Explanations:

aulsmith (33): Didn't get very far.

96
The Jesus I Never Knew
by Philip Yancey
3,719 members, 29 reviews
4.01 stars (4.01 stars)

Lists: cej1027 (33)

Score: 1.67

97
From Jerusalem to Irian Jaya
by Ruth A. Tucker
920 members, 8 reviews
3.81 stars (3.81 stars)

Lists: cej1027 (34)

Score: 1.66

98
Compendium of the Catechism of the Catholic Church
by Joseph Ratzinger
896 members, 3 reviews
4.1 stars (4.1 stars)

Lists: Karla_P (35)

Score: 1.65

99
Hudson Taylor: God's Venturer
by Phyllis Thompson
364 members, 1 review
3.38 stars (3.38 stars)

Lists: cej1027 (35)

Score: 1.65

100
The Way of Perfection
by St. Teresa of Ávila
740 members, 7 reviews
4.14 stars (4.14 stars)

Lists: Karla_P (36)

Score: 1.63

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