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Based on tag: Christianity

Members: 17 participating members (show all)

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1
The Screwtape Letters / Screwtape Proposes a Toast
by C. S. Lewis
15,407 members, 147 reviews
4.12 stars (4.12 stars)

Lists: Sstgr (1), ahef1963 (1), cpg (1), merrystar (2), hipdeep (3), bethanyseeley (4), cej1027 (26), aulsmith (34), Moomin_Mama

Score: 28.02

Explanations:

aulsmith (34): Yuck.

2
The Four Loves
by C. S. Lewis
6,856 members, 41 reviews
4.02 stars (4.02 stars)

Lists: eschator83 (1), aulsmith (1), Sstgr (2), kevinschlimgen (2), Karla_P (3), bethanyseeley (5), cpg (10), merrystar (20), cej1027 (79)

Score: 25.92

Explanations:

aulsmith (1): My favorite Lewis book.

3
Surprised by Joy: The Shape of My Early Life
by C. S. Lewis
5,982 members, 50 reviews
3.93 stars (3.93 stars)

Lists: bethanyseeley (1), Karla_P (1), kevinschlimgen (1), Sstgr (3), ahef1963 (5), merrystar (5), cpg (7), cej1027 (73)

Score: 24.22

4
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
by C. S. Lewis
39,048 members, 688 reviews
4.1 stars (4.1 stars)

Lists: bethanyseeley (3), ahef1963 (3), Sstgr (4), cpg (4), merrystar (9), hipdeep (14), Moomin_Mama, cej1027

Score: 21.04

5
The Magician's Nephew
by C. S. Lewis
24,968 members, 322 reviews
3.92 stars (3.92 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (2), cpg (3), Sstgr (5), bethanyseeley (7), merrystar (7), Moomin_Mama, cej1027

Score: 18.92

6
Mere Christianity
by C. S. Lewis
22,926 members, 201 reviews
4.26 stars (4.26 stars)

Lists: merrystar (1), bethanyseeley (2), Karla_P (2), cpg (2), Sstgr (6), cej1027 (32)

Score: 18.33

7
That Hideous Strength
by C. S. Lewis
7,328 members, 83 reviews
3.77 stars (3.77 stars)

Lists: Karla_P (5), Sstgr (7), ahef1963 (7), bethanyseeley (8), aulsmith (8), cpg (9), merrystar (17), cej1027

Score: 18.19

Explanations:

aulsmith (8): Read and liked

8
Out of the Silent Planet
by C. S. Lewis
9,714 members, 152 reviews
3.83 stars (3.83 stars)

Lists: Karla_P (6), Sstgr (8), bethanyseeley (9), ahef1963 (9), cpg (12), merrystar (12), aulsmith (17), cej1027

Score: 17.38

Explanations:

aulsmith (17): Awful

9
Perelandra
by C. S. Lewis
7,952 members, 93 reviews
3.82 stars (3.82 stars)

Lists: Karla_P (8), Sstgr (9), bethanyseeley (10), ahef1963 (11), cpg (13), merrystar (13), aulsmith (19), cej1027

Score: 16.83

Explanations:

aulsmith (19): Terrible.

10
The Hiding Place
by Corrie Ten Boom
8,308 members, 128 reviews
4.41 stars (4.41 stars)

Lists: dara85 (1), aulsmith (2), Karla_P (4), bethanyseeley (6), ahef1963 (17), cej1027 (30)

Score: 16.43

11
The Pilgrim's Progress
by John Bunyan
16,548 members, 154 reviews
3.74 stars (3.74 stars)

Lists: kevinschlimgen (3), eschator83 (4), bethanyseeley (15), aulsmith (16), ahef1963 (21), merrystar (22), cej1027

Score: 15.18

Explanations:

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

12
The Last Battle
by C. S. Lewis
19,725 members, 171 reviews
3.88 stars (3.88 stars)

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

Score: 15.14

13
Inferno
by Dante Alighieri
21,147 members, 198 reviews
4.08 stars (4.08 stars)

Lists: merrystar (4), eschator83 (5), cpg (5), Karla_P (7), hipdeep (13), aulsmith (35)

Score: 14.39

Explanations:

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

14
The Horse and His Boy
by C. S. Lewis
21,528 members, 210 reviews
3.86 stars (3.86 stars)

Lists: Karla_P (10), Sstgr (11), bethanyseeley (12), ahef1963 (12), cpg (15), merrystar (27), cej1027

Score: 14.09

15
The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
by C. S. Lewis
21,478 members, 228 reviews
4.03 stars (4.03 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (6), merrystar (6), cpg (8), Sstgr (12), bethanyseeley (14), cej1027

Score: 13.27

16
The Holy Bible: King James Version (KJV)
9,372 members, 124 reviews
4.01 stars (4.01 stars)

Lists: cej1027 (1), eschator83 (3), ahef1963 (15), cpg (19), aulsmith (21)

Score: 12.86

Explanations:

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

17
Till We Have Faces: A Myth Retold
by C. S. Lewis
7,734 members, 148 reviews
4.24 stars (4.24 stars)

Lists: hipdeep (5), Sstgr (13), bethanyseeley (16), Karla_P (17), merrystar (23), cpg (23)

Score: 12.41

18
The Chronicles of Narnia
by C. S. Lewis
31,606 members, 290 reviews
4.25 stars (4.25 stars)

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

Score: 12.25

Explanations:

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

19
A Wrinkle in Time
by Madeleine L'Engle
34,173 members, 877 reviews
4.05 stars (4.05 stars)

Lists: merrystar (11), hipdeep (12), Sstgr (14), bethanyseeley (17), ahef1963 (19), cej1027 (19)

Score: 12.22

20
Prince Caspian
by C. S. Lewis
22,460 members, 211 reviews
3.87 stars (3.87 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (10), Sstgr (15), cpg (17), cej1027 (17), bethanyseeley (19), merrystar (26)

Score: 11.91

21
The Great Divorce
by C. S. Lewis
10,233 members, 107 reviews
4.21 stars (4.21 stars)

Lists: Karla_P (11), bethanyseeley (13), Sstgr (16), merrystar (16), cpg (18), cej1027 (48)

Score: 11.77

22
The Silver Chair
by C. S. Lewis
20,195 members, 165 reviews
3.88 stars (3.88 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (13), cpg (16), Sstgr (17), bethanyseeley (20), merrystar (28), cej1027

Score: 11.27

23
The Imitation of Christ
by Thomas à Kempis
8,624 members, 68 reviews
4.09 stars (4.09 stars)

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

Score: 10.33

24
The Canterbury Tales
by Geoffrey Chaucer
19,617 members, 154 reviews
3.72 stars (3.72 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (14), merrystar (14), hipdeep (15), aulsmith (26)

Score: 7.94

25
Holy Blood, Holy Grail
by Michael Baigent
4,137 members, 72 reviews
3.23 stars (3.23 stars)

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

Score: 7.05

Explanations:

aulsmith (38): Dumb.

26
The Confessions of St. Augustine
by Saint Augustine
19,592 members, 146 reviews
3.94 stars (3.94 stars)

Lists: Karla_P (19), bethanyseeley (22), merrystar (24), cej1027 (72)

Score: 6.94

27
The Name of the Rose
by Umberto Eco
17,993 members, 283 reviews
4.2 stars (4.2 stars)

Lists: merrystar (19), bethanyseeley (25), ahef1963 (32), aulsmith (56)

Score: 6.85

28
Here I Stand: A Life of Martin Luther
by Roland H. Bainton
3,260 members, 17 reviews
4.2 stars (4.2 stars)

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

Score: 6.27

29
The Interior Castle
by St. Teresa of Avila
2,502 members, 26 reviews
4.03 stars (4.03 stars)

Lists: Dilara86 (1), Karla_P (14)

Score: 6.07

30
Under the Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith
by Jon Krakauer
8,014 members, 205 reviews
3.95 stars (3.95 stars)

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

Score: 5.81

31
Paradise Lost
by John Milton
11,971 members, 97 reviews
3.99 stars (3.99 stars)

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

Score: 5.72

Explanations:

aulsmith (36): Too boring to finish

32
Murder in the Cathedral
by T. S. Eliot
2,730 members, 28 reviews
3.7 stars (3.7 stars)

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

Score: 5.66

Explanations:

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

33
The Scarlet Letter
by Nathaniel Hawthorne
32,451 members, 344 reviews
3.39 stars (3.39 stars)

Lists: aulsmith (20), cej1027 (21), ahef1963 (22)

Score: 5.61

Explanations:

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

34
Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch
by Terry Pratchett
30,666 members, 724 reviews
4.26 stars (4.26 stars)

Lists: hipdeep (9), ahef1963 (30), aulsmith (47)

Score: 5.55

Explanations:

aulsmith (47): Boring

35
The Brothers Karamazov
by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
26,099 members, 294 reviews
4.37 stars (4.37 stars)

Lists: cpg (14), merrystar (25), aulsmith (43)

Score: 5.42

36
Gilead
by Marilynne Robinson
10,088 members, 355 reviews
3.89 stars (3.89 stars)

Lists: Dilara86 (2), ahef1963 (16)

Score: 5.36

Explanations:

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

37
Phantastes
by George MacDonald
2,023 members, 26 reviews
3.8 stars (3.8 stars)

Lists: merrystar (3), cpg (20)

Score: 4.93

38
The Practice of the Presence of God
by Brother Lawrence of the Resurrection
5,066 members, 48 reviews
4.02 stars (4.02 stars)

Lists: kevinschlimgen (5), aulsmith (13)

Score: 4.78

39
Lilith
by George MacDonald
1,617 members, 14 reviews
3.78 stars (3.78 stars)

Lists: merrystar (8), cpg (21)

Score: 4.25

40
This Present Darkness
by Frank E. Peretti
4,006 members, 56 reviews
3.91 stars (3.91 stars)

Lists: kevinschlimgen (7), cej1027 (28)

Score: 4.2

41
He Still Moves Stones
by Max Lucado
1,523 members, 8 reviews
4.34 stars (4.34 stars)

Lists: lisacmiller (1)

Score: 4

42
Seeking Allah, Finding Jesus: A Devout Muslim Encounters Christianity
by Nabeel Qureshi
1,153 members, 28 reviews
4.68 stars (4.68 stars)

Lists: Jaybird123 (1)

Score: 4

43
A Christological Catechism: New Testament Answers
by Joseph A. Fitzmyer
189 members, 2 reviews
2.67 stars (2.67 stars)

Lists: hipdeep (1)

Score: 4

44
The Little Flowers of St. Francis
by Ugolino Brunforte
1,023 members, 12 reviews
3.65 stars (3.65 stars)

Lists: aulsmith (12), Karla_P (22)

Score: 4

Explanations:

aulsmith (12): Fun

45
The New Oxford Annotated Bible with Apocrypha: New Revised Standard Version
by Michael D. Coogan
2,265 members, 6 reviews
4.3 stars (4.3 stars)

Lists: aulsmith (9), cej1027

Score: 3.87

Explanations:

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

46
Thomas Aquinas: Selected Writings [edited by Ralph McInerny]
by Thomas Aquinas
699 members, 3 reviews
3.84 stars (3.84 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.

47
Things Fall Apart
by Chinua Achebe
18,169 members, 395 reviews
3.76 stars (3.76 stars)

Lists: cej1027 (18), ahef1963 (25)

Score: 3.73

48
The Red Tent
by Anita Diamant
15,658 members, 376 reviews
4.03 stars (4.03 stars)

Lists: cej1027 (20), ahef1963 (27)

Score: 3.65

49
Seeds of Contemplation
by Thomas Merton
411 members, 4 reviews
3.95 stars (3.95 stars)

Lists: Karla_P (15), aulsmith (39)

Score: 3.63

50
Don't Waste Your Life
by John Piper
4,602 members, 30 reviews
4.03 stars (4.03 stars)

Lists: cej1027 (24), bethanyseeley (28)

Score: 3.55

51
Good News for Modern Man: The New Testament in Today's English Version
by American Bible Society
1,016 members, 2 reviews
3.66 stars (3.66 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (28), aulsmith (31)

Score: 3.43

Explanations:

aulsmith (31): The first Bible I understood.

52
Conjectures of a Guilty Bystander
by Thomas Merton
599 members, 7 reviews
4.28 stars (4.28 stars)

Lists: hipdeep (2)

Score: 3.36

53
The Seven Storey Mountain
by Thomas Merton
4,145 members, 52 reviews
3.97 stars (3.97 stars)

Lists: aulsmith (3)

Score: 3.04

54
Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God
by Jonathan Edwards
857 members, 9 reviews
4.11 stars (4.11 stars)

Lists: aulsmith (54), cej1027 (76)

Score: 2.83

Explanations:

aulsmith (54): Triple yuck.

55
Through the Narrow Gate
by Karen Armstrong
711 members, 11 reviews
4.04 stars (4.04 stars)

Lists: aulsmith (4)

Score: 2.83

Explanations:

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

56
Introducing Liberation Theology
by Leonardo Boff
348 members, 3 reviews
3.42 stars (3.42 stars)

Lists: hipdeep (4)

Score: 2.83

57
The Unlikely Disciple: A Sinner's Semester at America's Holiest University
by Kevin Roose
1,087 members, 80 reviews
4.09 stars (4.09 stars)

Lists: aulsmith (6)

Score: 2.56

58
Dietrich Bonhoeffer's Christmas Sermons
by Edwin H. Robertson
81 members, 1 review
3.64 stars (3.64 stars)

Lists: hipdeep (6)

Score: 2.56

59
Go Tell It on the Mountain
by James Baldwin
4,963 members, 103 reviews
3.87 stars (3.87 stars)

Lists: aulsmith (7)

Score: 2.46

Explanations:

aulsmith (7): I think this is Baldwin's plea to be accepted by the church he grew up in.

61
Why I Am a Catholic
by Garry Wills
397 members, 5 reviews
3.61 stars (3.61 stars)

Lists: hipdeep (8)

Score: 2.38

62
The Way of a Pilgrim / The Pilgrim Continues His Way
by Anonymous
1,754 members, 21 reviews
4.18 stars (4.18 stars)

Lists: aulsmith (14)

Score: 2.07

63
The Essential Erasmus
by Desiderius Erasmus
522 members, 0 reviews
3.6 stars (3.6 stars)

Lists: merrystar (15)

Score: 2.03

64
The Parables of Peanuts
by Robert L. Short
558 members, 3 reviews
4.03 stars (4.03 stars)

Lists: hipdeep (17)

Score: 1.97

65
The Best Christmas Pageant Ever
by Barbara Robinson
5,725 members, 101 reviews
4.17 stars (4.17 stars)

Lists: hipdeep (18)

Score: 1.94

67
George Macdonald: An Anthology
by George MacDonald
735 members, 5 reviews
3.89 stars (3.89 stars)

Lists: merrystar (21)

Score: 1.87

68
Life Application Study Bible, New Living Translation
by Tyndale
618 members, 3 reviews
4.44 stars (4.44 stars)

Lists: cej1027 (22)

Score: 1.85

69
The new Oxford annotated Bible with the Apocrypha
by Herbert G. May
0 members, 0 reviews

Lists: aulsmith (22)

Score: 1.85

Explanations:

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

70
Life Together: The Classic Exploration of Faith in Community
by Dietrich Bonhoeffer
4,621 members, 32 reviews
4.2 stars (4.2 stars)

Lists: aulsmith (23)

Score: 1.83

Explanations:

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

72
The Long Loneliness: The Autobiography of the Legendary Catholic Social Activist
by Dorothy Day
1,095 members, 15 reviews
4.08 stars (4.08 stars)

Lists: aulsmith (24)

Score: 1.81

73
The Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius
by Saint Ignatius of Loyola
2,450 members, 22 reviews
3.93 stars (3.93 stars)

Lists: aulsmith (25)

Score: 1.79

74
The Awesome Book of Bible Facts
by Sandy Silverthorne
314 members, 0 reviews
4.33 stars (4.33 stars)

Lists: cej1027 (25)

Score: 1.79

75
Jesus Freaks: Stories of Those Who Stood for Jesus
by DC Talk
2,274 members, 12 reviews
4.04 stars (4.04 stars)

Lists: cej1027 (27)

Score: 1.76

76
Not the Way It's Supposed to Be: A Breviary of Sin
by Cornelius Plantinga
935 members, 3 reviews
4.24 stars (4.24 stars)

Lists: cpg (27)

Score: 1.76

77
The Jerusalem Bible
by Alexander Jones
889 members, 1 review
4.03 stars (4.03 stars)

Lists: aulsmith (27)

Score: 1.76

Explanations:

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

78
Mysticism
by Evelyn Underhill
910 members, 6 reviews
4 stars (4 stars)

Lists: aulsmith (28)

Score: 1.74

79
The Easter Story
by Brian Wildsmith
315 members, 6 reviews
4.03 stars (4.03 stars)

Lists: cej1027 (29)

Score: 1.72

80
The Church and the Homosexual
by John J. McNeill
373 members, 3 reviews
4.21 stars (4.21 stars)

Lists: aulsmith (30)

Score: 1.71

81
The Bronze Bow
by Elizabeth George Speare
3,843 members, 48 reviews
4.04 stars (4.04 stars)

Lists: cej1027 (31)

Score: 1.7

82
The Epistle to the Romans
by Karl Barth
1,092 members, 9 reviews
3.84 stars (3.84 stars)

Lists: aulsmith (32)

Score: 1.68

83
The Greek New Testament
by Eberhard Nestle
5,865 members, 20 reviews
4.5 stars (4.5 stars)

Lists: aulsmith (33)

Score: 1.67

Explanations:

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

84
Fearfully and Wonderfully Made
by Philip Yancey
1,384 members, 4 reviews
4.15 stars (4.15 stars)

Lists: cej1027 (33)

Score: 1.67

85
The Jesus I Never Knew
by Philip Yancey
4,200 members, 35 reviews
4.03 stars (4.03 stars)

Lists: cej1027 (34)

Score: 1.66

86
Compendium of the Catechism of the Catholic Church
by Joseph Ratzinger
1,210 members, 6 reviews
4.2 stars (4.2 stars)

Lists: Karla_P (35)

Score: 1.65

87
From Jerusalem to Irian Jaya
by Ruth Tucker
1,144 members, 9 reviews
3.86 stars (3.86 stars)

Lists: cej1027 (35)

Score: 1.65

88
The Way of Perfection
by Teresa of Ávila
983 members, 9 reviews
4.09 stars (4.09 stars)

Lists: Karla_P (36)

Score: 1.63

89
Hudson Taylor: God's Venturer
by Phyllis Thompson
521 members, 1 review
3.54 stars (3.54 stars)

Lists: cej1027 (36)

Score: 1.63

90
The Very First Easter
by Paul L. Maier
680 members, 7 reviews
3.97 stars (3.97 stars)

Lists: cej1027 (37)

Score: 1.62

91
God Gave Us Easter
by Lisa Tawn Bergren
458 members, 12 reviews
4.09 stars (4.09 stars)

Lists: cej1027 (38)

Score: 1.61

92
Before I Was Born [1995 Edition]
by Carolyn Nystrom
255 members, 2 reviews
3.33 stars (3.33 stars)

Lists: cej1027 (39)

Score: 1.6

93
Brothers, We Are Not Professionals: A Plea to Pastors for Radical Ministry
by John Piper
2,306 members, 29 reviews
4.3 stars (4.3 stars)

Lists: cej1027 (40)

Score: 1.59

95
Beyond God the Father: Toward a Philosophy of Women's Liberation
by Mary Daly
642 members, 0 reviews
3.51 stars (3.51 stars)

Lists: aulsmith (41)

Score: 1.58

Explanations:

aulsmith (41): I tried.

96
Living a Life of Balance: Women of Faith Study Guide Series
by Women of Faith
52 members, 0 reviews
4 stars (4 stars)

Lists: cej1027 (41)

Score: 1.58

97
The Robe
by Lloyd C. Douglas
2,513 members, 23 reviews
4.1 stars (4.1 stars)

Lists: aulsmith (42)

Score: 1.57

98
Sit, Walk, Stand
by Watchman Nee
927 members, 5 reviews
4.28 stars (4.28 stars)

Lists: cej1027 (42)

Score: 1.57

99
Holy Bible (New International Version)
by International Bible Society
7,152 members, 54 reviews
4.25 stars (4.25 stars)

Lists: cej1027

Score: 1.56

100
The Holy Bible: English Standard Version (ESV)
by Crossway Bibles
4,555 members, 21 reviews
4.63 stars (4.63 stars)

Lists: cej1027

Score: 1.56

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