MY FAVORITE BOOKS

 
 
 
THE BIBLE
The greatest book ever written
by the greatest Writer of all time

 
 
 
 
PATRICIA MCKILLIP
A great fantasy writer

Riddle of Stars:
The Riddle-Master of Hed
Heir of Sea and Fire
Harpist in the Wind

Something Rich and Strange

Fool's Run

The Sorceress and the Cygnet
The Cygnet and the Firebird

Winter Rose
The Book of Atrix Wolfe
The Basilisk's Song

Stepping from the Shadows

The Throme of the Erril of Sherill
The Forgotten Beasts of Eld


 
 
 
 
DOROTHY DUNNETT
Historical fiction at its best,
and amazing mysteries, too!

The Lymond Chronicles:
I.  The Game of Kings
II.  Queen's Play
III.  The Disorderly Knights
IV.  Pawn in Frankincense
V.  The Ringed Castle
VI.  Checkmate

The Johnson Johnson Mysteries

King Hereafter

The House of Niccolo:
Niccolo Rising
The Spring of the Ram
Race of Scorpions
Scales of Gold
The Unicorn Hunt
To Lie with Lions
Caprice and Rondo


 
 
 
 
TERRI WINDLING
Another Froudian fantasy

The Wood Wife


 
 
 
GEORGE MACDONALD
True classics...oldies, but goodies

Lilith
Phantastes
The Gifts of the Child Christ

all the historical "romances"


 
 
 
 
C.S. LEWIS
All his works were inspired by MacDonald

The Chronicles of Narnia:
The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe
Prince Caspian
The Voyage of the "Dawn Treader"
The Silver Chair
The Horse and His Boy
The Magician's Nephew
The Last Battle

The Space Trilogy:
Out of the Silent Planet
Perelandra
That Hideous Strength

Mere Christianity

The Great Divorce

The Screwtape Letters

and many, many others


 
 
 
 
ROBERT LUDLUM
Not so edifying, but true mind ticklers...
and exciting, too!

all his suspense novels!


 
 
 
STEPHEN LAWHEAD
History, fantasy, legend...
with Truth at the core

The Dragon King Trilogy

Dream Thief

The Pendragon Cycle

The Song of Albion Series

The Empyrion Series


 
 
 
 
JOHN WHITE
Fantasy with a Message

The Archives of Anthropos:
The Tower of Geburah
The Iron Sceptre
The Sword Bearer
Gaal the Conqueror

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DOROTHY SAYERS
One of the classic mystery writers...
not a many, but each one a gem

The Lord Peter Wimsey Mysteries:
Busman's Honeymoon
Clouds of Witness
The Five Red Herrings
Gaudy Night
Lord Peter Views the Body
In the Teeth of the Evidence
Unnatural Death
Have His Carcase
The Documents in the Case


 
 
 
AGATHA CHRISTIE
Prolific, entertaining, and challenging

Hercule Poirot Mysteries

Miss Marple Mysteries


 
 
 
CHAIM POTOK
The history of my people...

The Chosen
The Promise
In the Beginning
My Name Is Asher Lev
Davita's Harp
The Book of Lights


 
 
 
J.R.R. TOLKIEN
The master of fantasy

The Hobbit

The Lord of the Rings:
I. The Fellowship of the Ring
II.  The Two Towers
III.  The Return of the King


 
 
 
 
UMBERTO ECO
Complex, esoteric, mystifying

The Name of the Rose
Foucault's Pendulum


 
 
 
JAMES CLAVELL
Historical fiction, sometimes gritty, always entertaining

Shogun
King Rat
Tai Pan
Noble House
Whirlwind


 
 
 
 
MICHAEL PHILLIPS
Fantasy in the vein of MacDonald and Lewis, with a focus on Truth

The Garden at the Edge of Beyond
A Rift in Time


 
 
 
 
JEWS FOR JESUS BOOKS

Christ in the Passover ( Rosen )
The Fall Feasts of Israel ( Glazer )
Future Hope ( Brickner )
Jesus Was a Jew ( Fruchtenbaum )
Y'shua:  The Jewish Way to Say Jesus  ( Rosen )
Jewish Doctors Meet the Great Physician ( Rosen )
Testimonies ( Rosen )
When Being Jewish Was a Crime ( Frydland )
Israel -- The Land and the People ( House )
Hebrew Christianity ( Fruchtenbaum )
The Jews for Jesus Family Cookbook ( Moskowitz )


 
 
 
 
WALTER WANGERIN
Some fiction, some prose...
all serious

The Book of the Dun Cow
The Book of Sorrows

As for Me and My House
The Book of God
Little Lamb, Who Made Thee?
Mourning Into Dancing
Reliving the Passion


 
 
 
 
RAYMOND CHANDLER
The master of mystery

The Big Sleep
Farewell, My Lovely
The High Window
The Lady in the Lake
The Little Sister
The Long Good Bye
The Blue Dahlia

Poodle Springs


 
 
 
 
and, of course,
ALL THE GREAT CHILDREN'S BOOKS

Lewis Carroll:
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
Through the LookingGlass

A.A. Milne:
When We Were Very Young
Winnie the Pooh
The House at Pooh Corner
Now We Are Six

L. Frank Baum
The Wizard of Oz series
( all fourteen of them! )
Queen Xixi of Ix
The Magical Monarch of Mo

J.M. Barrie:
Peter Pan and Wendy

Kenneth Grahame:
The Wind in the Willows

Laura Ingalls Wilder:
The Little House on the Prairie series

Maurice Sendak:
Where the Wild Things Are
Chicken Soup with Rice
Alligators All Around
Higglety Pigglety Pop!
In the Night Kitchen
Really Rosie
Outside Over There

Roald Dahl:
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator
Fantastic Mr. Fox
James and the Giant Peach

Norton Juster:
The Phantom Tollbooth

E.B. White:
Charlotte's Web
Stuart Little
The Trumpet of the Swan
( and Elements of Style...)

and all those great books by
Beatrix Potter
Dr. Seuss
etc....

 


 


 

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