fiction books
These are the books we’ve loved to get lost in, to be inspired by or drawn deeper, or simply to spend an enjoyable afternoon or evening relaxing into an other world.
spiritual allegory/christian author
The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis (recommended by Noelle)
The Lord of the Rings Trilogy by J.R.R. Tolkien (recommended by Jace, Noelle, and Joel)
Pilgrim’s Progress by John Bunyan (recommended by Noelle)
The Space Trilogy by C.S. Lewis (recommended by Jace, Noelle, and Joel)
Till We Have Faces by C.S. Lewis (recommended by Jace)
The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien (recommended by Noelle)
Classics
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain (recommended by Clarisa)
Little Men by Louisa May Alcott (recommended by Clarisa)
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee (recommended by Noelle)
East of Eden by John Steinbeck (recommended by Joel and Marshal)
1984 and Animal Farm by George Orwell (recommended by Noelle)
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte (recommended by Noelle)
New favorites
The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver (recommended by Mary and Noelle)
The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini (recommended by Mary)
The Luminaries by Eleanor Catton (recommended by Noelle)
The Help by Kathryn Stockett (recommended by Noelle)
The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho (recommended by Jonnie and Noelle)
S. by J.J. Abrams (recommended by Noelle)
Children of Blood & Bone by Tomi Adeyemi (recommended by Mary)
All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr (recommended by Noelle)
The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss (recommended by Jonnie)
Life of Pi by Yann Martel (recommended by Noelle)