Brian Phillips of the CiRCE Institute lays out the following "undefended" list of 11 novels the follower of Christ should read:
1. Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh
2. The Complete Stories by Flannery O’Connor
3. The Rector of Justin by Louis Auchincloss
4. Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
5. The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien
6. The Giver by Lois Lowry
7. Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky
8. Jayber Crow by Wendell Berry
9. The Man Who Was Thursday by G.K. Chesterton
10. The Complete Father Brown by G.K. Chesterton
11. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
You can see the list and his brief comments on it, as well as find out more about the CiRCE Institute, here.
Stand firm in Christ,
Chase
1. Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh
2. The Complete Stories by Flannery O’Connor
3. The Rector of Justin by Louis Auchincloss
4. Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
5. The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien
6. The Giver by Lois Lowry
7. Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky
8. Jayber Crow by Wendell Berry
9. The Man Who Was Thursday by G.K. Chesterton
10. The Complete Father Brown by G.K. Chesterton
11. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
You can see the list and his brief comments on it, as well as find out more about the CiRCE Institute, here.
Stand firm in Christ,
Chase
Comments
This is a great list! I would like to humbly add The Brothers Karamazov by Dostoevsky. Amazing book!
Godspeed