What Are Your Favorite Books Other Than the Bible?
Here are some of mine.
I’m writing this Sunday night after teaching and preaching - and I’m tired. Sundays are wonderful, but it takes a lot out of me.
Reading is a big part of what I do, and I also just enjoy reading. So I thought I would share some of my favorite books with you.
The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis.
I’ve read this entire series a couple of times and read bits and pieces here and there more times than I could count.
These books are such a good story describing the battle between good and evil.
The Hardy Boys by Franklin W. Dixon.
I haven’t read any of the Hardy Boy books in a long time, but growing up I was reading them constantly. I don’t have all of them, but I have probably 40-50 of them.
These mystery books are exciting but are clean and good for kids (and adults) to read.
Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe and The Swiss Family Robinson by Johann David Wyss.
I put these two books together because they are similar stories in many ways. Both stories are about people stranded on an island who find a way to survive on their own.
They are fascinating tales of adventure, and I read both of them many times growing up.
So those are some of my favorite books.
What are some of yours?
The Brothers Karamazov by Feodor Dostoyevsky.
A murder mystery that examines the three aspects of everyman in the persons of the three brothers.
The Eldest - The man of the flesh.
The Middle - The man of the intellect.
The Youngest - The man of the spirit.
I grew up watching my mom read Agatha Christie novels, but I never took any interest in them at all. Mystery held any appeal to me...until a bibliophile relative got into Agatha Christie and bought a complete set of her mysteries. I picked up "And Then There Were None," and was hooked. She had an amazing ability to build a mystery. "And Then There Were None" doesn't really fit the following description (it's intense, imo), but if you're looking for interesting reading for the end of the day that's entertaining, and doesn't demand 100% of your brain cells, Agatha Christie fits the bill.