THE BOOK OF BOOKS
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My favorite 'book' is the Bible,
which is actually a collection of 66 books, compiled by over 40
different authors. I grew up with the King James Version (KJV). I then moved on to the New International Version (NIV). I now primarily use the New Living Translation (NLT). When reading for interest, I prefer also to read it chronologically. I have both an NIV and NLT in this style. I also have quite a few other versions, including: |
FAVORITE CHRISTIAN FICTION
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My all-time-favorite fiction
book series in J.R.R.
Tolkien's The Lord of
the Rings Trilogy. You cannot imagine how happy I was for
this trilogy to be produced as an
epic
movie
trilogy. The books are: I have also read The Silmarillion, and The Hobbit. I also created my own Lord of the Rings Page! |
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Close behind is C.S. Lewis's The
Chronicles of Narnia series. This also has (and is) being
produced as an
epic
movie
series. The books are:
I have also read most of his Christian theology books, including Mere Christianity and The Screwtape Letters. |
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One of the first 'modern'
Christian fantasy readers that I have read is Stephen Lawhead
with his Dragon
King
Trilogy: Also the scifi Empyrion Saga: Also the celtic Arthurian legend Pendragon Cycle: Also the fantasy Song of Albion Series: Now the Robin Hood King Raven Trilogy: |
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The author John White also wrote
a great fantasy series, the Archives of Anthropos, which includes:
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I was surprised to find how very
much I enjoyed Francine
Rivers historical romance Mark of the Lion Series: |
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A supernatural fiction series by
Frank E. Peretti included: I have also read some of his other books, including Monster and House. |
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Another popular author is Randy
Alcorn, and some books I have read from him include:
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A great scifi/thriller writer is
Bill Myers. One excellant series is the Fire of Heaven Trilogy, which includes:
Now part of The Voice of God Series: I have also read the Soul Tracker Series: |
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A very popular author nowadays
is Ted Dekker
with fantasy book series like the Circle Series: Also the fantasy Paradise Novels: and individual 'thriller' books like Blink, House, Skin, Thr3e, Boneman's Daughters ,and The Bride Collector. A new book about vampires is Immanuel's Veins. |
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A very good 'dragon' series is
by Donita K. Paul,
with
her
DragonKeeper
Chronicle
Series, which includes: After this, she has started a new related series, the Chiril Chronicles:
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For historical/science fiction,
nothing matches Randall
Ingermanson with his City
of
God
Series: Another book by this author is Double Vision, which is great for us computer programmers :) |
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A new 'thriller' author that I
have started reading is Robert Liparulo,
with
a
very
detailed
and rich writing style: |
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For something different, a book
series by Eric
Wilson on vampires from Israel (!), in his Jerusalem's Undead Trilogy: |
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A very well-crafted
alternate-reality historical fiction/fantasy series by George Bryan Polivka is his Trophy
Chase trilogy:
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One of the strangest Christian
fantasy books I have ever read is Angel
Fall
by Coleman
Luck. What imagery he uses! |
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Another good suspense writer is
Mike Dellosso with these books:
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For some light entertaining
murder mystery/cat detective books, I think that Gilbert Morris
is an excellant writer with Jacques
&
Cleo,
Cat
Detectives series: |
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Good quality 'techno-thriller'
suspence from Jake
Thoene in his 'Chapter 16: Waging War on Terror' series:
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Really good trilogy that I
stumbled across by Alton Gansky
-- his 'J. D. Stanton Mysteries' series: |
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I have only read one book so far
from Shane
Johnson, but I enjoyed the scary and strange story:
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I stumbled across Robin
Parrish's most recent book first, enjoyed it, and now I am trying to
find and read his other stuff. Love the 'superhero' theme! Other books: |
FAVORITE NON-CHRISTIAN FICTION
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My first favorite scifi author
was Isaac Asimov. Book series that I have
read from him include the Foundation Trilogy,
which is composed of the following books: As part of that overall series there are some other books I have read: There are many other books related to the 'Foundation' series that I have not yet read. One of my favorite single books is Fantastic Voyage, which was a novelization of the screenplay for a 1966 movie. Many years later, Fantastic Voyage II: Destination Brain was written. I have also read countless short stories and other novels from this author. |
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I read one of my first scifi
books in elementary school, and later bought a used copy (my very
first). It was by Andre
Norton and was the book (apparently) in The Time Traders
series. All of these books are in the public domain and can be
downloaded for free from Feedbooks:
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Another author was Stephen R. Donaldson, who wrote the
epic fantasy series The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant, the Unbeliever
which included the books:
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I loved Lloyd Alexander's fantasy series The
Chronicles of Prydain:
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An amazing fantasy series based
on some small animals was written by Brian
Jacques, for his Redwall series:
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Another great fantasy writer is
David Eddings for The Belgariad series: I have also read the related book Belgarath the Sorcerer. Another series is The Malloreon:
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Another good author is Ursula K. Le Guin with her Earthsea Trilogy:
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An author who intentionly wrote
a trilogy very much like Lord of the Rings, but with his own great
writing style and imagination is Dennis L.
McKiernan: |
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Another author, John Wyndham,
wrote some post-apocalyptic novels:
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Another author I enjoyed is Terry
Brooks, with his Shannara
Trilogy: I have also read First King of Shannara. Another related series is The Heritage of Shannara:
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Another fantasy writer Niel
Hancock wrote the Circle
of
Light series: |
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I have also read a few books by Richard
Adams, including:
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I very much enjoyed J.
K.
Rowling's Harry Potter book series: |
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No list should be without Edgar Rice Burroughs, who
wrote many action/adventure scifi novels. I have lost track over
which ones I have yet, or have paper access to, but here is my guess at
this point (currently re-reading the Amtor series). Many/most of
these are available free on Feedbooks: Venus (Amtor) Series: Mars (Barsoom) series:
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FAVORITE CLASSIC FICTION
| H.
G. Wells classic scifi novels (free on Feedbooks): All of these were made into multiple movies! There are many others I have not read. |
| Jules Verne classic scifi novels (free on Feedbooks): All of these were made into multiple movies! There are many others I have not read. |
| Jonathan Swift wrote many books (free on Feedbooks), but the only one I have read is: |
Sir Walter Scott
wrote lots of historical fiction (free on Feedbooks), but the only
one I have read is:
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Lloyd C. Douglas (available on Project Gutenberg)
wrote
some
excellent
historical
fiction
around the time of Christ:
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Lew
Wallace also wrote some historical fiction for the same era (free
on Feedbooks) :
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