Saturday, October 2, 2021

Kreeft on books

Mr YouTube suggested I watch Peter Kreeft on the 10 books to read (before dying). Naturally he went on to more than 10, lots more.

I watched the video and noted the books.Then, in the comments I saw that others had done similarly.

I'll repeat them here for convenience, but Brandon Vogt captured them all. (I've marked those I've read <

Autobiography

    The Confessions by St. Augustine (Frank Sheed translation) <

    A Severe Mercy by Sheldon Vanauken

Novels

    The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky <

    Till We Have Faces: A Myth Retold by C.S. Lewis <

Plays

    A Man for All Seasons by Robert Bolt

    Our Town by Thornton Wilder

Epics

    The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien

    The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis <

Supernatural Fantasy

    The Great Divorce by C.S. Lewis <

    The Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis <

Science Fiction

    A Canticle for Leibowitz by Walter M. Miller, Jr.

    Brave New World by Aldous Huxley <

Spirituality

    The Practice of the Presence of God by Brother Lawrence <

    The Story of a Soul by St. Therese of Lisieux

Apologetics

    Pensées by Blaise Pascal

    The Problem of Pain by C.S. Lewis <

Classic Philosophy

    Apology of Socrates by Plato

    The Consolation of Philosophy by Boethius <

Popular Philosophy

    St. Thomas Aquinas by G.K. Chesterton

    Orthodoxy by G.K. Chesterton <

History

    The Everlasting Man by G.K. Chesterton <

    Our Lady of Guadalupe and the Conquest of Darkness by Warren Carroll

Theology

    Mere Christianity by C.S. Lewis <

    Summa Theologiae by St. Thomas Aquinas

Poetry

    Lepanto by G.K. Chesterton

    The Waste Land by T.S. Elliot


Bonus Book Recommendations

Autobiography

    The Seven Storey Mountain by Thomas Merton

    Surprised by Joy by C.S. Lewis <

Novels

    A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens <

Plays

    Hamlet by William Shakespeare

Epics

    The Silmarillion by J.R.R. Tolkien

Supernatural Fantasy

    Descent Into Hell by Charles Williams

Science Fiction

    The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury <

Spirituality

    Abandonment to Divine Providence by Jean-Pierre de Caussade

Apologetics

    Miracles by C.S. Lewis <

Classic Philosophy

    Republic by Plato <

Popular Philosophy

    Ethics by Aristotle <

History

    City of God by St. Augustine <

    The Formation of Christendom by Christopher Dawson

    The Dividing of Christendom by Christopher Dawson

Theology

    Theology of the Body for Beginners by Christopher West

Poetry

    The Dream of Gerontius by John Henry Newman



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