Some Good BooksCliff WilliamsEmeritus Professor of PhilosophyTrinity International UniversityDeerfield, IllinoisFictionWendell Berry, Jayber Crow Hannah CoulterFrederick Buechner, GodricCalvin and Hobbes, Scientific Progress Goes ‘Boink’ Something Under the Bed Is DroolingCharles Dickens, A Tale of Two CitiesAnnie Dillard, The LivingFyodor Dostoyevski, Brothers Karamazov Crime and Punishment The IdiotGeorge Elliot, MiddlemarchKaye Gibbons, On the Occasion of My Last AfternoonGraham Greene, The Power and the GloryNathanial Hawthorne, The Scarlet LetterVictor Hugo, Les MiserablesC.S. Lewis, Out of the Silent Planet Perelandra That Hideous Strength Till We Have FacesFrancois Mauriac, Viper’s Tangle Woman of the PhariseesHerman Melville, Billy Budd Moby-DickA. A. Milne, Winnie-the-Pooh The House at Pooh CornerL. M. Montgomery, Anne of Green GablesDonna Jo Napoli, Song of the MagdaleneChaim Potok, The Chosen The Promise My Name Is Asher LevJohn Steinbeck, East of Eden Grapes of WrathJ. R. R. Tolkien, The Hobbit The Fellowship of the Ring The Two Towers The Return of the KingLeo Tolstoy, Anna Karenina The Death of Ivan Ilyich ResurrectionMark Twain, The Adventures of Huckleberry FinnWalter Wangerin, The Book of SorrowsNonfictionAugustine, ConfessionsBeatitudesErnest Becker, The Denial of Death Escape from EvilFrederic Buechner, Telling SecretsAnnie Dillard, Pilgrim at Tinker Creek An American ChildhoodFrederick Douglass, Narrative of the Life of Frederick DouglassEcclesiastesC. Stephen Evans, Why Believe?John Howard Griffin, Black Like MeSoren Kierkegaard, Purity of Heart Is To Will One Thing Works of LoveAnne Lamott, Bird by Bird Traveling MerciesC. S. Lewis, Mere ChristianityGreg Mortenson, Three Cups of TeaHenri Nouwen, The Way of the HeartPascal, PenséesMartin Rees, Before the BeginningRomansSermon on the MountRonald J. Sider, Rich Christians in an Age of HungerPaul Tournier, Guilt and Grace The Meaning of PersonsElie Wiesel, NightPhilip Yancy, Soul SurvivorPoetryWendell Berry, Collected PoemsDavid Impastato, ed., Unfolding Mystery: An Anthology of Contemporary Christian PoetryDenise Levertov, Selected Poems The Stream and the SapphireMary Oliver, EvidenceHome page
Some Good BooksCliff WilliamsEmeritus Professor of PhilosophyTrinity International UniversityDeerfield, IllinoisFiction
Wendell Berry, Jayber Crow Hannah Coulter
Frederick Buechner, Godric
Calvin and Hobbes, Scientific Progress Goes ‘Boink’
Something Under the Bed Is Drooling
Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities
Annie Dillard, The Living
Fyodor Dostoyevski, Brothers Karamazov
Crime and Punishment
The Idiot
George Elliot, Middlemarch
Kaye Gibbons, On the Occasion of My Last Afternoon
Graham Greene, The Power and the Glory
Nathanial Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter
Victor Hugo, Les Miserables
C.S. Lewis, Out of the Silent Planet
Perelandra
That Hideous Strength
Till We Have Faces
Francois Mauriac, Viper’s Tangle
Woman of the Pharisees
Herman Melville, Billy Budd
Moby-Dick
A. A. Milne, Winnie-the-Pooh
The House at Pooh Corner
L. M. Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables
Donna Jo Napoli, Song of the Magdalene
Chaim Potok, The Chosen
The Promise
My Name Is Asher Lev
John Steinbeck, East of Eden
Grapes of Wrath
J. R. R. Tolkien, The Hobbit
The Fellowship of the Ring
The Two Towers
The Return of the King
Leo Tolstoy, Anna Karenina
The Death of Ivan Ilyich
Resurrection
Mark Twain, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Walter Wangerin, The Book of Sorrows
Nonfiction
Augustine, Confessions
Beatitudes
Ernest Becker, The Denial of Death
Escape from Evil
Frederic Buechner, Telling Secrets
Annie Dillard, Pilgrim at Tinker Creek
An American Childhood
Frederick Douglass, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
Ecclesiastes
C. Stephen Evans, Why Believe?
John Howard Griffin, Black Like Me
Soren Kierkegaard, Purity of Heart Is To Will One Thing
Works of Love
Anne Lamott, Bird by Bird
Traveling Mercies
C. S. Lewis, Mere Christianity
Greg Mortenson, Three Cups of Tea
Henri Nouwen, The Way of the Heart
Pascal, Pensées
Martin Rees, Before the Beginning
Romans
Sermon on the Mount
Ronald J. Sider, Rich Christians in an Age of Hunger
Paul Tournier, Guilt and Grace
The Meaning of Persons
Elie Wiesel, Night
Philip Yancy, Soul Survivor
Poetry
Wendell Berry, Collected Poems
David Impastato, ed., Unfolding Mystery: An Anthology of Contemporary Christian Poetry
Denise Levertov, Selected Poems
The Stream and the Sapphire
Mary Oliver, EvidenceHome page