Book Club suggestions for the future

[Patroclus]

If you have a book that you think the Book Club should consider in the future, please place it in this thread complete with title and author. I'll start us off.

1. Fredrick Buechner, Telling The Truth: The Gospel as Tragedy, Comedy and Fairy Tale.
2. Buechner, Godric
3. Danté, The Divine Comedy: Inferno (recommend Mark Musa Translation)
4. John Milton, "Samson Agonistes."
5. J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit.

That should be enough for now.

I will delete posts in this thread that do not contain a reading suggestion.

[Ignatius J. Reilly]

"A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole

Funniest book ever!

[Aravis]

Graham Greene's The Power and the Glory

[Patroclus]

Today @ 02:47 PM post located here (http://www.theologyweb.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&postid=129656#post129656)
Brother Vinny:

Might I offer a couple of suggestions?

The Ragamuffin Gospel, by Brennan Manning

Finding Darwin's God, by Kenneth Miller

[bar Jonah]

May I recommend Wild At Heart by John Eldredge. Though it is primarily for men, it is ultimately for both men and women. Everyone in my ministry read it together, and found it very challenging and powerful.

This book goes far beyond the cliches about how men and women are different (duh). Men = hunters, and women = gatherers, and yadda yadda.

One of the best things it discusses is how men and women are each reflections of different side's of God's character. But it also focuses a great deal on what it means to be a Christian man -- today or at any time. There's no reason why women can't discuss this book along with men -- the book even recommends that readers share the book with their wives, fiances and girlfriends.

[brother vinny]

A few more recommendations:

The Art of War, Sun Tzu

The Tao Te Ching, Lao-Tse

Darwin's Ghost, Steve Jones

[Patroclus]

Hmm, I am not sure I want to read anymore books on Taoism for a while.

Here are a few more suggestions (simply because I recently purchased them).

1. Dracula, Bram Stoker
2. Walden, Henry David Thoreau
3. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, Sir Aruthur Conan Doyle
4. Frankenstien, Mary Shelley

And simply because I saw it at a bookstore today and read the first few captivating pages:

5. Green Mile, Steven King

[Ignatius J. Reilly]

If there are any fans of Lord of the Rings or other epic/fantasy novels/series, than I recommend reading this brilliant novel by Andrew Tompkins...

"Within the Ancient Forest"

Andrew Tompkins is a vocalist in the doom/goth metal band Paramaecium ( www.paramaecium.com ), and he is also a devout Christian with many talents and insights to offer. The book is a quick read, but it's full of vibrant imagery and allegory. One of my favs...

Here is a brief description...


"The novel 'Within the Ancient Forest' by vocalist Andrew Tompkins takes the reader into a mythical world of fantasy and adventure; an epic tale recounting De-nyl's quest for the sword of legend, the Garensword, which holds the power to restore life to the dead. The Firetree burns bright in the distance but there are many perils for De-nyl to overcome before reaching the final object of his quest: the meaning of life and the final secret of immortality. "

For more info check out http://www.paramaecium.com/show_item.php?item=wafbk&PHPSESSID=6f85c7b5dbd8e0aa3d01fa8c3281ed52 There is also a section on the site that allows you to read some of the book.

[automatthew]

I gotta fever, and the only prescription . . . more Chesterton. Therefore:

G. K. Chesterton
1. The Everlasting Man
2. The Man Who Was Thursday
3. Orthodoxy

[One Bad Pig]

From Dawn to Decadence: 500 Years of Western Cultural Life by Jacques Barzun. Not my usual cup o' tea, but quite informative.

The Skeptical Environmentalist by Bjorn Lomborg.

Sword at Sunset by Rosemary Sutcliffe. A rather dark interpretation of the Arthurian saga stripped of its fantasy elements.

Knights of Dark Renown by David Gemmel.

[NoeticPenguin]

White Noise by Don Delilo
The Brothers K by David James Duncan.

[Jaltus]

A group of people from Paltalk including DDW and myself all suggested

God Crucified: Monotheism and Christology in the New Testament by Richard Bauckham.

[EricLikesHugs]

Life of Pi by Yann Martel

some mainstream books that I think made an impact
What's So Amazing About Grace? by Phillip Yancey
Can Man Live Without God? Ravi Zacharias

Don't forget in the midst of great literature to get back into the Word.

[PLMM729]

I think everyone should read Dan Brown's The Da Vinci Code it's very informative and also surprisingly thrilling for a religiously based novel.I hope you read it sometime and enjoy it! It will blow your mind if you are not familiar with the background information.

[JohnnyMac]

"The Cunning Man" by Robertson Davies

This is the fictitious account of the unusual life of a Canadian MD from boyhood to his final years. Very entertaining and composed in Davies' uniquely brilliant prose.