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self | 10/27/2021 | self

Posted on 10/27/2021 12:46:53 PM PDT by a.c.t.32

Hi. Can anyone recommend some good Christian authors and novels? Or even if not overtly Christian, just clean and well-written novels written by intelligent people? I really don't enjoy the romance-type books where everything wraps up perfectly at the end. I'm looking for realistic stories.

Thank you in advance.


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1 posted on 10/27/2021 12:46:53 PM PDT by a.c.t.32
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If you’ve not read CS Lewis’ Space Trilogy, I would highly recommend it.


2 posted on 10/27/2021 12:48:41 PM PDT by Joe 6-pack
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To: a.c.t.32

The Bible................................


3 posted on 10/27/2021 12:48:47 PM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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anything from Joel Rosenberg. He’s a Messianic Jew that writes geo political thrillers with the Bible woven in. All very good and exciting.


4 posted on 10/27/2021 12:49:25 PM PDT by spacejunkie2001
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I’d start with C.S Lewis, Chesterton and Tolkein, if you haven’t done them already


5 posted on 10/27/2021 12:49:56 PM PDT by FatherofFive (We support Trump. Not the GOP)
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Frank Peretti is terrific, until you’ve read about 4-5 of his books when they kind of get formulaic.


6 posted on 10/27/2021 12:50:24 PM PDT by LS ("Castles made of sand, fall in the sea . . . eventually" (Hendrix) )
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I second Frank Perretti and would add Ted Dekker. Dekker can be a little dark.


7 posted on 10/27/2021 12:51:34 PM PDT by tnlibertarian
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To: LS

I like Peretti’s stuff. I wish there was more like him


8 posted on 10/27/2021 12:51:40 PM PDT by spacejunkie2001
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To: a.c.t.32

That Hideous Strength by C.S. Lewis is pertinent to today’s world. It is the last book of his Space Trilogy.


9 posted on 10/27/2021 12:54:44 PM PDT by Smittie (Just like an alien I'm a stranger in a strange land)
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Tom Horn at Skywatch TV.
10 posted on 10/27/2021 12:57:40 PM PDT by mountainlion (Live well for those that did not make it back.)
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what Dekker book(s) do you like most?


11 posted on 10/27/2021 12:59:36 PM PDT by spacejunkie2001
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Stephen R. Donaldson.


12 posted on 10/27/2021 1:00:18 PM PDT by Harpotoo (Being a socialist is a lot easier than having to WORK like the rest of US:-))
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To: Joe 6-pack

If you’ve not read CS Lewis’ Space Trilogy, I would highly recommend it.

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I would add... ANYTHING by C.S. Lewis.


13 posted on 10/27/2021 1:00:40 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd (I love my country. It's my government that I hate.)
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J. Warner Wallace, Amir Tsarfati, N. T. Wright and Grace Livingston Hill (romance. Historical)


14 posted on 10/27/2021 1:02:02 PM PDT by madison10 (Let's Go, Brandon! Maggots for you, Fauci!R)
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To: a.c.t.32

Thanks everybody. I have read the Bible, a lot of C.S. Lewis and Tolkien. I will definitely look into the others. Have a great day.


15 posted on 10/27/2021 1:06:20 PM PDT by a.c.t.32
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If you like crime novels, the Bosch series from Michael Connelly is excellent. While it deals with some of the seedier aspects of being a cop in Los Angeles, Bosch is ruthless in pursuit of bringing justice to the victims.


16 posted on 10/27/2021 1:06:39 PM PDT by reegs
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Bosch, the series, was excellent.


17 posted on 10/27/2021 1:10:17 PM PDT by spacejunkie2001
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The Boneman’s Daughters was a good one. House, which he co-wrote with Peretti. The Black, Red, White trilogy if you don’t mind Fantasy.


18 posted on 10/27/2021 1:10:38 PM PDT by tnlibertarian
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A. American
Publication Order of The Survivalist Books
Going Home (2012)
Surviving Home (2013)
Escaping Home (2013)
Forsaking Home (2014)
Resurrecting Home (2014)
Enforcing Home (2015)
Avenging Home (2016)
Home Invasion (2017)
Conflicted Home (2017)
Home Coming (2018)


19 posted on 10/27/2021 1:11:18 PM PDT by MrHead ( Hanlon’s Razor: “never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity”.)
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American Marxism by Mark Levin.


20 posted on 10/27/2021 1:12:56 PM PDT by Eric in the Ozarks (Baseball players, gangsters and musicians are remembered. But journalists are forgotten.)
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