Good Books for Adults

The only fiction I read currently is Tolkein, so you could start there if you enjoy fantasy; my goal is to read all of his plus CS Lewis’s adult writings (ScrewtapeLetters, for example). In the past, I enjoyed Charlotte and Emily Bronte (Jane Eyre, Wuthering Heights, many others) and the other classics like Frankenstein, Les Miserables (that I do recommend the abridged one); I have a friend who loves Jane Austin, so you may like that. If you personally haven’t read Louisa May ALcott, now is a good time.

Scan through a Dover catalog of classics and definitely the adult options from Lamplighter and start looking at selections that match your general interests. Other than that, I mostly read non-fiction bios and history, love history. Right now I”m reading Larry Sweikart’s “A Patriot’s History of the United States”. All of David McCullough’s histories are excellent reads, as are Joseph Ellis’. ABigail Adams by Phyllis Levin, the letters between her and John Adams are addictive. Books from David BArton at Wallbuilders. Passionate Housewives Desperate for G-d is great and Sally Clarkson books. I read alot of homesteading stuff, too. The book by John Piper about William Wilberforce is supposed to be excellent. Susan McCauley for homeschooling encouragement-For the Children’s Sake and For the Family’s Sake are favorites. I also look for books recommended by Glenn Beck, as he too is a history buff counteracting liberal teachings in our culture. Haven’t ventured into Creation Science adult books yet. As for religious study, I mainly read Jewish and Messianic Jewish, Jewish roots of Christianity books and Jewish and church relations throughout history type books.

Read some poetry, some fairy tales; Osacar Wildes The Happy Prince and his collection of Tales are mature and very interesting, I’m reading that one now. Other books you may have trouble reading, but would enjoy an audio version.

OK, there’s a small list, HTH,

Rachel

I have grown in my walk by reading the following books over and over–I print them from online sources or buy them from Amazon.

The Christian’s Secret of a Happy Life by Hannah Whitall Smith (love, LOVE this book!!)
http://www.ccel.org/s/smith_hw/secret/secret02.htm

Andrew Murray
Absolute Surrender, Experiencing the Holy Spirit (The Spirit of Christ), and The Master’s Indwelling
http://victoryoversin.com/murray/

Both H. Smith and A. Murray explain what the Higher Christian life is which is important to understand so one can overcome sin. Christ IN us.

This website has tons of sermons or books from Spurgeon, E.M. Bounds, Tozer, H. Smith, Finney, etc. Excellent preaching!
http://oldlandmarks.com/

HTH!
Tara

This website has A. Murray, H. Smith, and A.W. Tozer
http://www.worldinvisible.com/library/bookcat.htm

Sonya! Only three!! Oh what am I going to do?

Yes, I and my children, regularly have several books going; not to mention the HS catalogs that I enjoy browsing through. Something new to the mix I’ve been meaning to add are a couple of mags; I am going to subsribe to Answers magazine from AiG this year (they also have a children’s mag inside, so that’s 2 mags on Creationism for them and finally something on Creationism for me) as well as Israel Today to add to my reading reportoire. That way I have something to fit my mood or the efforts I want to exert into reading. For example, yesterday was a very draining day, so at bedtime, I chose my Oscar WIlde fairy tales book instead of the History book.

Rachel

Thank you for posting these ideas!

I read a book recently that’s fairly new to the market, and I’m mentioning it because you said you were looking at books that would help your walk in faith — well, this book not only helped my walk, it challenged and downright rocked it as well.  It flies into the face of a lot of “Americanized” churches, so some have found it to be controversial, but I still found it a great read!  It’s called Radical: Taking Back Your Faith from the American Dream, by David Platt. 

http://www.amazon.com/Radical-Taking-Faith-American-Dream/product-reviews/1601422210/ref=dp_top_cm_cr_acr_txt?ie=UTF8&showViewpoints=1  <<– link to the reviews on Amazon. 

http://www.radicalthebook.com/ <<– official site for the book.  Scroll down and view the video.

Yes, it’s C.S. Lewis for sure.

I LOVE Stepping Heavenward.  I recently saw a book through Grace & Truth that was a biography of Elizabeth Prentiss.  It was $40 though so its on my wishlist.