MJ Smith’s Literature Reading List – Bible, Religion or Ethics inspired (logos.com)
What have you read that belongs here, especially things written in the last six years or so ...
Laurus by Eugene Vodolazkin
Thank you - that looks good
A couple more cone to mind:
The Gilead series by Marilynne Robinson
The Port William series by Wendell Berry
Some more that come to mind, in no particular order (well, in reverse order of how recently I've read them, just scrolling back through my spreadsheet of books I've read):
Potok, Chaim. The Chosen
Alighieri, Dante. The Divine Comedy (Inferno, Purgatorio, Paradiso)
Lott, Brett. A Song I Knew by Heart (a retelling of the story of Ruth, from the point of view of Naomi)
Young, William P. The Shack
Greene, Graham. The Power and the Glory
Russell, Mary Doria. The Sparrow
Updike, John. In the Beauty of the Lilies
Williams, Charles. The Place of the Lion
Dostoevsky, Fyodor. The Brothers Karamazov
Golding, William. Lord of the Flies
Thank you ... I'll be adding these and reading those I've never gotten to.
A few more:
Buechner, Frederick. Son of Laughter (a retelling of the story of Isaac)
Wangerin, Walter. The Book of the Dun Cow
Wangerin, Walter. Paul: A Novel
Wangerin, Walter. Saint Julian
Dutch literature:
- Joost van den Vondel, "Lucifer" (1654; ET by Noel Clark, 1990) and many other plays which have not been translated into English
German literature:
- Franz Werfel, "Hearken Unto the Voice" or "Jeremiah" (1938)
- Stefan Zweig, "Jeremiah: A Drama in Nine Scenes" (1917)
Hungarian literature:
- Imre Madách, "The Tragedy of Man" (1861 - link to Wikipedia)
I've updated with the first two responses ... more tomorrow ...
