This was doing the rounds on FaceBook but thought I’d put it here and hope that some of my blogging buddies join in too! It’s designed to be quick, so don’t take too long to think about it.
Fifteen books you’ve read that will always stick with you. First fifteen you can recall in no more than 15 minutes.
1. Lord of the Rings Trilogy by J R Tolkein
2. Gods and Kings series by Lynn Austin
3. Redeeming Love & Leota’s Garden by Francine Rivers
4. For the Children’s Sake by Susan Schaeffer Macaulay
5. Heart of Wisdom Teaching Approach by Robin Sampson
6. Israel, My Beloved by Elizabeth George
7. Hadassah: One Night with the King by Tommy Tenney
8. The Cross & the Switchblade by D. Wilkerson (when I was younger this had a profound effect on me)
9. Foxe’s Book of Martyrs by John Foxe
10. The Screwtape Letters by CS Lewis
11. Imitation of Christ by Thomas A. Kempis
12. So You Don’t Want To Go To Church Anymore?
13. Practicing the Presence of God by Brother Lawrence
14. Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie (it was my first ever AC book)
15. Pilgrim’s Press by Bunyan
…but I have to mention 3 other really good books and they are:
The Jesus I Never Knew, The Bible Jesus Read and What If Jesus Had Never Been Born? by Philip Yancey
OK I am in, here we go
My 15 most favourite books
1. The Bible ( not in a religious kinda way I love reading it)
2. Closer Than a Brother (Paraphrase of Practising the Presence of God)
3. Hind Feet on High Places by Hannah Hurnard
4. Lord of the Rings by Tolkien
5. Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
6. The Camulod Chronicles by Jack Whyte (series of 7 Arthurian Legend books)
7. The Garden of the Beloved by Robert Way
8. Why Revival Tarries by Leonard Ravenhill
9. Raising Kids for Christ A Murray
10. Jesus Freaks DC Talk and The Voice of the Martyrs
11. The New Birth Order Book by Dr Kevin Leman
12. Cry for me Argentina by Dr E Miller
13. Sanditon by Jane Austen & Another Lady
14. CT Studd by Norman Grubb
15. Sadu Sundar Sing’s Autobiography (any of them)
inspire1 There are probably more but I cannot remember EXACT names!! They are also not in order of preference coz I just spat them out!! Sorry for spelling mistakes!!
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When Marnie was There (as a child I used to read it, finish it, and then just start at the beginning again; still have two copies I can’t let go)
To Kill a Mockingbird
The Narnia series
The Scarlett Pimpernel
The Prince and the Page
Tess of the D’urbervilles
Uncle Tom’s Cabin
Tortured for Christ
The Diary of Ann Frank
Beau Gueste
Pollyanna (I know, I know! It’s a kid’s book, cheesy, and all that. But it stayed with me.)
The Scarlett Letter
The Bowmen of Crecy
Two Years Before the Mast
Howard Pyle’s version of Robin Hood, & his Men of Iron
That’s not to say that I would recommend all of those books, but I either loved them to bits, or they made in impact of another sort, or both. 🙂
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Okay, I’ll give this a go – I was tagged on Facebook so I can kill two birds…
1. The Bible
2. Pilgrims Progress by John Bunyan
3. Anne of Green Gables by L M Montgomery
4. Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
5. Griffin and Sabine by Nick Bantock
6. For the Children’s Sake by Susan Schaeffer Macaulay
7. The Story of John G Paton by James Paton
8. The Vogue Book of Etiquette and Good Manners (Weird, I know!)
9. Holiness by J C Ryle
10. The Lighthorsemen by Elyne Mitchell
11. The Little Black Princess by Jeannie Gunn
12. Lost Japan by Alex Kerr
13. God’s Best Secrets by Andrew Murray
14. A True History of the Kelly Gang by Peter Carey
15. The Box of Delights by John Masefield
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Well, there’s certainly a lot of favourite books in those lists. Isn’t it interesting to see the books that each different person has chosen?
I love it too…..I am intrigued by some of the titles, makes me want to go and read them!!
Bless ya Cath :laugh:
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Here’s mine list…I should post this on my Fb as well….
1: To Kill a Mockingbird
2: Jane Eyre
3: Wuthering Heights
4: The Hobbit
5: The Kite Runner
6: Atonement
7: The Poisonwood Bible
8: The Grapes of Wrath
9: Time Traveller’s Wife
10: What’s So Amazing About Grace (Yancy)
11: A Single Shard (Park) made me cry when I read it a few years back…a kids book
12: Black Beauty…read this so many times as a kid!
13: No Compromise, the Keith Green bio
14: The Long Walk to Freedom, (Mandela)
15: Otto of the Silver Hand, (Pyle) probably our favourite Sonlight RA
Wow, that’s a good mix of Fiction and non, classic and modern classics and recent best sellers!!
xx
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O.K this is fun!
1. The Women In White by Wilkie Collins (a High School Read aloud by the most beautiful, grace filled teacher……….I think that is why I love it so!)
2. My Family And Other Animals by Gerald Durrel (Another High School Read aloud by the same teacher!)
3. Macbeth (Yet another High school read aloud and I just loved it!)
4. Redeeming Love by Francine Rivers (I get goose bumps just thinking about it)
5. Leotta’s garden by Francine Rivers
6. Chronicles Of The Kings by Lynn Austin………….Amazing!
7. The Lion The Witch And The Wardrobe by C.S Lewis (A childhood favourite)
8. Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
9. Lords Of The Earth By Don Richardson (Tells the story of Australian Missionary Stan Dale)
10.Appointment in Jerusalem by Derek and Lydia Prince (I can’t tell you how many times I have read this book!)
Jacqui, I loved the woman in white!! That was such a good book. 🙂
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Appointment in Jerusalem by Derek and Lydia Prince ~ a biography. I just loved this book also Jacqui… it really, really impacted me!
Wow, if and when I need a good book to read I can look back over these and find something surely!
Susan,
Waht an honor to be listed in your 15! Thanks. Love this idea. Think I’ll do it too.
Love,
Robin
Bible obviously. I love reading The Message in bed when tired. KJV, NIV NAS, and Jewish Bible for study.
1. Tortured for Christ by Richard Wurmbrand (started my passion with Israel)
2. Hiding Place by Corrie Ten Boom
3. Our Father Abraham by Dr. Marvin Wilson
4. Restoring Our Lost Legacy by Dr. John Garr(free online, love all Garr’s books)
5. The Shack by William Paul Young
6. He Loves Me by Wayne Jacobsen (and So You Don’t Want To Go To Church Anymore?)
7. TrueFaced by Bill Thrall, Bruce McNicol, and John S Lynch
8. Parable of the Dancing GOd by Baxter Kruger (life changing for me)
9. Lessons from a Sheep Dog by Phillip Keller (LOVE all his books, this and Shepherd Looks at the Psalm are my favs)
10. Far Above Rubies: Wisdom in the Christian Community by David Mulligan
11. What the Bible Says About Healthy Living by Dr. Rex Russel
12. Holy Cow Does God Care About What We Eat by Hope Egan
13. Wisdom Hunter by Randall Authur (Christian fiction, about legalism)
14. Shaping of a Christian Family by Elisabeth Elliot
15. The Little Princess (fav childhod book)
Hate to leave out Beth Moore, Elizabeth Elloit, C.S Lewis, Charlotte Mason, and Yancy but out of time.
Fiction note: I read everyone of Charles Martin’s books in about 2 weeks. Can’t wait for more.
Can you tell I had a really, really hard time narrowing to 15?
Hey Robin, I like reading the Message in bed too! It’s not too heavy and I don’t feel guilty if I just nod off to sleep. I’ve read many of those books too… but on on my want-to-read list is TrueFaced, but now you’ve recommended it it has been bumped up in my list 🙂