40 Significant Christian Books

How Should We Live Then? by Francis A. Shaeffer
God In the Dock by C.S. Lewis
Knowing God by J.I. Packer
The Imitation of Christ by Thomas a Kempis
Absolute Surrender by Andrew Murray
Commentary on Galatians by Martin Luther
Life Together by Dietrich Bonhoeffer
The Hiding Place by Corrie Ten Boom
Foxe’s Book of Martyrs by John Foxe
Institutes of the Christian Religion by John Calvin
The Ragamuffin Gospel by Brennan Manning
The Phenomenon of Man by Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
What’s So Amazing About Grace by Philip Yancey
A Christian Manifesto by Francis A. Schaeffer
The Problem of Pain by C.S. Lewis
The Return of the Prodigal Son by Henri J.M. Nouwen
Letter From Birmingham Jail by Martin Luther King, Jr.
Peace With God by Billy Graham
The Philokalia
Hinds Feet On High Places by Hanna Hernard
Laudato Si by Pope Francis
The Normal Christian Life by Watchman Nee
I Don’t Have Enough Faith To Be an Atheist by Norman Geisler & Frank Turek
Original Blessing by Matthew Fox
The Language of God by Francis Collins
Mere Christianity by C.S. Lewis
The Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis
My Utmost for His Highest by Oswald Chambers
The Case for Christ by Lee Strobel
The Pursuit of God by A.W. Tozer
Orthodoxy by G.K. Chesterton
The Cost of Discipleship by Deitrick Bonhoeffer
Confessions by St. Augustine
God’s Smuggler by Brother Andrew
Seeking Allah, Finding Jesus by Nabeel Qureshi
Cold-Case Christianity by J. Warner Wallace
The City of God by St. Augustine
The Pilgrim’s Progress by John Bunyan
Loving God by Charles Colson
The Cross and the Switchblade by David Wilkerson

Charles Williams, “40 Influential Christian Books,” by Charles Williams, christianpost.com, February 14, 2018.

Artwork, Vision of Saint Augustine by Sandro Botticelli, 1480

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Heather Marie Schuldt is the author of a young adult science fiction mystery, "Cindy Sailor and the Hunt for Owen" (2021). Her 2020 publication is a workbook for writers called "Writers 750 Emerald Workbook." She co-authored an award winning fantasy novella, "Gryffon Master," with five authors in 2015. She published six Giant Tales anthologies with over fifty authors in 2013 and 2014. She began studying apologetics in 2016, served as the president of student government, and graduated with a master's degree in 2019. She is the founder of the Writers 750 Program which began in 2012. She is a certified therapist in rational living therapy and loves to help people. She is happily married with three grown children and enjoys riding her bicycle. View more posts

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Great list Heather, have you read all the books on this list?

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