 | The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity, and the Making of The Oxford English Dictionary by Simon Winchester
Buy used from: $0.01 Winchester weaves a great tale of how the Oxford English Dictionary came to be, in large part due to an American murderer.
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 | The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (Full-Color Collector's Edition) by C. S. Lewis
Buy new: $8.99 / Used from: $0.01 Lewis has to be one of the greatest storytellers ever. Must be read with Pauline Baynes' wonderful illustrations
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 | Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books by Azar Nafisi
Buy new: $10.20 / Used from: $0.01 Prof. Nafisi walks us through Post-Revolutionary Iran through the works of Henry James, Jane Austen, Vladamir Nabokov and F. Scott Fitzgerald.
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 | About a Boy by Nick Hornby
Buy new: $11.20 / Used from: $0.01 A great story of what happens to a man living for himself when he meets a young boy who needs friendship and guidance.
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 | Saved by Grace by Anthony A. Hoekema
Buy new: $15.64 / Used from: $13.90 A wonderful treatise on the work of Christ in the believer's life.
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 | Girl Meets God: A Memoir by Lauren F. Winner
Buy new: $12.60 / Used from: $1.69 You must read this! Winner is honest and funny and briliant as she shares her story.
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 | To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Buy new: $14.96 / Used from: $6.59 One of the best stories I've ever read. Well written. Won a Pulitzer prize
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 | Children of the Living God by Sinclair B. Ferguson
Buy new: $7.75 / Used from: $3.92 A small book, but a great delight to read, on being adopted by God the Father
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 | God's Name in Vain: The Wrongs and Rights of Religion in Politics by Stephen Carter
Buy new: $11.70 / Used from: $1.35 On the role of religion in politics. You can't separate them, so what do you do with them?
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 | A RETURN TO MODESTY: Discovering the Lost Virtue by Wendy Shalit
Buy new: $10.20 / Used from: $2.91 Too broad at moments, but highly worth reading. Not only regaining modesty, but acceptance for the fact that men are men and women are women, and that those differences are good.
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 | Little Women (Unabridged Classics) by Louisa May Alcott
Buy new: $9.95 / Used from: $5.07 Delightful tale of four sisters during the Civil War into their adult lives. I love Alcott's character development.
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 | The Closing of the American Mind by Allan Bloom
Buy new: $10.20 / Used from: $0.01 A book on why we don't think anymore, and how to change it.
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 | Gilead: A Novel by Marilynne Robinson
Buy new: $15.64 / Used from: $1.50 A dying man writes to his young son, reflecting on four generations on lives in one small Iowa town. Won the Pulitzer prize
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 | The Big Over Easy: A Nursery Crime by Jasper Fforde
Buy used from: $1.43 Great British humor and amazing writing. Also read his Thursday Next series.
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 | Anne of Green Gables (Children's Classics) by L.M. Montgomery
Buy new: $6.99 / Used from: $0.01 A young orphan sent to live with an elderly brother and sister. Anne always finds a way to make trouble for herself.
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 | Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life by Anne Lamott
Buy new: $11.16 / Used from: $1.70 Don't just write for $$$, write for the sake of writing!
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 | The Lord of the Rings (Collector's Edition) by J.R.R. Tolkien
Buy used from: $27.95 Even if you have seen the movie a thousand times, you must read the book! Tolkien is the greatest storyteller ever!
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 | Mere Christianity by C. S. Lewis
Buy new: $10.36 / Used from: $2.17 Short chapters break down the core beliefs of Evangelical Christianity.
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 | Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Book 3) by J.K. Rowling
Buy new: $15.63 / Used from: $0.05 Read the series in order, but this is my favorite so far and the turning point in the series.
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 | Three Nights in August by Buzz Bissinger
Buy new: $16.50 / Used from: $0.01 I love baseball, I love the Cards. LaRussa is part strategy, part superstition, part gut, but mostly heart.
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 | Barabbas by Par Lagerkvist
Buy new: $10.36 / Used from: $0.45 What happened to Barabbas after he was released for Jesus? Beautiful. Won a Nobel prize for Literature.
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 | Mystery and Manners: Occasional Prose by Flannery O'Connor
Buy new: $10.20 / Used from: $4.20 Great thoughts on being a Christian writer and reader.
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 | A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
Buy used from: $0.01 One of my favorites! Elements of Sci-Fi, theology, fantasy, thriller, mystery and romance. Must read!
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 | From Fear to Freedom: Living as Sons and Daughters of God by Rose Marie Miller
Buy new: $9.99 / Used from: $4.60 A book that truly liberated me.
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 | Madam, Will You Talk? by Mary Stewart
Buy new: $7.99 / Used from: $3.19 A great mystery novel.
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