Favourite Christian Author/Book

There's one I read a few years ago that's meant to be good - I think it's called 'The Shed'.

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I was just wondering if people had any good recommendations for any good Christian books that I could read (Bible aside ) or any authors that they like?

I currently enjoy reading Timothy Keller and C S Lewis but I am looking to find some others who write books in a similar vein.

Any suggestions?

Tim Keller and CS Lewis are both great - I'm reading Tim Keller's Every Good Endeavour at the moment, and am planning to read The Weight of Glory by CS Lewis soon. Are you wanting to read about certain things? I read quite a lot of Christian books, so can recommend some things that you are interested in. Vaughan Roberts has written a lot of good books - I recently read God's Big Picture which is an excellent overview of the bible.

There's one I read a few years ago that's meant to be good - I think it's called 'The Shed'.

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Do you mean 'The Shack'?

Do you mean 'The Shack'?

The reviews for this look good though I haven't read it yet

'Crazy Love: Overwhelmed by a Relentless God'

A powerful book is 'The Hiding Place' by Corrie ten Boom. She tells her story of the miracles of God whilst in a concentration camp during WWII.

Other entertaining books but still at the same time revealing God's grace are Les Miserables and errhm 'Lord of the Rings'

Lee Strobel and Philip Yancey are both great Christian authors too.

I have heard great things about Francis Chan's Crazy Love - my brother has read it (it must be good for him to finish it!) although I haven't yet read it myself.

There are some brilliant autobiographies out there - Corrie Ten Boom is great, as is Jackie Pullinger's Chasing the Dragon about her mission work with drug addicts in Hong Kong. David Wilkerson's the Cross and the Switchblade, and Nicky Cruz' Run Baby Run are both really good. These are two books telling the same story of Nicky Cruz's story from gang leader to Christian from two sides - Wilkerson was the pastor.

I've read Lee Strobel's Case for Christ - really good if you are wanting to get to grips with some of the historical, archaeological and scientific evidence for Christianity. Written by a journalist, it is very helpful for non-Christians/sceptics as well. Tim Keller's The Reason for God, and King's Cross are also both good on this front.

If you fancy something a bit more academic/theologically challenging, Krish Kandiah's Paradoxology is another to recommend - all about the apparent paradoxes/contradictions in our faith, with chapter titles such as the God who wins when he loses, the God who demands nothing but expects everything, the God who determines our free will.

If you want more about Christian living, I can recommend Holiness by JC Ryle. A very challenging read - written in 1880s English, with lots of thees, thys, thous, etc, but once you get your head around the style of writing it is excelent. Have heard great things also about the Hole in our Holiness (Kevin De Young).