G.K. Chesterton books

[adamhovey1988]

Okay, I’m not asking where to start, I already read Orthodoxy in 2009. I find that it’s infinitely quotable. I’ve been watching a lot of stuff on YouTube about Chesterton, and I’m a little curious about some of the books that y’all would recommend.

 

[ontheway1]

The Everlasting man

 

[adamhovey1988]

Thank you. If I’m not mistaken, that is the book that CS Lewis read that influenced his decision to revert to Christianity, is it not?

 

[MikeInVA]

Any of the compendiums by Dale Ahlquist are good as a way to introduce yourself to the breadth of Chesterton’s writings.

 

[midori]

I’d also recommend “The Collected Works of GK Chesterton” over at Ignatius Press.

(I’d post a link, but I don’t want to get my post pulled for being “overly promotional”. Blah.)

Browse through them and see which one strikes your fancy. You probably won’t read it cover-to-cover. But wherever you jump in, you’ll be sure to find something interesting, entertaining, and thought-provoking.

Chesterton wrote around 80 books, hundreds of poems, about 200 short stories, 4000 essays, and several plays, so there’s definitely no lack of Chesterton out there.

 

[adamhovey1988]

Like I said, I did read Orthodoxy. Actually what amazes me about that is it was YEARS before his conversion, but defended Catholic beliefs and doctrines. I am going to check over at Ignatius press though, thank you.

 

[_ServusDomini]

Yess!! I love GK Chesterton! I would recomend also the Father Brown mysteries. Also speaking of CS Lewis, did you know that JRR Tolkien was a huge influence on him to convert? Unfortunately though Lewis chose Anglicanism over Tolkien’s Catholicism.

 

[HopkinsReb]

Like I said, I did read Orthodoxy. Actually what amazes me about that is it was YEARS before his conversation, but defended Catholic beliefs and doctrines. I am going to check over at Ignatius press though, thank you.

That’s pretty common for high church Anglicans. I tend to side with Catholics more than Protestants on most questions.

 

[Zach]

Any of the compendiums by Dale Ahlquist are good as a way to introduce yourself to the breadth of Chesterton’s writings.

Ahlquist is great. He hosts a show on EWTN. That’s another good introduction to Chesterton.

 

[exnihilo]

Heretics is great too. It is the book which essentially preceded Orthodoxy. In Heretics he is more pointing out what he doesn’t think or agree with whereas Orthodoxy is more him saying what he does believe.

The Man Who Was Thursday is a good work of fiction with a dash of religion.