Top 10 Good Books of the 19 & 20th Centuries

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How about talking about the 10 best books of the 19 & 20 Centuries. Here are my top 10:
  1. Mere Christianity by C.S. Lewis
  2. The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien
  3. Catholicism and Fundamentalism by Karl Keating
  4. The Adventures of Huckelberry Finn by Mark Twain
  5. Catechism of the Catholic Church by The Holy See
  6. 1984 by George Orwell
  7. Animal Farm by George Orwell
  8. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain
  9. The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis
  10. The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien
 
Goodness gracious, anything by CS Lewis!!

Everlasting Man by Chesterton

Love and Responsibility by Karol Wojtyla (JPII)

Basic Economics and Applied Economics by Thomas Sowell

Slouching Toward Gamorra by Robert Bork

Radical Son by David Horowitz

The Death of Right and Wrong by Tammy Bruce
 
The True Believer by Eric Hoffer

A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens

Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexander Dumas (Even though it was on the Index of Forbidden Books, I still think it is a good book)

A Study in Scarlet by Arthur Conan Doyle

The Valley of Fear by Arthur Conan Doyle

How to Win Friends & Influence People by Dale Carnegie

Mutiny on the Bounty by Charles Nordhoff & James Norman Hall

The Cure d’Ars by Abbe Francis Trochu

The Baltimore Catechism No.4
 
Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions by Edwin Abbott
 
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee.

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith.

Lord of the Rings Trilogy by J.R.R. Tolkien.

Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen.

Crossing the Threshold of Hope by Pope John Paul II.
 
Death Comes for the Archbishop by Willa Cather

Zorba the Greek by Nikos Kazantzakis (Last Temptation of Christ fame)

The Moviegoer by Walker Percy

Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad

Lord of the Flies by William Golding

Crime and Punishment by Fydor Dostoyevski

The Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis

Lord of the Rings by Tolkien
 
How about The Story of a Soul by St. Therese of Lisieux? It was also the biggest seller during its day.
 
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How about The Story of a Soul by St. Therese of Lisieux? It was also the biggest seller during its day.
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The Story of a Soul is a great book!
 
Sarah Jane said:
The Story of a Soul is a great book!
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AND, thank you all for including To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee. I love that book. I have loved it since I first read it at 10 years old. I still pull it out about once every year or so and re-read it.
 
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