{"id":477,"date":"2005-08-20T11:23:00","date_gmt":"2005-08-20T16:23:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/community\/jesuscreed\/2005\/08\/20\/guest-blog-top-ten-novels-from-my-son-lukas\/"},"modified":"2005-08-20T11:23:00","modified_gmt":"2005-08-20T16:23:00","slug":"guest-blog-top-ten-novels-from-my-son-lukas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/jesuscreed\/2005\/08\/20\/guest-blog-top-ten-novels-from-my-son-lukas\/","title":{"rendered":"Guest Blog: Top Ten Novels (from my son Lukas)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>
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My son is a fiction reader, and here are his Top Ten Books: Novels. Thanks Luke. Did he miss some good ones?<\/p>\n

Top Ten (Semi)-Recent Novels<\/p>\n

1. A Farewell to Arms<\/span>, Ernest Hemingway- saddest book
I can ever imagine, and classic Hemingway dealing with
wounds and scars and wars and failed love.<\/p>\n

2. Native Son<\/span>, Richard Wright- moving book about the
struggles of African-Americans.<\/p>\n

3. Cien Anos de Soledad<\/span> (One Hundred Years of
Solitude), Gabriel Garcia Marquez- a sad and hilarious
book all at the same time; master of magical realism.<\/p>\n

4. A Prayer for Owen Meany<\/span>, John Irving- God\u2019s hand is
in everything, and it doesn\u2019t always make sense.<\/p>\n

5. The Power of One<\/span>, Bryce Courtenay- the classic
novel of South Africa.<\/p>\n

6. The Da Vinci Code<\/span>, Dan Brown -no, I\u2019m just kidding,
thought I\u2019d check and see if you were really reading.<\/p>\n

7. Of Mice and Men<\/span>, John Steinbeck- just a classic.<\/p>\n

8. Hey Nostradamus<\/span>, Douglas Coupland- a fictional
depiction of violence in schools with interesting
commentary on modern Christianity through the eyes of
various narrators.<\/p>\n

9. The Screwtape Letters<\/span>, CS Lewis- insightful.<\/p>\n

10. Old Man and the Sea<\/span>, Ernest Hemingway- Papa said
he intended no symbolism in the book at all; it was
just a story about one of his fellow marlin fishermen,
Gregorio Fuentes.<\/p>\n

11. The Chronicles of Narnia<\/span>, CS Lewis- great series,
better (and a tad less wordy) than Lord of the Rings.<\/p>\n

Here are my (Scot McKnight) comments. I read The Old Man and the Sea<\/span> ever year, along with A Christmas Carol<\/span> and, if I can find the time, Tom Sawyer<\/span> or Huckleberry Finn<\/span>. I\u2019ve been to Hemingway\u2019s homes in Oak Park, IL, and in Key West, FL, and to his site in Ketchum, ID. I\u2019ve touched Lewis\u2019 wardrobe door at the Wade Center.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve read Lewis\u2019 novels. I read The DaVinci Code<\/span> because I had to. I started Owen Meany<\/span> but didn\u2019t finish it; I did see the movie. I\u2019ve not read the others.<\/p>\n

On the Russian novelists\u2026. I get lost in their endless train treks across Siberia, and can never keep their names straight, so I\u2019ve never finished one of the Russians. But, I like them as thinkers and read their essays and biographies.<\/p>\n

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