Literary Hall of Fame

Every year, I will induct
three books and one author.

1999

The Bible by various writers
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
Siddhartha by Herman Hesse
J.R.R. Tolkien
(The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings trilogy, The Silmarillion)

2000

The Dark Knight Returns by Frank Miller
Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell
The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway
Edgar Allan Poe
("The Black Cat", "The Cask of Amontillado", "The Raven",
"The Tell-Tale Heart", other short stories & poems)

2001

The Lord of the Rings (trilogy) by J.R.R. Tolkien
The Politics of Jesus: Vicit Agnus Noster by John Howard Yoder
Resident Aliens: Life in the Christian Colony by Stanley Hauerwas and William Willimon
C.S. Lewis
(The Chronicles of Narnia series, The Great Divorce, Mere Christianity,
The Screwtape Letters, Surprised By Joy)

2002

The Book of Common Prayer by Thomas Cranmer
D'Aulaire's Book of Greek Myths by Ingri & Edgar Parin D'Aulaire
The Pendragon by Catherine Christian
Ingri & Edgar Parin D'Aulaire
(D'Aulaire's Book of Greek Myths, Norse Gods and Giants)

2003

Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton
The Chronicles of Narnia (series) by C.S. Lewis
The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkein
Aldous Huxley
(Brave New World, Point Counter Point, Ape and Essence, Island)

2004

D'Aulaire's Norse Gods and Giants by Ingri & Edgar Parin D'Aulaire
Systematic Theology (trilogy) by Thomas C. Oden
The Beatles Forever by Nicholas Schaffner
Ray Bradbury
(The Martian Chronicles, The October Country, Something Wicked This Way Comes)

2005

Understanding the Old Testament by Bernhard Anderson
Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry
Deities & Demigods edited by James Ward
George Orwell
(1984, Animal Farm)

2006

The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury
Pendragon Cycle (series) by Stephen Lawhead
In His Own Write / A Spaniard in the Works by John Lennon
Stan Lee
(Fantastic Four, Spider-Man, Hulk, Iron Man,
Avengers, Thor, X-Men)

2007

The Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis
Chesapeake by James Michener
The Singer, The Song, and The Finale by Calvin Miller
Stephen Lawhead
(King Raven series, Pendragon Cycle, Song of Albion triolgy)

2008

The October Country by Ray Bradbury
Streams of Living Water by Richard Foster
The American Leadership Tradition by Marvin Olasky
John Lennon
(In His Own Write, A Spaniard in the Works)

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