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10 Most Influential Books

By Stuart Buck, Esq.

Lots of bloggers are listing their 10 most influential books. Keeping in mind that influence is something that's difficult to quantify, here are 10 books or authors that affected my thinking in some way: 1. C.S. Lewis, Miracles. I find Lewis's refutation of philosophical naturalism convincing. 2. C.S. Lewis, The Great Divorce. A fantastical depiction of a resident of hell who takes a tour of heaven.3. Sheldon Vanauken, A Severe Mercy. This book shaped my thinking on love and marriage as an impressionable young adolescent. It tells the tale of an American couple who fall in love and attempt to build the perfect marriage, who travel to Yale and Oxford together (befriending C.S. Lewis along the way), and who return to America only to find that the wife has a fatal disease and will soon perish...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Buck Stops Here on April 04, 2010 (boomark / email).