My List of the10 Best Fiction Books: 1. J R R Tolkein - The Lord of the Rings A masterpiece in conception and imagination. Something for Christians to aspire to. 2. Fyodor Dostoyevsky - The Brother Karamazov The psychological interplay is wonderful. 3. Franz Kafka - The Castle The ultimate modern nightmare. 4. Jonathon Swift - Gulliver's Travels The best satire in the English language. 5. Lewis Carroll - Alice In Wonderland Imagination in full flight suitable for both children and adults. 6. George Orwell - 1984 A picture of today written in the past. Newspeak was taken by Christians and turned into Chritianese. 7. Albert Camus - The Plague The conflict between science and faith. 8. D H Lawrence - Sons and Lovers An exploration of country / city culture and lives. 9. Charles Dickens - A Tale Of Two Cities A great story of sacrifice for love. 10. Leo Tolstoy - Anna Karenin An exploration for meaning and the first 'soap opera'. Mark Oz
top of page