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On this episode of RRP we make our case for why Christians NEED to be reading fiction. 1. God is a storyteller. 2. We are story people. 3. To cultivate evangelical dexterity. 4. To cultivate an artistic palette because good art REFORMS culture!

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Brooks' Recommendations:

- That Hideous Strength (Lewis)

- The Count of Monte Cristo (Dumas)

- The Man Who Was Thursday (Chesterton)

- The Pilgrim’s Progress (Bunyan)

- The Portrait of Dorian Grey (Wilde)

- Bonus short story: A Crazy Tale (Chesterton)

Naomi's Recommendations:

- To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee (age 14 and up)

- Ralph Moody series (not technically fiction since it’s Moody’s life story, but highly readable and so good)

- Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

- 100 Cupboards series by N.D. Wilson

- Peace Like a River by Leif Enger (age 14 and up)

Joshua's Recommendations:

- East of Eden - John Steinbeck

- Anna Karenina - Tolstoy

- Dracula - Bram Stoker

- Watership Down - Richard Adams

- Lonesome Dove - Larry Mcmurrty

(Joshua's Bonus' because it's my podcast)

- Red Rising - Pierce Brown - (my all-time favorite modern sci-fi)

- Hyperion - Dan Simmons

- Dune - Frank Herbert

- All Lewis' Fiction. Every. Single Book.

- Of course LOTR

Honestly I could keep going, but this is a good start.