The list of authors I aspire to read across their entire canon is likewise rather spare. But as is the case with those on my living authors list, that does not necessarily mean that I will be able to achieve the feat—Chesterton, Spurgeon, Kuyper, and Belloc for instance, wrote more than 100 books apiece. But, I am working through the titles. Thankfully, over the years I have been able to collect virtually all of their books:
1. Thomas Chalmers
2. G.K. Chesterton
3. J.R.R. Tolkien
4. Arthur Quiller-Couch
5. John Buchan
6. C.H. Spurgeon
7. Abraham Kuyper
8. Francis Schaeffer
9. Walter Scott
10. Hilaire Belloc
11. Samuel Johnson
7 comments:
How far have you gotten in Spurgeon's Metropolitan Tabernacle Sermons?
I've been reading about one sermon every couple of weeks for the past twenty years. Still a long way to go.
I can imagine it was hard for you to pick just 11, but I missed C.S. Lewis. He would be on mine.
Well, I do love Lewis, but I've not ever wanted to read every single thing he wrote. For instance, while I own a nice copy of his massive "English Literature in the Sixteenth Century," I probably will only read in it very selectively. His very flawed book on Psalms, I probably will never read. And, it is not likely that I would try to read all of his many scattered essays and poems. So, as much as I love Lewis, he really can't be on this list.
So what did you think of John Buchan's "The Taxation of Foreign Income"?
Just kidding! JB needs more love! What a great list!
Great lists! I enjoy Lewis' essays. He wrote on a ton of topics not covered in any of his books. His letters are also very good. A book of his I particularly enjoy is his "An Experiment in Criticism." One of the best things I've read on reading and understanding why we love it so much.
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