The Best C.S. Lewis Books

One of the most prolific writers of the 20th Century – Clive Staples Lewis is most famous for his Chronicles of Narnia series – but that’s just the start.

With over 30 published works and countless more – there’s a lot of text to work through. That said, if you’re looking to do the impossible, here are the 7 Best C.S. Lewis Books to start with.

The 7 Best C.S. Lewis Books To Start Reading

Start with these 7 books – broken down by type of book you’re looking for.

The Chronicles of Narnia – Fiction

The Great Divorce – On Doing Hard Things

The Abolition of Man

Till We Have Faces – Mythic

The Screwtape Letters

Surprised by Joy – Biography

Mere Christianity – Religion

The Full Bibliography of C.S. Lewis in (Chronological Order)

Here’s the full list of C.S. Lewi’s books in chronological order with accompanying publishing years..

• The Pilgrim’s Regress – 1933
• The Screwtape Letters – 1942
• The Great Divorce – 1945

The Space Trilogy by C.S Lewis

Lewi’s first fictional trilogy – with quite a gap between all of the books – but they’re listed together here.

• Out of the Silent Planet – 1938
• Perelandra– 1943
• That Hideous Strength – 1946

The Chronicles of Narnia Series by C.S. Lewis

Probably his most famous series, Lewis published 7 books in 6 years.

1. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe– 1950
2. Prince Caspian – 1951
3. The Voyage of the Dawn Treader -1952
4. The Silver Chair – 1953
5. The Horse and His Boy – 1954
6. The Magician’s Nephew – 1955
7. The Last Battle – 1956

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• Till We Have Faces – 1956
• Ministering Angels – 1958
• Screwtape Proposes a Toast – 1961
• Letters to Malcolm: Chiefly on Prayer – 1964 (Amazon.com)
• The Dark Tower – 1977
• Boxen – 1985
• The Allegory of Love: A Study in Medieval Tradition – 1936
• Rehabilitations and Other Essays – 1939
• The Personal Heresy: A Controversy (with E. M. W. Tillyard) – 1939
• The Problem of Pain – 1940
• A Preface to Paradise Lost – 1942
• The Abolition of Man – 1943
• Miracles – 1947
• Arthurian Torso – 1948
• Mere Christianity – 1952
• Major British Writers, Volume I – 1954
• English Literature in the Sixteenth Century Excluding Drama – 1954
• Surprised by Joy: The Shape of My Early Life – 1955
• Reflections on the Psalms – 1958
• The Four Loves – 1960
• Studies in Words – 1960
• The World’s Last Night and Other Essays – 1960
• An Experiment in Criticism – 1961
• A Grief Observed – 1961
• They Asked for a Paper: Papers and Addresses – 1962

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