Every now and then I rearrange my top ten or fifteen of what I consider to be classic Christian works that every Christian should read or be familiar with . Excluding works of fiction, poetry, and the larger works of theology* here are my current top 15... On The Incarnation , Athanasius. The Confessions of Augustine . The Consolation of Philosophy , Anicius Boethius. [ New to the top 15 ] On Loving God , Bernard of Clairvaux. Pensées , Blaise Pascal. Commentary on Galatians , Martin Luther. The Pilgrim's Progress , John Bunyan. Religious Affections , Jonathan Edwards. Christianity and Liberalism , Gresham Machen. The Inspiration and Authority of the Bible , B. B. Warfield. Life Together, Dietrich Bonhoeffer. The Everlasting Man , G. K. Chesterton Mere Christianity , C. S. Lewis. Knowing God , J. I. Packer. The Cross of Christ , John R. W. Stott. * Recommended fiction : George MacDonald, and anything by the Inklings (J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, etc.) Poetry : George Herber...