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Shannon's "Spirituality in Science Fiction/Fantasy Reading List"

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A list of novels – primarily science fiction – with strong religious, mythological or otherwise spiritual themes.

Note: With some exceptions, short story collections, young adult fiction and series have been eliminated if so identified. Also, I have striven to include high-quality books only.

  1. 2.
    Altered Carbon: A Takeshi Kovacs Novel (Takeshi Kovacs Novels)
    by Richard K. Morgan

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  2. 3.
    Always Coming Home (California Fiction)
    by Ursula K. Le Guin

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  3. 5.
    American Gods
    by Neil Gaiman

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  4. 6.
    Anansi Boys
    by Neil Gaiman

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  5. 7.
    Andromakhe - An Epic Novel of Troy and a Woman's Triumphant Valor
    by Kristina O'Donnelly

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    A Canticle for Leibowitz (Bantam Spectra Book)
    by Walter M. Miller Jr.

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  7. 16.
    Cat's Cradle
    by Kurt Vonnegut

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  8. 17.
    Childhood's End (Del Rey Impact)
    by Arthur C. Clarke

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  9. 19.
    The Chronicles of Narnia
    by C. S. Lewis

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  10. 20.
    Coyote Blue: A Novel
    by Christopher Moore

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  11. 21.
    The Curse of Chalion
    by Lois McMaster Bujold

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  12. 22.
    Dune, 40th Anniversary Edition (Dune Chronicles, Book 1)
    by Frank Herbert

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  13. 24.
    The Fifth Sacred Thing
    by Starhawk

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  14. 26.
    Fragile Things: Short Fictions and Wonders (P.S.)
    by Neil Gaiman

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  15. 27.
    Frankenstein (Penguin Classics)
    by Mary Shelley

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  16. 28.
    Galactic Rapture
    by Tom Flynn

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  17. 32.
    Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch
    by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman

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  18. 34.
    Grendel
    by John Gardner

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  19. 35.
    The Handmaid's Tale: A Novel
    by Margaret Atwood

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  20. 37.
    Icehenge
    by Kim Stanley Robinson

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  21. 39.
    In the Shape of a Boar
    by Lawrence Norfolk

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  22. 40.
    Jitterbug Perfume
    by Tom Robbins

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  23. 41.
    Just a Couple of Days
    by Tony Vigorito

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  24. 42.
    Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal
    by Christopher Moore

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  25. 44.
    The Left Hand of Darkness
    by Ursula K. Le Guin

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  26. 45.
    Life of Pi
    by Yann Martel

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  27. 46.
    Long Dark Tea Time of the Soul
    by Douglas Adams

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  28. 47.
    Lord of Light
    by Roger Zelazny

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  29. 49.
    Lord of the World
    by Robert Hugh Benson

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  30. 52.
    The Marriage of Cadmus and Harmony
    by Roberto Calasso

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  31. 55.
    Nothing Sacred: A Novel
    by Tom Flynn

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  32. 56.
    Omega: The Last Days Of The World (1894)
    by Camille Flammarion

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  33. 58.
    The One and the Golden Circle
    by Don Allen Beene

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  34. 60.
    Parable of the Sower
    by Octavia E. Butler

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  35. 61.
    Parable of the Talents
    by Octavia E. Butler

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  36. 63.
    Redemption Ark
    by Alastair Reynolds

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  37. 64.
    Red Mars (Mars Trilogy)
    by Kim Stanley Robinson

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  38. 65.
    Riddley Walker
    by Russell Hoban

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  39. 67.
    Slaughterhouse-Five
    by Kurt Vonnegut

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  40. 68.
    Snow Crash (Bantam Spectra Book)
    by Neal Stephenson

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  41. 72.
    The Stars My Destination
    by Alfred Bester

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  42. 73.
    Stranger in a Strange Land
    by Robert A. Heinlein

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  43. 76.
    The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch
    by Philip K. Dick

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  44. 77.
    Till We Have Faces: A Myth Retold
    by C.S. Lewis

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  46. 83.
    The Worthing Saga
    by Orson Scott Card

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  47. 84.
    The Years of Rice and Salt
    by Kim Stanley Robinson

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  48. 85.
    The Sparrow
    by Mary Doria Russell

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  49. 86.
    Beauty (Spectra Special Editions)
    by Sheri S. Tepper

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  50. 87.
    The Children of Men
    by P.D. James

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  51. 88.
    A Wrinkle in Time
    by Madeleine L'Engle

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Created by Shannon on Jul 01, 2008.