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

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.

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2. Altered Carbon: A Takeshi Kovacs Novel (Takeshi Kovacs Novels)
by Richard K. Morgan
  
3. Always Coming Home (California Fiction)
by Ursula K. Le Guin
  
5. American Gods
by Neil Gaiman
  
6. Anansi Boys
by Neil Gaiman
  
7. Andromakhe - An Epic Novel of Troy and a Woman's Triumphant Valor
by Kristina O'Donnelly
  
14. A Canticle for Leibowitz (Bantam Spectra Book)
by Walter M. Miller Jr.
  
16. Cat's Cradle
by Kurt Vonnegut
  
17. Childhood's End (Del Rey Impact)
by Arthur C. Clarke
  
19. The Chronicles of Narnia
by C. S. Lewis
  
20. Coyote Blue: A Novel
by Christopher Moore
  
21. The Curse of Chalion
by Lois McMaster Bujold
  
22. Dune, 40th Anniversary Edition (Dune Chronicles, Book 1)
by Frank Herbert
  
24. The Fifth Sacred Thing
by Starhawk
  
26.
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 Fragile Things: Short Fictions and Wonders (P.S.)
by Neil Gaiman
  
27. Frankenstein (Penguin Classics)
by Mary Shelley
  
28. Galactic Rapture
by Tom Flynn
  
32.
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 Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch
by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman
  
34. Grendel
by John Gardner
  
35. The Handmaid's Tale: A Novel
by Margaret Atwood
  
37. Icehenge
by Kim Stanley Robinson
  
39. In the Shape of a Boar
by Lawrence Norfolk
  
40. Jitterbug Perfume
by Tom Robbins
  
41. Just a Couple of Days
by Tony Vigorito
  
42. Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal
by Christopher Moore
  
44. The Left Hand of Darkness
by Ursula K. Le Guin
  
45. Life of Pi
by Yann Martel
  
46. Long Dark Tea Time of the Soul
by Douglas Adams
  
47. Lord of Light
by Roger Zelazny
  
49. Lord of the World
by Robert Hugh Benson
  
52. The Marriage of Cadmus and Harmony
by Roberto Calasso
  
55. Nothing Sacred: A Novel
by Tom Flynn
  
56. Omega: The Last Days Of The World (1894)
by Camille Flammarion
  
58. The One and the Golden Circle
by Don Allen Beene
  
60. Parable of the Sower
by Octavia E. Butler
  
61. Parable of the Talents
by Octavia E. Butler
  
63. Redemption Ark
by Alastair Reynolds
  
64. Red Mars (Mars Trilogy)
by Kim Stanley Robinson
  
65. Riddley Walker
by Russell Hoban
  
67. Slaughterhouse-Five
by Kurt Vonnegut
  
68. Snow Crash (Bantam Spectra Book)
by Neal Stephenson
  
72. The Stars My Destination
by Alfred Bester
  
73. Stranger in a Strange Land
by Robert A. Heinlein
  
76. The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch
by Philip K. Dick
  
77. Till We Have Faces: A Myth Retold
by C.S. Lewis
  
79. To Save A Dying Planet: A Spiritual Science Fiction Love Story
by Ron Figueroa
  
83. The Worthing Saga
by Orson Scott Card
  
84. The Years of Rice and Salt
by Kim Stanley Robinson
  
85. The Sparrow
by Mary Doria Russell
  
86. Beauty (Spectra Special Editions)
by Sheri S. Tepper
  
87. The Children of Men
by P.D. James
  
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Created by Shannon on Jul 01, 2008.