The Literary Apologetic
The Literary Apologetic

Resources

The books behind the argument. Find them at your library, read them free where the law allows, or locate a copy near you through WorldCat.

The Bible

The primary text behind everything on this site. Available in every major translation through Bible Gateway, and in print through any library or bookstore. The translations listed here represent the Protestant, Catholic, and Orthodox traditions.

Protestant

English Standard Version

ESV — 2001

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Protestant

King James Version

KJV — 1611

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Protestant

New International Version

NIV — 1978

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Catholic

New American Bible Revised

NABRE — 2011

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Catholic

Douay-Rheims Bible

DRB — 1610

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Orthodox

Orthodox Study Bible

OSB — 2008

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George MacDonald

Most of MacDonald's work is in the public domain and freely available through Project Gutenberg and Open Library.

Phantastes 1858
Gutenberg WorldCat
The Princess and the Goblin 1872
Gutenberg WorldCat
Lilith 1895
Gutenberg WorldCat
The Imagination: Its Functions and Its Culture 1867
Open Library

G.K. Chesterton

Chesterton's major works are in the public domain. Gutenberg has excellent editions of Orthodoxy and Heretics.

Heretics 1905
Gutenberg WorldCat
Orthodoxy 1908
Gutenberg WorldCat
The Man Who Was Thursday 1908
Gutenberg WorldCat
The Everlasting Man 1925
Gutenberg WorldCat
Charles Dickens 1906
Gutenberg WorldCat

C.S. Lewis

Lewis's works remain under copyright. Find them through your library via WorldCat or Open Library's lending program.

Mere Christianity 1952
Open Library WorldCat
The Screwtape Letters 1942
Open Library WorldCat
That Hideous Strength 1945
Open Library WorldCat
Surprised by Joy 1955
Open Library WorldCat
Till We Have Faces 1956
Open Library WorldCat
An Experiment in Criticism 1961
Open Library WorldCat

Dorothy L. Sayers

Sayers's theological essays and some fiction are available through Open Library's lending program.

The Mind of the Maker 1941
Open Library WorldCat
Creed or Chaos? 1947
Open Library WorldCat
Gaudy Night 1935
Open Library WorldCat

Charles Williams

Some of Williams's novels are available through Open Library. The Descent of the Dove is his most accessible theological work.

Descent into Hell 1937
Open Library WorldCat
The Descent of the Dove 1939
Open Library WorldCat
He Came Down from Heaven 1938
Open Library WorldCat

H.G. Wells

Wells's major fiction is in the public domain. All of it is freely available through Project Gutenberg.

The Time Machine 1895
Gutenberg WorldCat
The Island of Doctor Moreau 1896
Gutenberg WorldCat
The Invisible Man 1897
Gutenberg WorldCat
The War of the Worlds 1898
Gutenberg WorldCat
The New Machiavelli 1911
Gutenberg WorldCat

Peter Kreeft

Orthodoxy (ed. Kreeft) 1908/1994
Open Library WorldCat
The Philosophy of Thomas Aquinas 1988
Open Library WorldCat
The Philosophy of Tolkien 2005
Open Library WorldCat
How to Think: A Survival Guide 1994
Open Library WorldCat

Alan Jacobs

The Narnian: The Life and Imagination of C.S. Lewis 2005
Open Library WorldCat
How to Think 2017
Open Library WorldCat
Breaking Bread with the Dead 2020
Open Library WorldCat
The Year of Our Lord 1943 2018
Open Library WorldCat

Marilynne Robinson

Gilead 2004
Open Library WorldCat
The Death of Adam 1998
Open Library WorldCat
Absence of Mind 2010
Open Library WorldCat

Ron Hansen

Mariette in Ecstasy 1991
Open Library WorldCat
Atticus 1996
Open Library WorldCat
A Stay Against Confusion 2001
Open Library WorldCat

Eudora Welty

The Golden Apples 1949
Open Library WorldCat
The Optimist's Daughter 1972
Open Library WorldCat
The Eye of the Story 1978
Open Library WorldCat
One Writer's Beginnings 1984
Open Library WorldCat

Ralph Ellison

Invisible Man 1952
Open Library WorldCat
Shadow and Act 1964
Open Library WorldCat

Richard Matheson

The Shrinking Man 1956
Open Library WorldCat
I Am Legend 1954
Open Library WorldCat
What Dreams May Come 1978
Open Library WorldCat