Into the Wardrobe

Just been reading about how the New Testament came into being - how the religious scholars of their day decided on a canon of inspired and authoratative writings that would act as the foundation for all Christian doctrine. This got me wondering about what if the same thing was done with non-Biblical Christian writings: what books written since the Bible was compiled could you say are inspired or authoratative? Are there any at all?

Even if there are none that do fit this bill, what Christian books would you say were essential for any believer to read? In the same way as the Bible, you can choose theology, (auto)biography, history, fiction, poetry, etc. There's no limit on how many books or the size of the books since this is only a theoretical exercise.

God Calling,
God at Eventide

by "Two Listeners". In the US these are in the public domain.

Here's Jack's published list of the books that most shaped his vocational attitude and philosophy of life:

Phantastes by George MacDonald
The Everlasting Man by GK Chesterton
The Aeneid by Virgil
The Temple by George Herbert
The Prelude by William Wordsworth
The Idea of the Holy by Rudolf Otto
The Consolation of Philosophy by Boethius
Life of Samuel Johnson by James Boswell
Descent Into Hell by Charles Williams
Theism and Humanism by Arthur James Balfour