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The Writings of C. S. Lewis

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (1950): Four siblings discover a magical world behind a wardrobe and join the Great Lion, Aslan, to end an eternal winter.
Prince Caspian (1951): The Pevensie children return to Narnia centuries later to help the rightful heir, Caspian, overthrow a tyrant king.
The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (1952): Lucy and Edmund join King Caspian on a seafaring quest to the edge of the world to find seven lost lords.
The Silver Chair (1953): Eustace Scrubb and Jill Pole are sent by Aslan to find the missing Prince Rilian, leading them deep underground.
The Horse and His Boy (1954): Set during the Golden Age of Narnia, a boy and a talking horse flee slavery in Calormen to find freedom in the North.
The Magician’s Nephew (1955): A prequel story exploring the origin of Narnia, the entry of evil, and how the magic wardrobe began.
The Last Battle (1956): The final conflict for the fate of Narnia, culminating in a transition to a new and eternal world.

Out of the Silent Planet (1938): Dr. Ransom is abducted and taken to the planet Malacandra (Mars) in this theological science fiction adventure.
Perelandra (1943): Ransom travels to the water-world of Venus to protect a new "Eve" from a familiar temptation.
That Hideous Strength (1945): A dystopian struggle on Earth involving a sinister scientific institute and the awakening of Merlin.

The Great Divorce (1945): A dream-vision allegory of a bus ride from the "Grey Town" (Hell) to the outskirts of Heaven.
Till We Have Faces (1956): A sophisticated retelling of the Cupid and Psyche myth, often cited as Lewis’s finest work of fiction.
The Pilgrim’s Regress (1933): An allegorical journey modeled after Bunyan, depicting Lewis’s own intellectual and spiritual search.

Mere Christianity (1952): A foundational explanation of the Christian faith, adapted from Lewis’s wartime radio talks.
The Screwtape Letters (1942): A series of satirical letters from a senior demon to his nephew on the art of temptation.
The Abolition of Man (1943): A profound defense of objective moral values and natural law against modern subjectivism.
The Problem of Pain (1940): An intellectual exploration of why a good God allows suffering and evil.
The Four Loves (1958): An analysis of the four types of human love: Affection, Friendship, Eros, and Charity.
Miracles (1947): A philosophical defense of the possibility of supernatural intervention in the physical world.
God in the Dock (1970): A posthumous collection of essays and addresses on theology and ethics.

The Allegory of Love (1936): A landmark study in medieval literature and the development of courtly love.
The Discarded Image (1964): An essential guide to the medieval and Renaissance worldview.
An Experiment in Criticism (1961): A unique look at literature focusing on how books are read rather than how they are written.

Surprised by Joy (1955): Lewis’s account of his childhood, education, and his eventual conversion from atheism to Christianity.
A Grief Observed (1961): A raw and painful reflection on faith and loss following the death of his wife, Joy Davidman.
Letters of C. S. Lewis (1966): The first major collection of Lewis’s correspondence, edited by his brother W. H. Lewis.
The Collected Letters of C. S. Lewis (2000–2006): The definitive three-volume set containing the vast majority of his surviving personal correspondence.