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.