Ten Favorite Theological Fantasy Novels
(I’m defining “theology” broadly here but “fantasy” narrowly, confining myself to books that have traditionally been packaged and shelved as genre fantasy, which leaves out, for instance, The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov, which is plainly a work of fantasy but hasn’t been marketed as such. I’ve arranged this list alphabetically by author.)
The Innkeeper’s Song by Peter S. Beagle
The Wooden Sea by Jonathan Carroll
To Your Scattered Bodies Go by Philip José Farmer
The Circus of Dr. Lao by Charles G. Finney
Bridge of Birds by Barry Hughart
Requiem by Graham Joyce
Who Fears Death by Nnedi Okarafor
The “His Dark Materials” Trilogy by Philip Pullman
The Taborin Scale by Lucius Shepard
Things Invisible to See by Nancy Willard
— December 28, 2020