Any Christian fantasy recommendation?

[chongjasmine]

Are there any fantasy series with christian themes?

[NameIess]

The Wingfeather saga by Andrew Peterson is a good one.

[The Wandering Wizard he/him]

Michael Vey is also pretty good. Not as obvious at the begining as Wingfeather, but it's still there.

[The Bookwyrm he/him]

There's a book series I read a long time ago called "The Door Within" trilogy.

There's also The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis, of course.

[Frustration]

6 hours ago, Ookla the Perpetual said:

There's also The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis, of course.

I'm pretty sure that counts as a Christian series with fantasy themes.

[The Bookwyrm he/him]

30 minutes ago, Ookla the Frustrated. said:

I'm pretty sure that counts as a Christian series with fantasy themes.

...Okay, fair.

[Iarwainiel I she/her]

You might consider some of the books by Stephen Lawhead:

• The Pendragon Cycle - Books 1 & 2 Taliesin and Merlin are wonderful! Book 3 Arthur was disappointing to me, and the next 2 Pendragon and Grail  were IMO worse. Book 6 Avalon was interesting, but it's set in the present-day so kind of apples-oranges.
• The Song of Albion Cycle - Books 1 & 2 The Paradise War and The Silver Hand are excellent - I reread them from time to time (filling time between Brandon's books, LOL). Book 3 The Endless Knot was another disappointment, though I guess the end was clever - I don't reread this one.
• The Bright Empires series - Books 1 & 2 The Skin Map and The Bone House were really rich and interesting. IMO things started going astray in book 3 The Spirit Well, continued that direction in book 4 The Shadow Lamp, and TBH I think someone should replace book 5 The Fatal Tree with some fan-fic, it was (again, IMO) that bad.

This is just my opinion, so please take it for what it's worth, but IMO Lawhead starts strong but doesn't know how to close out a series, which is a real shame.

And again just IMO, but I've felt that some of his other books are not good at all. The only history-related one I liked (not fantasy) was Byzantium, but I stopped reading his new stuff a while back - Brandon's books fill most of my reading time!

I would get Lawhead's books via a library if I were you, so you're not out $$ if you don't like them. Maybe you'll like the endings, & I'm totally wrong. :-)

Happy reading!

Edited December 6, 2022 by Iarwainiel I
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[Throw TheLiving Silverware he/him/il/lui]

It's scifi not fantasy, but I think Ender's Saga has strong Christian themes (most evident in the second book Speaker for the Dead). First book is Ender's Game. I haven't read it in quite a while but I have really good memories of the first two books and more mixed about the following two.

There's another series in this universe, the Shadow series, but I haven't read it and don't plan to read it soon so I have no idea what it's worth.

Edited December 7, 2022 by Ookla Carried by the Wind

[Trutharchivist he/him]

While not as directly Christian as Narnia, the Sunlit Lands Chronicles by Matt Mikalatos are inspired by them, and I enjoyed reading them even though I'm a Jew, myself. Also, Lewis' Space trilogy (though I didn't read it) also leans heavily into Christian ideas (AFAIK), although like Ender's Game it's Sci-Fi.

Jewish fantasy books, sadly, are far more rare. Not that it's connected to the topic in any way, but still.

[Toaster Retribution he/him]

Obligatory Lord of the Rings mention. Tolkien was catholic, and his christianity defenitely shows. 

[The cheeseman Don't you dare go Hollow!]

The White Lion Chronicles. Don't remember who wrote them, but they're set on a version of Earth wherein Adam and Eve did not eat the fruit from the Tree of Good and Evil and thus they and there descendants live in a sinless world. I finished the first book a few days ago, it's a good start to a series.

PS: will edit when I have time to say who authored them.

[The Wandering Wizard he/him]

The pride war series by Matt Laney definitely has religious themes. 

[Lord Gregorio he/him]

Not fantasy, but:

The Work and the Glory is bloody long, and it's a story with Joseph Smith and stuff (part fiction-part non-fiction). It has good character development and I really liked it. Though there are like 9 books and they're almost as long as a stormlight archive book.

Edited January 19, 2023 by Gregorio