Favorite Narnia book

Go find out immediately Jay! They are WONDERFUL. Yum. Religious connections are there to make IF you want to make them, but the books stand entirely alone. I guess they were the perfect books in my mind - a fantasy that every child wants to experience themselves, with all the developement and depth that makes them continue to be wonderful well into your adult life, as has already been mentioned.

I must say, I recall being a Voyage of the Dawntreader fan, as of the last time I read them. But yum, they're all so good!

And I continue to insist that anyone who has not read them yet should read them in the PROPER order (not the order which they're being sold these days), which is (lists and comments swiped off Wikipedia, for convenience):

"The books of the series, in the order of their publication, are:

1. The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe (1950)
2. Prince Caspian (1951)
3. The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (1952)
4. The Silver Chair (1953)
5. The Horse and His Boy (1954)
6. The Magician's Nephew (1955)
7. The Last Battle (1956)

The first American publisher, Macmillan, put numbers on the books and used the publication order. When HarperCollins took over the series, the books were renumbered using the internal chronological order, as suggested by Lewis' stepson, Douglas Gresham.

1. The Magician's Nephew (1955)
2. The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe (1950)
3. The Horse and His Boy (1954)
4. Prince Caspian (1951)
5. The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (1952)
6. The Silver Chair (1953)
7. The Last Battle (1956)"

Through the eyes of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis's dear friend, more like brothers they were I grew to love "Jack" as he was called.
But as for his books for some reason they absolutely freaked me out. I still am not sure why.
I never got over Mr. Tummnus for years, frozen stiff like that or whatever happened to him, it was a long time ago I read The Lion Witch and the Wardrobe.
Maybe I should try again. After all orcs don't bother me.

My favorite Narnia book is out and away The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe. The Californian C. S. Lewis Society was very nice and published my sonnet A Tribute to C. S. Lewis in their monthly magazine back in 1996 or thereabouts. It drew heavily on this book for inspiration. I also had a free verse poem taken by The American Tolkien Society the same year, entitled A Little Too Real, dealing with being lost on the barrow downs. Narnia and Middle Earth, two great inventions of fantasy by two great authors. I am humbled to have had work published in their honor.

Silver Chair
Caspian
LWW
Magician's Nephew
Last Battle
Dawn Treader
Horse and His Boy (only one I didn't care too much for).

I have read these a number of times. Hell, along with the Hardy Boys, they helped push me to love reading. at each stage of my life, when I have read them, they spoke to me in different ways, deifferent levels. Kind of like the Muppet Show. Something for kids and adults at the same time.

I am shocked to read that the admin of this site thinks the lion the witch and the wardrobe is the first in the narnia series and seems to have missed the entire point of lucy and her siblings, without which there are no subsequent successors, eustace beign their cousin who is converted both literally and symbolically in narnia.
i am also very disappointed to discover these forums contain nothing more than what do you like? i like... what do you like? i was hoping for probing analysis and provoking discussion. yours ect.

Really? I'm fairly new here, but I think there is a good balance. I mean, I haven't seen many discussions that were footnoted, but we can all hope, eh? Maybe you should look around a bit before you trash the place.

So, what are your ten favorite books? What do you like? I mean, other than Superfudge.

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i am also very disappointed to discover these forums contain nothing more than what do you like? i like... what do you like? i was hoping for probing analysis and provoking discussion. yours ect.

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Sorry to disappoint.. maybe you could start us all off on such a topic?

I've been re-reading these books this past week. Finished The Magicians Nephew and the Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. Tonight I start The Horse and His Boy. I read these as a child, and yet re-reading them I feel like I've never read them at all. There is so much I don't remember happening, characters I'm getting aquainted with all over again...I am so glad I decided to go back and read these again. I'm enjoying it so much. If you're into this genre of reading, and you haven't read these since childhood, I'd strongly recommend going back and reading them again. The adventure begins all over...

do any of you know if they plan on makeing any more movies? :confused: :goof:

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The Horse and His Boy.

By the way, do any of you see a "connection" between Aslan and Jesus? I don't know whether that's the right way to put it, though.

My least favourite book would be The Last Battle. It is supposed to have won the Carnegie award, the highest mark of excellence for children's literature, but I found it boring enough... :-) The ending was good, but the happenings wasn't...

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c.s. lewis wrote it basically based on the bible...aslan is basically god

My favorite is No (not appropriate for site) :nod:

Aw common Aptropaic, they're classic childerens novels and really well done allagories. My fav would have to be The Last Battle ... but its been a while since I read them and I think if I re-read them my new favorite would be The Horse and His Boy.

Wow, so many Narnia fans. I tried reading them in third grade - bored me to death. I tried again in fifth grade, and I got through The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, liking it okay. But when I started on another one (forgot which), bordum arose once more. Who knows, maybe I'll try again. Third time's the charm ;)

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Wow, so many Narnia fans. I tried reading them in third grade - bored me to death. I tried again in fifth grade, and I got through The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, liking it okay. But when I started on another one (forgot which), bordum arose once more. Who knows, maybe I'll try again. Third time's the charm ;)

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when i first tried it, i read half of Lion, The witch and The Wardrobe; then my grandma bought them for me last year and i got hooked. as soon as i finished the Lion, The Witch, And The Wardrobe, my best friend and his girlfriend took me to see it in the theaters! so now i just can't get unstuck :lol: :D

I love them all so much! But I would have to say The Last Battle is my #1 favorite followed closely by The Magicians Nephew (reminded me of E. Nesbit in style) and the Horse and his Boy.