{"id":16591,"date":"2023-11-27T12:00:12","date_gmt":"2023-11-27T17:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pts.edu\/blog\/?p=16591"},"modified":"2023-06-30T10:15:39","modified_gmt":"2023-06-30T15:15:39","slug":"book-recs-literature","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pts.edu\/blog\/book-recs-literature\/","title":{"rendered":"Books for Pastors: Literature"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4><em>&#8220;What are some books that every pastor should read?&#8221;<br \/>\n<\/em><\/h4>\n<p>PTS faculty were asked this question in spring 2023.<\/p>\n<h3>Consider these 9 recommendations for reading literature to inform your ministry:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Shusaku Endo, <em>Silence: A Novel<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Chinua Achebe, <em>Things Fall Apart<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Paulo Coelho, <em>The Alchemist: A Fable about Following Your Dreams<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Mary Oliver, <em>Thirst<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Fyodor Dostoyevsky, <em>The Brothers Karamazov<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Thomas Mann, <em>The Magic Mountain<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Glenn Gray, <em>The Warriors: Reflections on Men in Battle<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Annie Dillard, <em>Living by Fiction<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Maryann Wolf, <em>Reader, Come Home: The Reading Brain in a Digital World<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>And, a bonus recommendation from the Rev. 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