I know that I have tested the patience of my blog audience by talking so much about C.S. Lewis in recent weeks. Trust me, I haven’t said 10% of what I want to say. Thus far, being about half-way through his living published works, I’ve come to some rather startling conclusions that I wasn’t prepared for. But more about that on Monday.

Next up in my chronological quest is the Chronicles of Narnia. At this point I have to do it a little bit differently. If I read them in the order they were published I wouldn’t be able to read them in the order that Lewis intended. For instance, the first book in the series was the 6th of the 7 to be published. So I will pull the Chronicles out of the process and read them in the order that Lewis intended. I will not stop throughout to read his other works that were published during this time. After reading through Narnia I will come back to Mere Christianity, English Literature in the 16th Century, and Surprised By Joy. I don’t think doing it this way will mess up the process.

My question is this: Is anybody interested in reading through the Chronicles of Narnia with me? Maybe you would like to read them again and discuss the wonder and allegory of Lewis’s greatest work. Or maybe you have always intended to and never taken the time.

I will take some time off from Lewis while I see if anybody is interested in this. Let me know and we could have some fun discussion on Digory and Aslan, of wardrobes and magicians. We will begin sometime next week.

Here is the order that Lewis intended with the publication order in parenthesis.

1. The Magician’s Nephew (6th)
2. The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe (1st)
3. The Horse and His Boy (5th)
4. Prince Caspian (2nd)
5. The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (3rd)
6. The Silver Chair (4th)
7. The Last Battle (7th)