C.S.
LEWIS'S
BOOKS
C.S.
LEWIS'S
BOOKS
While C.S. Lewis was in college he wrote school magazines. In 1919, he published his first book, Death in Battle. He became the best-liked children's writer in Great Britain. "I wrote the books I should have liked to read. That's always been my reason for writing ... not rot about self-expression.” A quote from C. S. Lewis.
The first children's books he wrote were The Chronicles of Narnia, beginning with:
1950 The
Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe
1951 Prince
Caspian
1952 The
Voyage of the Dawn Treader
1953 The
Silver Chair
1954 The
Horse and His Boy
1955 The
Magician's Nephew
1955 The
Last Battle
These are other books he wrote
before and after the Chronicles.
1936 The Allegory of Love
1938 Out of the Silent Planet
1941 Screwtape Letters
1943 Perelandra
1945 That Hideous Strength
1947 Miracles: A Preliminary Study
1960 Studies in Words
1961 A Grief Observed
1962 They Ask for a Paper: Papers
and Addresses