Corrie ten Boom’s “The Hiding Place” and C.S. Lewis’ “Surprised by Joy” tied for first place in the list or top Christian biographies/autobiographies of the century recently released by Christian Reader magazine.
The bimonthly magazine published the list in its September/October issue.
“I’ve learned just how interesting people and their life stories are,” said editor, Bonne Steffen. “That’s why Christian Reader decided to compile a list of the best Christian biographies/autobiographies of this past century.”
The rest of the list: “The Gulag Archipelago” by Aleksandr I. Solzhenitsyn; “Born Again” by Charles Colson; “The Cross and the Switchblade” by David Wilkerson; “Through Gates of Splendor” by Elisabeth Elliot; “A Severe Mercy” by Sheldon Vanauken; “The Seven Storey Mountain” by Thomas Merton; “Power of the Powerless,” a biography of Oliver de Vinck, a severely handicapped man, by his brother Christopher de Vinck; “Something Beautiful for God,” a biography of the celebrated nun Mother Teresa by Malcom Muggeridge; and a tie for 10th place: “A Prophet With Honor,” a biography of Billy Graham by Walter Martin, and “Here I Stand,” a biography of Protestant reformer Martin Luther by Roland Bainton.
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